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

Explaining the decision to suspend the jail sentence, the recorder added that he had to consider the best way to protect the public and children

He told Lerigo: 'The pre-sentence report demonstrates that you want help and you have already sought it

That help can only be offered if you remain the subject of some order to be served in the community

Lerigo was given a two year jail-term, suspended for two years, and made the subject of a 40-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Do I understand this correctly, that the only way to protect children is for this man to be spared jail because he can only access appropriate help out in the community? Seems perverse that such a programme is not available in prison.

This is absolutely unbelievable.I am furious.How can this man be considered not a risk to children?

Is there a way for representatives of those victims to appeal?

What is it with some elevated to the status of Judge, that they belie the very quality that should underpin that position, judgement. Judgement was clearly lacking here Child pornography is not a victimless crime, how much imagination does one need to realise how those images are made. It's a heinous crime against the child victim, who is being used in the most hideous manner to sate the appetites of the perverted individuals.

Appalling!

This has made me angry too ...for every baby or child in a picture they have suffered untold physical and mental Pain
This man should be in jail out of the way without question
I always think it would be preferable to house child molesters on a nice cold island somewhere, not a cosy prison
The judge needs removing from office

Its hard to believe how angry this made me.I read an account of child abuse at a local authority home by a man who has never recovered from that time ,he's 70 years old now and it has affected his whole life and every relationship he had .How this vile man can walk free ...sorry get community service for this, beggars belief I just hope the children involved get all the help they need to deal with it not only in the short term but as they grow up .

The decisions by some judges nowadays just beggar belief.
That is almost tacit approval, a slap on the wrist for being caught.

Words fail me! I just can't understand how he is not a high risk to children.

Sigh - how can this be right? There is nothing - absolutely nothing - benign about these activities, however "mild" a perpetrator might claim them to be.

Yes. He should be in jail. Don't know what the judge could be thinking.