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Patrick Rock, 2016
Former aide to David Cameron avoids jail over indecent images of children
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Former aide to David Cameron avoids jail over indecent images of children
Patrick Rock, a former aide to David Cameron, has been given a two-year conditional discharge for making indecent images of children. The 65-year-old walked free from Southwark Crown Court after being convicted of downloading pictures of scantily-clad girls as young as 10 in sexual poses. He faced 20 charges of making an indecent photograph of a child. Rock, of Fulham, southwest London, had claimed the 20 images he downloaded on to his iPad over three days in August 2013 were not indecent.
I have not lost sight of the obvious reality that right-thinking people will quite properly consider that those who did what you did should be punished for it.
Judge Alistair McCreath
The jury in London were shown images of girls aged 10 to 16 posing in clothing including bikinis, hot pants and a bra, and a ballet tutu. Rock's defence lawyer compared the images to Britney Spears' video for her 1998 song Hit Me Baby One More Time, which she made when she was 16. Sasha Wass, QC, said they contained no nudity and the most the prosecution could say was they showed "young girls in sexually suggestive poses". The jury took more than eight hours to convict him by majority verdict of five counts. He was acquitted of three similar charges, while jurors were unable to agree on the 12 remaining counts and were discharged, meaning the charges will lie on file.
The punishment for you is the loss of your reputation and your very public humiliation. It is a punishment which you brought on yourself, but is nonetheless a very real one. And it is one that is utterly merited.
Judge Alistair McCreath
Ex-PM Aide Avoids Jail Over Indecent Images
Ex-PM Aide Avoids Jail Over Indecent Images
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Patrick Rock, a former aide to David Cameron, has been given a two-year conditional discharge for making indecent images of children.
The 65-year-old walked free from Southwark Crown Court after being convicted of downloading pictures of scantily-clad girls as young as 10 in sexual poses.
He faced 20 charges of making an indecent photograph of a child.
Rock, of Fulham, southwest London, had…
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Ex-PM Aide Avoids Jail Over Indecent Images
Ex-PM Aide Avoids Jail Over Indecent Images
[ad_1] Patrick Rock, a former aide to David Cameron, has been given a two-year conditional discharge for making indecent images of children. The 65-year-old walked free from Southwark Crown Court after being convicted of downloading pictures of scantily-clad girls as young as 10 in sexual poses. He faced 20 charges of making an indecent photograph of a child. Rock, of Fulham, southwest London,…
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Prime Minister David Cameron's office has been accused of a cover-up after a senior aide was arrested over child sex abuse images allegations. Patrick Rock resigned from his role as deputy head of Downing Street's policy unit almost three weeks ago, after officials were made aware of a potential offence. "There has been a bodged attempt at media manipulation which is wholly unacceptable from 10 Downing Street," he said. Mr Cameron said on Tuesday he had been "profoundly shocked" by the allegations against Mr Rock, who resigned on February 12, the day before he was arrested. Source: Sky News
Who will watch the watchers?
Patrick Rock, a Thatcherite who served as special advisor to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and played an influential role in the Prime Minister's national Internet censorship plan, has been arrested for possession of images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
- Boing Boing
Patrick Rock was arrested at his home in the early hours of February 13 - hours after Downing Street reported the matter to police. The 62-year-old, who was the deputy head of Downing Street's policy unit and a key aide of David Cameron's, had resigned the previous day. Mr Rock, who is not married and is from west London, was one of a number of advisers and officials involved in drawing up the Government's policy on internet porn filters. Source: Sky News
Cameron aide arrested over allegations relating to child abuse images
A senior aide to David Cameron resigned from Downing Street last month the day before being arrested on allegations relating to child abuse images.
Patrick Rock, who was involved in drawing up the government's policy for the large internet firms on online pornography filters, resigned after No 10 was alerted to the allegations. Read more
Pictured: Patrick Rock on his way to 10 Downing Street in January. Photograph: Steve Back / Barcroft Media