AG -v- Cordery [2010] JRC 096 (25 May 2010)

JUDGMENT THE commissioner: 1. Corderey is to be sentenced for offences involving the making of indecent photographs of children and the incitement to the making of such photographs. The children were aged between 12 and 15 whereas the defendant was aged about 19 at the material time.

2. The Crown Advocate has made it clear that this is not a case of an older man corrupting young girls but rather of an immature youth being led on by young girls who were startlingly promiscuous in their advances and cynical in their exploitation of the defendant to obtain cigarettes and vodka. Nonetheless, the law exists to protect young children, even against themselves. Corderey was rightly prosecuted for these offences.

3. In mitigation he is a young man of previous good character; he was very co-operative with the investigating officers and made frank admissions from the start; he has pleaded guilty to the Indictment and has demonstrated his remorse. It has been a searing experience for him.

4. We have listened carefully to what the Crown Advocate has said and we think the Crown Advocate has expressed it extremely fairly. We have read your letter and we have read the other letters in support and we hope that you now understand the gravity of what you did and that, if you had been older, we would have been taking an entirely different approach. Now we hope that you can put all this behind you and take advantage of the help of the Probation Service.

5. The conclusions are granted, concurrently on each count. We also record a formal verdict of not guilty on Count 13. You are placed on probation for a period of 18 months during which time you will live and work as directed by the probation officer and comply with any courses which they ask you to do. We also have to punish you and we will impose a sentence of 120 hours of community service and we state that the alternative to that is a sentence of 6 months' imprisonment. We hope that we are not going to see you again. No Authorities Page Last Updated: 26 May 2015 BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII