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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on Aug 16, 2009 15:37:58 GMT -5
British Man Jailed on Child Pornography Charges After Offended Burglars Turn His Laptop Over to Police
FOX NEWS Sunday , August 16, 2009
A British man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half-years in prison after burglars found images of child pornography on his stolen laptop and turned it over to the police.
Richard Coverdale was convicted of downloading pictures of child abuse as well as exposing himself to an unsuspecting teenage girl over the internet while posing as a 14-year-old boy, according to Gazettelive.com.
Police started investigating the 24-year-old convicted arsonist after burglars discovered the images on a laptop they stole from Coverdale's house in August 2008 and contacted police, the Web site reported.
According to prosecutors, the officers found 13 illegal photos and 65 illegal videos on the computer and uncovered online conversations between Coverdale and a 14-year-old girl, during which Coverdale pretended to be a fictitious 14-year-old boy named Danny, Gazettelive.com reported.
The last of those conversations, which took place days before the burglary, showed Coverdale invited the girl to watch "Danny" on a webcam, then filmed himself performing a sex act, the site reported.
Coverdale was sent to a juvenile detention for four years in 2003 for setting fired to five properties in one night — some with people inside, according to Gazettelive.com.
In addition to his new sentence, Coverdale has been banned for life from working with children and is schedule to receive a sexual offences prevention order this week, the site reported.
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Post by Alucard on Aug 16, 2009 15:45:31 GMT -5
Hah!
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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Aug 16, 2009 15:57:11 GMT -5
To anyone else, this would be an outrage--getting robbed, then getting arrested because of it.
In this one case, though, I root for the burglers.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Aug 16, 2009 18:18:37 GMT -5
If ever there were a plea-bargaining tool...."Yeah, your honor, we broke into his house and stole his stuff. But look at what we FOUND!"
"Dismissed"
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Post by CJ Denton is Egon on Aug 16, 2009 18:21:13 GMT -5
Ummm... In Canada, evidence found or obtained in the act of a crime is inadmissible in court, and I thought that came from British common law. Guess not.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2009 18:23:39 GMT -5
LOL. Honor among thieves, I tell you.
Burgular with sack of stolen goodies in hand: "Look at these pictures. What a terrible human being. After I fence this stuff, I'm totally gonna turn him in."
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Post by twiggy101 on Aug 16, 2009 18:50:59 GMT -5
But what happens to the burglars?
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