In late 2017, the Defendant was investigated by Police in relation to another matter. In 2018 he was charged with making 15 indecent images of children, contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978 when those images were identified on his mobile phone by Police during that investigation. The Defendant denied deliberately […]
R -v- MP – Shrewsbury Crown Court
The Defendant faced 2 Counts of Making and 1 of possessing 26 indecent images of children, contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978 and Criminal Justice Act 1998 – section 160(1) respectively. The 26 indecent images of children were identified on a Lenovo laptop computer by Police in 2017 and the Prosecution […]
Case Involving Ransomware and the Pornhub Website
A recent case conducted by Athena Forensics involved mobile phone evidence and allegations that, following an examination and report by the Police, the Defendant had deliberately downloaded indecent images of children to his Samsung mobile phone. The Defendant denied these allegations and Athena Forensics were instructed to carry out a review of the Prosecution evidence. […]
R -v- DT – Swansea Crown Court
The Prosecution identified 2 indecent images of children on an android tablet computer and the Defendant faced a trial charged with deliberately making those images on the device. Athena Forensics were instructed a week before the Trial was due to start, however, obtained the evidence from the Police the same day of instruction and the […]
R -v- AF – Oxford Crown Court
A public service worker was accused of possessing a number of unlawful images that were identified on a multi-access work computer. The Defendant denied knowingly downloading the unlawful material. The presence of the images was confirmed, however, the actions taken by the organisation in the detection and investigation of the digital evidence prior to Police […]