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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/juvenile-protection-expert-jailed-for-child-porn-2093172.html He got 3 months apparently but there aren't any other details yet.

As far as his position at the University he was suspended and he straight away resigned. It is now being reported he retired. Mt Pettican, for whatever reason made the choices he did and he obviously felt that he couldn't defend his actions. However, I do still hope that the images he viewed...

I don't know if it's the same in America but in the UK for someone to be in jail having 3 meals a day, clothing, warmth etc costs a lot. I can't see why if it's proven people can't be rehabilitated or manage their feelings in another way why they can't all live together and work together and do...

But do you honestly believe jail time does anything to protect our children? Short of giving every person who commits one of these crimes life without parole how does that help them to kerb their behaviour. That is never going to happen because there will always be crimes that are seen as more...

Absolutely not saying he is innocent because if he felt he was he innocent I would hope he would fight tooth and nail to clear his name rather than lose everything. It's just that things can be viewed from a different perspective and are open to different interpretations. From news articles not...

Belinda, we will have to agree to disagree in this instance. I believe we need to have a total understanding of British law in order to understand the sentences fully. I am not an expert and am still learning. In the UK it may be that members of the public aren't told when a sex offender, or...

The British justice system does not work like that and it's a shame that there is that generalisation. I accept that there are instances when it doesn't appear justice has been served, but those are the cases you hear about. The British press are considered to be the most imaginative in the...

I am just trying to be impartial. Views such as 'sick paedophile' may well be true if using the definition of sick as 'mentally ill'. I would be very surprised if many people with these 'urges' choose them when they deviate so far from the 'norm's of most societies. Mr Pettican is a Psychologist...

Mr Pettican was charged with 'making indecent images of children' and 'possession of indecent images of children'. 'Making' refers to the reproduction of images, so downloading, printing, photocopying an existing images etc. Possession relates to the image being on a hard-drive or somewhere in...

I believe the legal terminology is different in the UK. Level 1 photos could technically be as simple as your own daughter in a swimming costume doing some kind of 'model' pose. I know some people have had pictures like that of their own children and been investigated. So for someone to be...

"The downloading and/or printing of computer data of indecent images of children from the internet, is capable of amounting to an offence of "making" the image contrary to section 1 (1) (a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978. See R v Bowden [2000] 1 Cr.App.R. 438 (Archbold: 31- 108a)"...

I am not defending the charges against Mr Pettican at all, but I did want to clarify that "making indecent images of children" is mainly related to the downloading of images from the internet. Therefore there is no proof from the articles relating to the case that he took part in the activity of...