This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Convicted paedophile/sex offender should not be allowed to possess child images.
In 2014, an individual was convicted due to having 4000 indecent images/videos of children. This person is allowed to photograph, with long lens, children and upload pictures to the internet without parents consent. He is on the sex offenders register.
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Any individual who is a convicted paedophile or sex offender should not be allowed to own/have in their possession any media content of children's images, whether the child is clothed/partially clothed or naked. This includes pictures, images on a computer, laptop, memory stick, camera or any other media device that can hold images.
This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website
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