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Cyprian Okoro (No3) v Regina | [2018]
EWCA Crim 1929 | England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) This case involved the elements of the law required to be proven for an individual to be in legal possession of a digital file. These proceeding arose as a result of an appeal against conviction for the possession of indecent images of a […]
Acquitted of Possessing and Making Indecent Images of Children
The Background to the Indecent Image Case The Defendant faced 17 Counts of making indecent images of children, contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978, 1 Count of Possessing 8 Indecent Images of Children, contrary to section 160(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and 6 Counts of Possessing Extreme Pornography, […]
Indecent Images Case Dropped
Background to the Indecent Image Case The Prosecution alleged that the Defendant had deliberately and intentionally downloaded 308 indecent images of children onto 2 hard drives within his home computer. The instructions were received from the Solicitor’s to conduct a review of the Police digital forensic evidence as the Defendant denied that he had knowingly […]
Being Wrongly Accused of Making or Possessing Indecent Images of Children
Indecent Image Investigations Indecent image cases are frequent types of investigations that are conducted by law enforcement agencies who seek to identify the presence of unlawful images. They also seek to identify any evidence that may potentially support future allegations brought against the owner of the computer or mobile phone that they had deliberately and […]
