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Child porn sentence is condemned -

Derek Williams
Williams said the sentencing judge's hands had been tied

Child porn man spared jail -
A judge's decision not to jail a man who downloaded
child pornography because of prison overcrowding,
has been condemned by children's charities.

Judge John Rogers QC suspended Derek Williams' sentence,
saying he had to consider a Home Office request
to only jail the most serious offenders.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6300565.stm


The judge said he had to consider the home secretary's request -
Judge John Rogers QC suspended Derek Williams' sentence -

"And that's what the judge has decided here.
It's plain that he's borne in mind -
the prison overcrowding problem."

Dame Mary Marsh, director and chief executive of the NSPCC,
said the sentence on Williams was "unacceptable".

"The government needs to ensure that the intention behind
the announcement is properly understood and fully
thought through, and that children are not put at greater
risk by placing offenders in the community rather
than in jail," she said.

John Carr, of children's charity NCH, described the judge's decision as "deeply worrying".

"The judge should really think again...
I don't know quite what he was thinking about
if he thought that child pornography offences
were not serious," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6300565.stm