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Paedophile used unsuspecting neighbour's Wifi to download
30,000 videos and images of children
By Fatima Aziz Trainee reporter
05:00, 22 OCT 2021
Lancs Live
A man found with more than 30,000 videos of children has been jailed.
Christopher Meade, 39, from Burnley was sentenced to three years imprisonment after police found thousands of images and videos involving children being sexually abused.
Preston Crown Court heard today that the defendant was discovered after the police traced the address of a neighbour living opposite to Meade.
On June 20 2019, police officers arrived at Spencer Street in Burnley and were greeted by a man who denied any involvement in the allegations made. When investigating further, officers asked the individual if anyone other than himself had access to his internet which led to the discovery of the defendant.
The court heard that Meade had admitted to using a router and had access to the internet of the house opposite. After getting access into the property from the defendant, officers explained the nature of their investigation which was when “the defendant became evasive” to which he then said he wished to speak to his solicitor.
Meade confirmed he had a computer in his bedroom but refused to provide a password which resulted in him being arrested and taken to the police station. During the search of a USB and desktop, 30,265 videos were discovered of which 530 category A (most serious) were found and 1015 category B were found. A further 28,720 category C images were found along with 65 extreme pornographic images, involving animals.
Officers who examined the content identified children aged between seven-nine, eight-10 and 10-12. The court heard that the defendant had collated all of the indecent images and videos over a span of seven years from November 2012 to June 2019.
Mr Toale, defending, stated that the defendant made no objections to the allegations and never planned to share, network or contact like-minded individuals.
He said: “The defendant was isolated in his own room accessing these types of images for his own personal consumption. He struggled to get his own head around the number of images over time and (was) shocked at what the experts found during the investigation.”
The defence explained how Meade now wanted to move on, away from the offence.
Passing sentencing, Judge Simon Medland QC recapped the number of images and videos that were discovered during the search.
He said: “These are real children who are really being abused by other people and it often stays with them for the rest of their lives.
“You showed little remorse and liability and denied sexual attraction to children which I completely reject. I have considered the reports in the case. The seriousness of this case greatly outweighs the mitigation. My public duty is clear to me - you must go to prison.”
The judge handed Meade a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and made him subject to notification requirements for life.
Serving Met Police officer charged with rape
over alleged incident while off-duty
27 Oct, 2021 15:37
in central London, March 6, 2014. © REUTERS / Andrew Winning
An officer who served in the Metropolitan Police’s East Area Command Unit was charged by the City of London Police on Wednesday with rape over an alleged incident that took place at the weekend.
A spokesperson for the Met Police confirmed that the officer, 28-year-old PC Adam Zaman, has now been suspended from duty, following the decision to charge him with rape.
“I recognise that the public will be concerned to hear that a serving police officer has been charged with such a serious offence,” said Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Trevers, Policing Commander for the East Area Command Unit. Trevers added that authorities “acted swiftly when this allegation was reported to us.”
The police service has informed the Directorate of Professional Standards of the incident and the situation has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. This is the latest scandal to hit the Met Police service. Earlier in October, the force’s commissioner, Cressida Dick, said she was “deeply concerned” after 46-year-old police officer David Carrick was charged with rape over an alleged assault that reportedly took place while he was off duty on September 4, 2020.
Some 771 Met Police officers and staff have faced sexual misconduct allegations over the past 11 years, with only 83 individuals being fired from the service, according to data obtained by iNews under a Freedom of Information request. During that time, 163 officers from the Met were arrested for sexual offences, with 38 of those later convicted.
The latest allegation comes in the wake of the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer Wayne Couzens, who used his official police ID while off duty to fake an arrest to abduct the 33-year-old. Couzens was later handed a rare whole-life sentence for the crime that sent shockwaves through the UK.
The Met Police has appointed social welfare expert Baroness Louise Casey to conduct a review of the culture and standards within the service in an effort to rebuild the public’s trust in the force following the recent revelations.
Study says male students at British universities admit to rapes,
sexual aggression
By UPI Staff
Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A new study is shining a light on attitudes about rape, sexual harassment and misogyny among male British students after it found that several admitted to such behaviors at more than 100 universities across the country.
The assessment, which was published this week by SAGE Journals, comprised of two different surveys -- one which surveyed about 300 students at about 100 British universities and one that polled roughly 250 students at a university in southeastern Britain.
The 27-page report, believed to be the first of its kind, found that 63 of the students said that they'd committed more than 250 sexual assaults, rapes or other aggressive incidents over the past two years.
That would be aggregate, not each! Most aggressors reported 2 or 3 acts in the past two years, even though the average would seem to be more than 4.
This is the Culture of Rape that abounds in western universities, and, I believe, has its roots in adolescent access to pornography.
For the surveys, the students were asked about their views on a range of sexual scenarios and their perception of women and romantic relationships.
The report, titled "Understanding Sexual Aggression in U.K. Male University Students," links toxic masculinity and sexual violence.
"Results highlighted that one in nine participants (11.4%) self-reported recent sexual aggression," the report states.
"These participants could be statistically differentiated from their non-offending peers on various established indicators of general sexual offending, of which logistic regression analyses highlighted atypical sexual fantasies, general aggression, hostility toward women and rape myth acceptance as being the most reliable predictors."
According to the study, many students who confessed to sexual crimes also admitted to holding misogynistic views, such as having fantasies about rape and sexual torture and believing that intoxicated women are responsible if they are assaulted.
According to the research,it's estimated that about one in five women in universities across developed nations will become targets of sexual violence. It recommends more prevention work on campuses to prevent sexual harm, such as using staffers to work with sexually aggressive students.
"Male sexual aggression is an international public health issue that plagues universities," the report says.
"Whole-university sexual violence campaigns have shown [great] promise -- particularly at reducing rape myth acceptance and increasing awareness of sexual violence among students -- and may also offer promising avenues for reducing rates of university-based sexual aggression."
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