A sexual interest in young people in mid- to late adolescence is called ephebophilia. S - SAFE Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information – such as your name, email, phone number, home address, or school name – to people who you don’t know online. Pornography affects the brain by stimulating the same areas as drugs, which can lead to problems for the person viewing it. If they are looking at unhealthy material online, this could mean they eventually form unhelpful arousal patterns.
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There is also a family and friends’ section on here which you may wish to pass on to your family or loved ones to help them understand the behaviour you were engaging in and it might answer some questions they may have. I would also like to make you aware that your family can contact us on the helpline for anonymous and confidential support and advice if they would like to. I would like the Government to change the law to treat child pornography in the same way as child sexual abuse. The term child porn negates that abuse has taken place and can result in lighter sentencing. Haitch Macklin, 38, was found to be in possession of over 2,000 indecent images of children, after police searched his home in April 2018. After being released under investigation, the offender continued to engage in illegal activity.
Another thing you can monitor is where your child uses your internet-based devices. For example, your child could only use devices when you are sitting in the same room as them e.g. in the living room, and ensure you take any devices off of them when you go to bed at night. These restrictions will be limiting opportunities to view sexual images of under 18s, and they’ll also be giving a break from going online (which can be great for your child’s mental health). It is important that you let your child know that you are there for them and they can talk to you about how they are feeling.
The seized server showed Yates had engaged in more than 6,000 private messages with other Annex users between March and September 2020, ranging from fantasy role play to providing advice to users on how to post indecent images of children. Robbie Hiscock, of Cross Road, Wallingford, was convicted by guilty plea of multiple charges of possessing and making indecent images of children, some of them classed “extreme pornographic images”. 261.For the purpose of the notification requirements, the “relevant date” (see section 83) is the date when the person is convicted of the section 128 offence, or the date when he is cautioned in respect of it or when the relevant finding in respect of it is made. This means, for example, that the person must comply with the initial notification requirement (at section 83(1)) within 3 days of that conviction, caution, or finding. 218.Subsection (3) provides that where an order is made against an offender who is already subject to the notification requirements, but the notification period applicable to him would end during the currency of the order, he is to remain subject to the notification requirements for the duration of the order. If the notification period attaching to a relevant conviction, finding or caution lasts for longer than the order, the offender will remain subject to the notification requirements for that longer period.
There is also departmental advice on Searching, Screening and Confiscation which states that schools have the power to search pupils for devices, search data on devices and delete any indecent images. Failure to notify the police on any of the above or of any changes to any of the above is a criminal offence. On 15 April 2020 Macklin was originally sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment for possessing and distributing child pornography at Manchester Crown Court.
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Where B is 13 or over, the offence will not be committed where A reasonably believes that B is 18 or over. (It will be for the prosecution to prove that A does not reasonably believe that B is 18 or over). However, buy drugs where B is under 13, A will commit the offence regardless of any belief he may have about B’s age. 19.Section 10 makes it an offence for a person (A) aged 18 or over, intentionally to cause or incite a child aged under 16 to engage in sexual activity (as defined at section 78).
Keep up to date on sentencing guidelines, consultations, our research and news about the Council and our work. The court must consider whether to give credit for time spent on bail in accordance with section 240A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and section 325 of the Sentencing Code. The specified period must either be a fixed period of not less than 5 years or an indefinite period (so that the prohibition or requirement has effect until further order). See more information on pre-sentence reports at section 3 of the Imposition guideline.
Service providers who use measures to prevent access to their service for children under a certain age must specify in their terms of service, what measures are being used to enforce this age limit and enforce this consistently. On 24 April 2025, the protection of children codes of practice were laid in Parliament and Ofcom published guidance on how providers should carry out risk assessments for assessing the risk of harm to children. Services likely to be accessed by children, now have 3 months with a deadline of 24 July 2025, to complete their children’s risk assessment. Teenagers are more exposed than ever to explicit content online thanks to the explosion of online access via smartphones and social media. Lawyers also looked through the evidence collected in order to demonstrate the scale of the offenders’ illegal acts, in order for them to face the appropriate sentence and to protect children in the future from sexual abuse. 241.Subsection (2)(a) lists a number of offences from Schedule 3 that deal with taking, making and distributing indecent photographs, or pseudo-photographs, of children under 16.
Paragraph 47 of Schedule 6 makes a consequential amendment to the Adoption and Children Act 2002, to the effect that the provision in the 2002 Act that makes an adoptive child a child of the adoptive parents does not apply in relation to these offences. So, for example, it will not be an offence under either of these sections for an adoptive brother and sister aged over 18 to have sexual intercourse. 119.The term “sexual”, used in this section in the phrase “sexual activity”, is defined in section 78. 97.Section 50 makes it an offence for a person (A) to arrange or facilitate the involvement of a child (B) in prostitution or pornography in any part of the world. This offence would cover for example, delivering B to a place where he will be used to make pornography or making arrangements for B’s prostitution to take place in a particular room. 72.This clause redefines a “child” for the purposes of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”) as a person under 18 years, rather than under 16 years, of age.
- The regulations would oblige such persons to notify certain details concerning their travel plans to the police.
- The offences listed in Schedule 3 trigger, providing the thresholds are met, the notification requirements of this Part of the Act.
- Seek the assistance of a qualified criminal defence solicitor if you are facing charges related to child pornography – getting advice early could prove critical to your defence.
- Judge Canavan handed Vanata an 18 month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and a 40-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
198.The provisions of subsection (3) modify the notification provisions as they apply to people subject to notification orders. 130.Subsection (4) would cover someone who, for example, drilled a spy-hole or installed a two-way mirror in a house with the intention of spying on someone for sexual gratification or allowing others to do so. A would be caught even if the peephole or mirror was discovered before it was used. 126.Section 66 makes it an offence for a person intentionally to expose his genitals where he intends that someone will see them and be caused alarm or distress.