Sex therapist who argued Huw Edwards should not be jailed blasted by judge in another paedophile case --[Reported by Umva mag]

THE sex therapist who argued Huw Edwards should not be jailed was blasted by a judge in another paedophile case who told her: “You got it wrong last time.” Dr Victoria Appleyard has blamed paedo crimes on childhood trauma and argued offenders are not attracted to kids — which she used for Edwards. LinkedinDr Victoria Appleyard, who argued Huw Edwards should not be jailed, was blasted by a judge in another paedophile case[/caption] Louis WoodHuw Edwards was given a six month sentence, suspended for two years[/caption] But the “psycho-sexual therapist” — who blamed paedophile footballer Adam Johnson’s crimes on the birth of his first child — has got it wrong before, we can reveal. In 2013 she persuaded a court not to jail David Moore, claiming he was not attracted to children — despite him downloading more than 2,000 abuse images. When he was back at Reading crown court in 2018 Dr Appleyard again said he should stay free. Judge Simon Oliver blasted: “Literally, you’ve been there and done it. “You got it wrong last time, didn’t you?” Dr Appleyard admitted her last attempt “didn’t work” before Moore got 12 months in jail. Former Kingston council chief Derek Osbourne sought treatment from Dr Appleyard after a two-year sentence for making child abuse images. He too kept offending and got a suspended jail sentence at the same South West London court in 2016 after admitting looking at porn online. 'HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT' THE HUW Edwards scandal has rightly provoked revulsion and anger at the leniency of sentences given to offenders viewing sexual images of children. It has also given rise to suspicion of a two-tier justice system with offences which cause children to suffer harrowing abuse being taken less seriously than some petty crimes. This is an issue which has been hiding in plain sight for many years and which is only now attracting attention after disgraced former BBC presenter Edwards walked free from court. Better late than never. Currently there are more offenders accessing illegal images of children than ever with the sheer volume meaning only a small percentage of them will ever be brought before courts. The NSPCC estimates up to 500,000 men have viewed child sexual abuse images in the UK – yes, really. Analysis of police data by the charity suggests 33,000 men – and it is a male issue – arrested last year had illegal images of children – a 25% rise on the previous 12 months. And it’s a growing problem with emerging artificial intelligence technology creating new ways of creating illegal images. Organised criminal networks are also continuing to exploit the dark web to cater for the massive online paedophile market and make money from evil. The scale of the problem means the National Crime Agency and police forces often have to cherry pick targets of importance – primarily those with access to children. Like Edwards, many of those who are caught will have been trawled by cops through the domino effect of one offender’s digital devices leading to another. Police undercover units are also tracking paedophiles online and arrested 1,700 men last year. Laudable though those efforts may be, it only represents a drop in the ocean in terms of tackling the overall problem. It is therefore imperative that when offenders like Edwards are brought to justice that a message of deterrence is sent out to others like him. Only by jailing offenders will the message get through that such conduct is unacceptable in a civilised society. If that means finding new prison spaces – perhaps by locking up offenders in disused Army barracks or ships offshore until the Government’s seven new jails are built – then so be it. The money will have been well spent. The consequences of failing to do so will be the continued erosion of public faith in a criminal justice system which can treat the theft of cakes more seriously than the suffering of children. By Mike Sullivan, Crime Editor

Sep 19, 2024 - 17:57

Sex therapist who argued Huw Edwards should not be jailed blasted by judge in another paedophile case --[Reported by Umva mag]

THE sex therapist who argued Huw Edwards should not be jailed was blasted by a judge in another paedophile case who told her: “You got it wrong last time.”

Dr Victoria Appleyard has blamed paedo crimes on childhood trauma and argued offenders are not attracted to kids — which she used for Edwards.

a woman with long brown hair is wearing a blue sweater and looking at the camera .

Dr Victoria Appleyard, who argued Huw Edwards should not be jailed, was blasted by a judge in another paedophile case[/caption]

a man in a blue cardigan is pulling a suitcase

Huw Edwards was given a six month sentence, suspended for two years[/caption]

But the “psycho-sexual therapist” — who blamed paedophile footballer Adam Johnson’s crimes on the birth of his first child — has got it wrong before, we can reveal.

In 2013 she persuaded a court not to jail David Moore, claiming he was not attracted to children — despite him downloading more than 2,000 abuse images.

When he was back at Reading crown court in 2018 Dr Appleyard again said he should stay free.

Judge Simon Oliver blasted: “Literally, you’ve been there and done it.

“You got it wrong last time, didn’t you?”

Dr Appleyard admitted her last attempt “didn’t work” before Moore got 12 months in jail.

Former Kingston council chief Derek Osbourne sought treatment from Dr Appleyard after a two-year sentence for making child abuse images.

He too kept offending and got a suspended jail sentence at the same South West London court in 2016 after admitting looking at porn online.

'HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT'

THE HUW Edwards scandal has rightly provoked revulsion and anger at the leniency of sentences given to offenders viewing sexual images of children.

It has also given rise to suspicion of a two-tier justice system with offences which cause children to suffer harrowing abuse being taken less seriously than some petty crimes.

This is an issue which has been hiding in plain sight for many years and which is only now attracting attention after disgraced former BBC presenter Edwards walked free from court.

Better late than never.

Currently there are more offenders accessing illegal images of children than ever with the sheer volume meaning only a small percentage of them will ever be brought before courts.

The NSPCC estimates up to 500,000 men have viewed child sexual abuse images in the UK – yes, really.

Analysis of police data by the charity suggests 33,000 men – and it is a male issue – arrested last year had illegal images of children – a 25% rise on the previous 12 months.

And it’s a growing problem with emerging artificial intelligence technology creating new ways of creating illegal images.

Organised criminal networks are also continuing to exploit the dark web to cater for the massive online paedophile market and make money from evil.

The scale of the problem means the National Crime Agency and police forces often have to cherry pick targets of importance – primarily those with access to children.

Like Edwards, many of those who are caught will have been trawled by cops through the domino effect of one offender’s digital devices leading to another.

Police undercover units are also tracking paedophiles online and arrested 1,700 men last year.

Laudable though those efforts may be, it only represents a drop in the ocean in terms of tackling the overall problem.

It is therefore imperative that when offenders like Edwards are brought to justice that a message of deterrence is sent out to others like him.

Only by jailing offenders will the message get through that such conduct is unacceptable in a civilised society.

If that means finding new prison spaces – perhaps by locking up offenders in disused Army barracks or ships offshore until the Government’s seven new jails are built – then so be it. The money will have been well spent.

The consequences of failing to do so will be the continued erosion of public faith in a criminal justice system which can treat the theft of cakes more seriously than the suffering of children.

By Mike Sullivan, Crime Editor

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