Photographer prosecuted.. what is the world coming to?

I've just read this article and I sometimes wonder if common sense is soon going to be illegal as well:

http://www.yorkshirepo​st.co.uk …or-fairy-child.4359539.jp

Has anyone seen the film Idiocracy? It's looking more like a documentary every day

Well I think it is understandable why the law exists and I think the judge tried to be as fair as possible with the sentence. Community service isn't going to break the guy.

Maybe the law is doesn't offer specific protection from this situation. Most laws aren't perfect, but that doesn't mean you can just bend them the fit any situation. The system wouldn't work too well if that were the case.

Well that sure sucks for the photographer.

poor guy

150 hours when the judge says he did nothing untoward. Absolute crap IMO. The judges statements don't match the sentencing.

Also, it wasn't the parents pressing charges it was some random dude at the photolab who said "these photos look suspect" so the cops ran in there and seized his computer.

The poor sod got 150 hours community service for that? I despair of the world sometimes...

sl3966 wrote in post #6056637
150 hours when the judge says he did nothing untoward. Absolute crap IMO. The judges statements don't match the sentencing.


Also, it wasn't the parents pressing charges it was some random dude at the photolab who said "these photos look suspect" so the cops ran in there and seized his computer.

Worse, the staff reported the pictures to the NSPCC, which is a charity... the was nothing here that could not have been solved by a little police investigation. No need for courts, prosecution, anything.

Totally and utterly rediculous!

Silly.

Time to buy own printer, or perhaps give high res cd with a mark-up

Looks like Bonusprint just lost a customer...

Although I agree that it is not pornography he really need to be charged with offending photography. The f64 group would have made a great tribunal (except for the being dead part).

Damn luck he didn't have to register as a sex offender as then the local neighbors would have found out and hounded him out of town forever.

Ridiculous and a bit scary.

Well, that settles the issue of me using Bonusprint for any service ever in future.

I can't believe that the judge prosecuted whilst saying that the defendant did nothing wrong. How it can be abusive to the child when it's done at the request of the legal guardian, I really can't understand.

I think that judges the world over need to realise that they can actually say "This case is f***ing stupid. Get out of my courtroom." It would save a lot of hassle for a lot of people. Except lawyers.

GilesGuthrie wrote in post #6058415
How it can be abusive to the child when it's done at the request of the legal guardian, I really can't understand.

This is not always a valid argument...after all, many children are abused one way or another, either by a parent or their guardian. Just because a guardian says that its okay doesn't necessarily make it so. But I do agree that some of the laws on the books (here in the USA also) are a bit ridiculous and need to be revisited. I'm sure that these laws started out with the best of intentions, but like everything else in the ever-growing nanny state, the far-reaching consequences were either ignored or just plain never given any thought.