Petition · past parliament

Convicted paedophile/sex offender should not be allowed to possess child images.

Closed 172 signatures

What the petition asks

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.
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.

Timeline

27 Apr 2017 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 172
Status Closed
Opened 27 Apr 2017
Closed 2 May 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.