August 2013
Pervert spared prison
A former Stobart Rail worker has been spared jail after admitting downloading indecent images of children from the internet.
Nickki Whyte, 24, of Tarraby Road, Carlisle, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court after pleading guilty to 15 charges of making indecent images of children
They covered a total of 160 still and moving images ranging from level one to four on the five categories of seriousness.
Whyte had denied a further charge of possessing an image of extreme pornography and was told that it would lie on file.
Judge Peter Hughes QC told Whyte that behind every image there was a child who had been “corrupted”.
He added: “I’ve had to view some of the images that you viewed for your own sexual pleasure and it’s not just the shame that you bring on yourself and the hurt that you have caused to your nearest and dearest.
“It’s these small children that were being abused by adults for the sexual pleasure of others who must have been corrupted by that.”
Whyte was given a community sentence which means he must attend a sex offenders’ treatment programme.
He will also be on the sex offenders register for the next five years and be banned from working with children.
July 2013
Jail warning for Carlisle man who had child abuse images
A Carlisle man has been put on the sex offenders’ register after admitting downloading indecent pictures of children from the internet.
Stobart Rail worker Nickki Whyte, 24, pleaded guilty at the city’s Crown Court today to 15 charges of making indecent images of children.
They covered a total of 160 separate photographs, ranging from level 1 (the least serious) to level 4 on the official five categories of seriousness.
Whyte denied a further charge of possessing an image of extreme pornography – a “grossly offensive or disgusting” picture.
This was left on the court file and will not be proceeded with after the prosecution lawyer said the guilty pleas Whyte had entered were enough to mark the gravity of the case.
Whyte, who lives in Tarraby Road, was remanded on bail for background reports and will be sentenced on August 22.
The length of time he has to stay on the sex offenders’ register will be decided then.
Judge Paul Batty QC told him the fact that he was being allowed bail did not mean he would not be sent to prison.
“All sentencing options are still open,” he said.
