Gigatribe file sharing network software#
Examination showed the images were all available for sharing via the gigatribe file sharing software application. The images had a range from babyhood to approximately 15 years. The images were mainly of male children although there were also female children. A considerable number of these were at level 4 on the Copine Scale and 70 still and 14 moving images were at level 5 on the Copine Scale. We do not propose to set out the details of that table herein, suffice to note that what were identified were a total of 26,728 still images and a total of 594 moving images.
What was found was that there were, on the appellant's hard drive, the indecent images set out in a table contained in the sentencing judge's report at page 4.
An extensive examination of his computer and external hard drive by police computer experts took place. He had admitted using a gigatribe share network to share with others his sexual fantasies involving children. He further claimed that he did not require counselling or rehabilitation as he saw no harm in what he had been doing. He confirmed that he knew his activities were illegal but said he saw no harm in his actions. He claimed it was an obsession which he had found impossible to give up. He admitted to the police to having viewed these images from the age of 13 until the day before a search was carried out at his home address. The images were both still and moving images. The circumstances of these offences were, put briefly, that the appellant was found to have on his computer, in particular on an external hard drive, indecent images of children. So far as the second charge was concerned he was sentenced to a period of 4 years 6 months discounted from a period of 5 years. The appellant was sentenced in respect of the first charge to a period of 3 years 2 months imprisonment discounted from a headline sentence of 3 years and 6 months. These were offences under provisions of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, the first charge to which he pled being a contravention of section 51(1)(a) as amended and the second charge being a contravention of section 52(1)(b) as amended. First, a charge of having on various occasions between 24 February 2001 and made indecent photographs or pseudo‑photographs of children and secondly, a charge of having on various occasions between and distributed or showed indecent photographs of children. He pled guilty on 19 March 2013 at a continued preliminary hearing to two charges. Dealing With a Deceased's Estate Guidance NotesĪppellant: Graham Drummond Miller LLP, Edinburgh.Simplified Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnership Guidance Notes.AC Messenger-at Arms and Sheriff Officers.Criminal Courts Practice Notes and Directions.
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