British Man Jailed on Child Pornography Charges After Offended Burglars Turn His Lapt

[BloodEclipse]

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.

Nice to see burglars with a good set of morals.

 

[haldir]

Imagine that conversation at the police station. Well you see, we stole this bloody laptop and are extremely offended by what's on it. No self respecting criminal wants to see this crap on something they steal... (all with that Monty Python accident.) We want this man arrested and put in prison. By the way, might you give us the laptop back after you clean it up for us?

 

[jontheturboguy]

I think the "burglars" were cops. Some one got nailed to the wall....

 

[MoparMan]

The guy only got 3 1/2 years? I hope the British jails are like the American jails and despice these child porn/molestor sons of ____________.

 

[BloodEclipse]

I think the "burglars" were cops. Some one got nailed to the wall....

So the cops suspect something and they hire burglars to go steal the evidence who then fake having an attack of conscience and turn said evidence over to the cops who hired them. Ok I get it.

 

[Boilers]

I think the "burglars" were cops. Some one got nailed to the wall....

Or just someone in the know.

 

[bigg cheese]

Not enough information at present -- who's to say someone wasn't out to get him and didn't steal the laptop, only to plant data on it...

Why should the police trust the word of the thief?

Seriously.

I'm not saying the guy didn't do it, but seriously, how can this be admissible in court?

Sounds fishy to me.... (emailing to flag@whitehouse.gov...)

 

[CarmelHP]

There was a case like this here in Indiana a few years ago. Not new or uniquely British.

 

[haldir]

Not enough information at present -- who's to say someone wasn't out to get him and didn't steal the laptop, only to plant data on it...

Between date stamps on the laptop, probably able to match traffic with his ISP records, faking it would not be that easy.

 

[BloodEclipse]

There was a case like this here in Indiana a few years ago. Not new or uniquely British.

And how did it turn out? I mean if the PC was out of the hands of the owner, then anything on it could be placed their by others.

 

[CarmelHP]

And how did it turn out? I mean if the PC was out of the hands of the owner, then anything on it could be placed their by others.

No, see the post just before yours. They tracked it back from the files.

 

[BloodEclipse]

No, see the post just before yours. They tracked it back from the files.

Through his IP?
Anyone can change date/timestamp on the files.

 

[haldir]

Through his IP?
Anyone can change date/timestamp on the files.

Someone that knows what they are doing can change that information their own system (although I doubt the average pervert does) hacking their ISP to change that information is a whole different thing. And we know your ISP knows who you connect with and when. We even know that the Gubmint can filter at the backbones and record the traffic.

 

[eatsnopaste]

they had video of him working his junk! Maybe they could match the images to him?

 

[bigg cheese]

Between date stamps on the laptop, probably able to match traffic with his ISP records, faking it would not be that easy.

It's possible, but not yet apparent what was done to accuse anyone. As was said before, any nerd worth his pocket protector can change timestamps -- not to mention, I've seen windows apply timestamps itself that were the wrong decade -- as in, before Microsoft existed.

Again, not saying he didn't do it, but still, legally, how can this be admissible in court?

can anyone say "search warrant"?

 

[haldir]

Remember they have completely different rules over there also. As I understand it, illegally obtained evidence can still be introduced in court.

 

[CarmelHP]

Through his IP?
Anyone can change date/timestamp on the files.

I remember thinking the same thing. I think he was approached by police with the evidence and just folded, but I don't recall it well enough to say for sure.

 

[rambone]

Remember they have completely different rules over there also. As I understand it, illegally obtained evidence can still be introduced in court.

Britain doesn't have what we consider our "God-given constitutionally-enumerated" rights. They don't have free speech, right to bear arms, reasonable expectation of privacy, protection from illegal searches and seizures, etc.

They are what the USA will look like in a few years, if we give Obama a second term. Liberals gone wild.

 

[BloodEclipse]

Britain doesn't have what we consider our "God-given constitutionally-enumerated" rights. They don't have free speech, right to bear arms, reasonable expectation of privacy, protection from illegal searches and seizures, etc.

They are what the USA will look like in a few years, if we give Obama a second term. Liberals gone wild.

Maybe we need to help liberate them once again?

 

[Bill of Rights]

Maybe we need to help liberate them once again?

Eff that. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

We've shown them how. They need to get off their duffs and do it or crouch down and lick the hand that feeds them. I think they will continue to do the latter.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Blessings,
Bill