The Permanent Criminal Court of Nicosia today imposed 10.2.2021, cumulative sentences of 3 φυ years of imprisonment on a 36-year-old defendant who pleaded guilty to 5 categories of child pornography. Specifically, in the possession of the accused, a total of 886 files with child pornographic material were found, ie 215 photos and 671 videos.
Categories 1 and 3 concerned photos and videos of child pornography involving children under the age of 13. In imposing the sentence, the Criminal Court emphasized the seriousness of the offenses, which arises both from their nature and from the sentences provided by the relevant Law.
It was also pointed out that the accused used the internet for his illegal purposes, a space that is a means of communication for young people, mainly not to communicate but to possess child pornography material. According to the Criminal Court, this is unacceptable and indescribably vulgar behavior that causes disgust to every healthy member of society and can only find the Law confronted with the imposition of dissuasive penalties.
It is also noted that the above illegal behavior increases the demand and encourages the instigators of sexual exploitation of minors to continue their abhorrent work.
The Criminal Court took into account, among other things, for the purpose of mitigating the sentence, the white criminal record of the accused, his confession to the Court, the time elapsed since the commission of the offenses, the fact of losing his job and the mental health problems faces.
Source: Sigmalive