DANE SHELDON, LEEDS IT ENGINEER, ADMITS TO DOWNLOADING CHILD INDECENT IMAGES
A Leeds-based IT engineer, Dane Sheldon, aged 25, has admitted to downloading more than 2,100 indecent images of children, some of whom were infants.
Sheldon accessed the illegal content by using file-sharing software and conducted online searches for young boys.
He pleaded guilty to 21 charges related to the possession of indecent images.
Magistrates sentenced him to a three-community order, which includes participation in a sex offender treatment program, as well as 40 hours of unpaid work.
Judge Neil Clark described the images as grotesque and emphasized that such material causes lasting harm to victims.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
line searches for young boys. He pleaded guilty to 21 charges related to the possession of indecent images. Magistrates sentenced him to a three-community order, which includes participation in a sex offender treatment program, as well a...
Community order
40 hours
Magistrates sentenced him to a three-community order, which includes participation in a sex offender treatment program, as well as 40 hours of unpaid work
