Locations
Grane Road, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4
Description
A pervert who downloaded indecent images of children onto his work computer claimed he did it because he was "bored."
Police visited James Raidy's home in May 2024, seizing his laptop, which contained a category B indecent image and a prohibited image of a child.
The 54-year-old, with a prior history of such offenses, was under a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) requiring him to notify authorities of any new device within three days, per Lancs Live.
He failed to report the work computer for nearly a year. Raidy pleaded guilty to breaching the SHPO, possessing an indecent image, and possessing a prohibited image at Preston Crown Court.
In his defense, he said he viewed "legitimate" porn when bored, which escalated to indecent images.
Judge Michael Maher said: "You had access to this computer for just shy of a year and you quite deliberately failed to disclose to your offender manager that you had access to the device, capable of accessing the internet.
"That computer had been given to you by your former employer. You say boredom was the catalyst for you accessing these appalling images.
"You say you have no sexual interest in children. That is a familiar refrain in these cases.
"You have anaesthetised yourself to the reality of the fact that these are real children, real flesh and blood children, who have had their childhoods stolen for the sexual gratification of sexual deviants such as yourself."
A pre-sentence report deemed Raidy a high risk of serious harm to children. The judge added: "The reality is that none of the sex offender treatment work has had any impact on curbing your unsavoury appetite for this material.
"You have demonstrated by the fact that you have had paid work that you are capable of channeling your energy in a productive way."
Raidy, of Graine Road, Haslingden, received eight months for the class B image and four months concurrent for the prohibited image, plus a new 15-year SHPO.