April 2014 Marden pervert spared jail for child abuse images offences A PERVERT caught with child abuse images on his computer has been spared jail in a case described by a judge as “unusual even within the catalogue of secret sexual fantasies.” Robert David Law, 43, of Ballard Close, Marden, was given a 12 month suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to two offences of downloading child abuse images. Chelmsford Crown Court was told that he had downloaded 522 indecent and had superimposed photographs of himself and young girls along with speech bubbles in 63 of them. As he imposed the suspended sentence along with an order that Law must attend an Internet Sex Offenders Treatment programme and a Sex Offences Prevention Order, the judge said: “”What happened was unusual even within the catalogue of secret sexual fantasies people harbour unknown to the wider population. “I have never come across anything like it but I am always loathe to punish people for their fantasies and there’s no purpose in sending you to prison.” The court was told that Essex police found the photographs on a computer Law had at his former home in Braintree, Essex. Mark Lakin, prosecuting, told the court that on May 1 last year police with a warrant went to an address in Braintree after receiving information that an internet connection there appeared to be used to access indecent images of children. He said: “Police seized a laptop and it was examined and contained images of sexualised children with superimposed heads. He had also put speech bubbles indicating his and their enjoyment. Photos of him showed him in the nude.” Stuart Cowen, defending Law, told the court: “It is a very unusual case and he accepts they were for his own gratification but it’s not sophisticated. “He did this from September 16 2010 until August 2012 and decided to stop. In all other ways, he’s a decent member of society.” Judge Goldstaub told Law: “It’s caused you considerable shame and embarrassment.” In addition to the rest of the sentence the judge also ordered that Law’s name should remain on the Sex Offenders Register for the next ten years.
