TOMMASO RASETTI SENTENCED IN SOUTHAMPTON FOR CHILD INDECENCY OFFENSES
Tommaso Rasetti, a 42-year-old from Harwood Close, Totton, engaged in sending sexual messages to a teenage girl through the online messaging app Kik.
He even mentioned creating a group called Southampton Cross Dressing.
However, it was revealed that Rasetti was communicating with a police officer posing as a minor.
Prosecution barrister Richard Cherrill stated that when Rasetti was arrested and questioned, he initially denied having been chatting with a child.
However, electronic device examinations uncovered a total of 51 indecent images.
Rasetti appeared before Southampton Crown Court charged with multiple offenses, including attempting to communicate with a person under 16 for sexual gratification, attempting to incite a girl to engage in sexual activity, and making and distributing indecent images of a child.
He pleaded guilty to these charges, which occurred in the summer of 2019, during an earlier court hearing.
Defence lawyer Ellie Fargin emphasized that her client would benefit from intervention, stating, “He of course accepts this was a child and it was wrong.” Ms.
Fargin also noted that the offences were relatively brief and occurred during a turbulent period in Rasetti’s life.
The court was informed that Rasetti had since withdrawn from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and secured a new job.
The defence argued for a suspended sentence, highlighting the potential for rehabilitation.
In sentencing, Judge Peter Henry sentenced Rasetti to six months in jail, suspended for two years.
Additionally, Rasetti is required to complete 31 sessions on an accredited sex offender program, ten days of rehabilitation activities, and 150 hours of unpaid work.
He will also be registered as a sex offender for seven years and will be subject to a sexual harm prevention order.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
Europe
Continent
from Italy
- based on first name
98.5%
confidence
First-name region
Europe
Italy
98.5%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
efence argued for a suspended sentence, highlighting the potential for rehabilitation. In sentencing, Judge Peter Henry sentenced Rasetti to six months in jail, suspended for two years. Additionally, Rasetti is required to complete 31 se...
Suspended sentence
The defence argued for a suspended sentence, highlighting the potential for rehabilitation
Suspended sentence
two years
In sentencing, Judge Peter Henry sentenced Rasetti to six months in jail, suspended for two years
Community order
150 hours
Additionally, Rasetti is required to complete 31 sessions on an accredited sex offender program, ten days of rehabilitation activities, and 150 hours of unpaid work
Court order
seven years
He will also be registered as a sex offender for seven years and will be subject to a sexual harm prevention order
