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Give mandatory sentences for criminal cases involving Child pornography
Closed
148 signatures
What the petition asks
Ex-Etonian Andrew Picard was given 10 month suspended prison sentence after thousands of child pornography images and clips were found on his hard drive. Some shown children as young as two being raped and forced to have sex with dogs.
Give child pornography crimes mandatory sentences!!!
Give child pornography crimes mandatory sentences!!!
Number of detected crimes of people accessing child porn images increased by 46% between 2007-11 (BBC).
Up to 35,000 indecent images of children were found every day by police, some offenders caught with over 1 million. In 1990 (pre internet boom) there were just 7,000 hard copy images in circulation.
The internet has unfortunately made child pornography more accessible. Basic human rights should be respected by ALL UK citizens regardless of background, wealth and positions of power.
Up to 35,000 indecent images of children were found every day by police, some offenders caught with over 1 million. In 1990 (pre internet boom) there were just 7,000 hard copy images in circulation.
The internet has unfortunately made child pornography more accessible. Basic human rights should be respected by ALL UK citizens regardless of background, wealth and positions of power.
Timeline
| 3 Mar 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Sep 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
148
Status
Closed
Opened
3 Mar 2016
Closed
3 Sep 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.