Child pornographer told "he's not a threat to children"

I can't understand the judge's thinking. People go to prison for far less serious crimes than this. Any abuse of children should be dealt with severely.

I despair, I really do!!!

After working in child protection in the past and having contact with paedophiles believe me they don’t change, they see no wrong in what they do.

The judge is an ass and should have a complaint made against him. Children carry their abuse forever, I have spoken to adult victims in my work as a counsellor

On the face of it, the judgment does seem bonkers (a little-known legal term )and the sentence inadequate, but sometimes there are factors that are not made public but are taken into consideration when sentence is passed.

Are we sure that this is not the case here? If not, then I'd like to see the parents apply for a review of the sentencing if that is possible.

He should be in jail for life ?. Was the judge involved too we have to ask ourselves? What goes around comes around though, and I hope he spends the rest of his life looking over his shoulder. What a waste of police time and effort. Why do we even bother having laws to protect vulnerable people?

Here’s another one getting away with it. www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/court/unpaid-work-for-north-east-man-who-confessed-to-downloading-indecent-images-of-children/

How awful for those children who had their image used. I can't imagine how anybody could think this is not an offence which doesn't deserve a long, custodial sentence. I just don't believe you do this sort of thing without having an interest in child porn and a recent experience has just shown me that you are never to old to abuse a child. He may not have acted upon his instincts yet but I doubt he is free of the thoughts.
We should be up in arms campaigning for justice.
DiscoDancer1975, that is what I wonder too. No right thinking person could possibly believe this is non sentence is acceptable. All offences against children, sexual or not, should have long sentences. I despair of a society that doesn't do its utmost to protect it's children.

Doodledog is right to say we don't have the full facts. It isn't community service,its a suspended prison sentence with a treatment order.
I share the speculation about whether any of the treatments we currently have do anything to change the sexual attraction to children. What they hope to do is to help the offender change their behaviour. The sexual attraction to children remains so far as I understand paedophilia.
The extent of child sexual abuse is much higher than many people believe. It's shockingly prevalent in all societies. I am certain that easy access to extreme images of the sexual abuse of children is increasing the amount of abuse.
Our prisons are over crowded. We imprison people who do not pose a threat yet we often don't imprison those who do.

I wouldn't have seen this if I hadn't been looking at a news site for something not connected to it.I'm amazed this happened and slipped under the wire .I spoke to my daughter about it and she hadn't seen anything about it anywhere.If I was the parent of one of the children involved I'd be baying for his blood...I dont understand why they aren't or why its been hushed up as it has .

Has it been hushed up paddyanne? The Courts try peadophiles with horrific frequency.

Some years ago one of the senior doctors at my surgery was found to have child porn on his computer. He was jailed for 6 months and put on sex offenders list and struck off.