Oxford Student Was Found Guilty of Child Pornography Crime
Nov 14th, 2007 by admin
A student in Oxford has been found guilty of downloading websites with child pornography and thus he has been positioned to the Sex Offenders’ Register during five years. Nevertheless, the student went on with his studying in Oxford for a few weeks after his accusation and did not report to his college or his University.
This student, who was not named by The Oxford University, was found guilty May 5th on all counts of having child pornography and then sentenced to Community Rehabilitation Order for three year in addition to being placed to the Sex Offenders’ Register. So, Oxford University as well as the student’s college did not suspect of the conviction prior to being get in touch with The Oxford Student.
One of the Senior Members of the college’s personnel told this newspaper that they were not conscious of this and they have to respect no matter what process he was caused to experience. A spokesperson for the University confessed it could not automatically prevent convicted learners from coming back to Oxford, and added that the system the criminal justice works implies that there are no obligations for students to let the University know of any conviction.
They said that they really co-operate strongly with local police however if some student is found guilty outside of Oxford then there is not much the University is able to do. So, when this newspaper addressed to the student, then he verified he had been found guilty and sentenced to the rehabilitation order. Later he added that he had been arrested at first 13 months prior to the trial.
However he added that the sentence he got was excessive, he is considering appealing. Prior to The Oxford Student talked to him, the latter had not been informed by his University or the college over the affair. He had been accused according to the Criminal Justice Act.