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A NURSERY WORKER has been jailed for 12 and half years after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young child in his care.
James Riley, 42, was arrested last August after the child’s parents told police their child had been assaulted.
The little boy was interviewed alongside a National Crime Agency registered intermediary who assisted the three-year-old in giving evidence.
The assault took place at a nursery in Coventry where Riley was employed.
Riley initially denied all of the allegations. When his electronic devices were seized, 181 images and videos of child pornography were found on his iPad. Riley had tried to hide the files using an encrypted app.
He denied he had a specific sexual interest in children instead claiming he viewed this material because he liked to imagine himself as the abused child in the photos.
‘Bravery of little boy’
Riley, of Widdrington Road, Radford, pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children at a hearing last year at Coventry Magistrates’ Court.
However, he denied the allegation against the young victim resulting in the three-year-old and his family having to go through the ordeal of providing evidence during the trial.
He was sentenced for both offences at Warwick Crown Court yesterday.
Detective Constable Clare Thorley from the Public Protection Unit, said, “At no point did Riley show remorse for what he had done to this child. His only concern was himself and the result of being caught with the indecent images of children.
The bravery of the little boy and his parents for coming forward is to be commended. They were incredibly dignified and courageous when giving evidence in what was a very difficult and harrowing time for all.
“It is thanks to this brave little boy and his family that Riley has received the punishment he deserves and he can no longer hurt other children.”
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Looking at mug shots in election poster at the moment is equally distrating but there no legislation ordering their removal.
So is looking at women wearing very little in summer!
Shouldn’t be made illegal though!
‘Accessing information from any device is illegal’ so I can’t listen to the radio?
this part of the article is wrong.
The only glass you should be looking through is Windows,
Not Google……
Google glass will be like the omni-grip feature in that 80′s movie the jerk. Users will all end up cock-eyed.
It’s the opti-grab not omni-grip it’s been too long since I watched it http://youtu.be/i5jTH89HjTA classic stuff
Do you mean Windows 8 ???
So take this scenario: I have my phone in a cradle, it runs and I press or swipe the green button to answer. Is that illegal?
What about a car that had inbuilt phone controls. I need to press a button to answer a call.
What if I decide I want to change the channel on the radio?
All 3 events will distract my attention. Why aren’t all 3 illegal?
*rings* not runs
For the red thumbs I am not suggesting all 3 should be illegal but merely pointing out inconsistencies.
no read the department of transports respone to the misleading media coverage exhibit by thejournal and others http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/features/Roads/English/Information%20Note%3A%20Road%20Traffic%20Act%202006%20%28Restriction%20on%20Use%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%29%20Regulations%202014./Information%20Note%20on%20Restriction%20on%20Use%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%20Regulations%202014%20pdf.pdf
Look bruce don’t think of this as an opportunity to give out & complain. It’s a great idea to bring this in for I have no doubt it will result in saving lives. Instead of being so negative & pointing out how much of a burden it is on your life, get on with it, too many people have lost there lives due to this. It’s a problem that needed fixing!
While I am in general with the idea that making calls, texting and browsing should not be allowed by the driver while driving… what about applying make up, drinking (non-alcoholic drinks) and replacing the cup into the cup holder, shaving, brushing your hair, talking to your passenger and trying to control kids on the back seat?
Google glass hasn’t even been released yet. Surely a more immediate problem is “smart watches”
Or any kind of watch if this is to be believed. Kids in the back seat will be banned next.
I have a sat navigation on my phone does this mean I can’t use it ? You should be able to make / reseve phone calls if you have a hands free only and that should apply to the garda as well they are all ways on the phone while driving .
no sat nav not banned, set you destination before you start and you shouldn’t need to touch it again and you can still tap to answer http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/features/Roads/English/Information%20Note%3A%20Road%20Traffic%20Act%202006%20%28Restriction%20on%20Use%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%29%20Regulations%202014./Information%20Note%20on%20Restriction%20on%20Use%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%20Regulations%202014%20pdf.pdf
Is it still ok to use your phone to listen to music while driving , shuffling songs etc
Jesus is nobody reading the links that have been posted here about seven times!?
It is not illegal to touch your phone.
Is it totally banned or can you text if stuck in traffic? If I’m stopped 7 cars from a red light going nowhere, would points be issued if Im seen looking at my phone? Genuinely confused here
how is it beyond an online media organisation to link to the regulation http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2014/en.si.2014.0178.pdf
this is the new reglation http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2014/en.si.2014.0178.pdf
Clarification please, Journal.
Cannot sent or read an SMS/MMS/Email but you can use Twitter/Facebook/Whatsapp/Viper.
Silly specifying technologies in the legislation. It should state it is illegal to touch your phone, full stop.
If you want to answer use a handsfree kit. Setup music/GPS etc before you leave if you use them.
your right about the issue of specificying technology, its strange that it spefically saying sms/mms http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2014/en.si.2014.0178.pdf http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/features/Roads/English/Information%20Note%3A%20Road%20Traffic%20Act%202006%20%28Restriction%20on%20Use%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%29%20Regulations%202014./Information%20Note%20on%20Restriction%20on%20Use%20of%20Mobile%20Phones%20Regulations%202014%20pdf.pdf but it is not making illegal to touch your phone
I know it isn’t making it illegal to touch the phone but that’s what it should state. As technology changes, stated technologies will become obsolete and we will be back to square one.
your article is wrong
Im sure it’s not beyond new technology to have a signal block installed in new cars so that when the engine is running the m,/b is dead that would solve the problem.
What about your passengers?
No one should be able to access the phone within the car with its engine running only emergency dial.
I cant see that solution every coming in Alan. I use the ear phones that came with my phone, a simple click of a button along the wire while driving. No more a distraction than a gear change. All new cars coming with bluetooth is a better solution.
Alan, did you even think that response through for a second? Leaving aside car passengers – what about bus & rail?
…I use my phone a fair bit as a sat nav in the car. And you do have to touch it en route. So how about that?
Well just stop ‘touching it’ en route
Not possible to not touch it enroute. If onky to zoom on a junction. And red thumbs for using it as a Sat Nav ? Really ??
What about sat navs?
Theyre exempt I think, to be fair they can be more of a distraction. Mine does warn me not to operate it while driving
Why can’t you just accept it, “you do NOT use a mobile phone while driving”!! If any one of you who are complaining had a loved one lose their life due to idiots driving while phoning, texting, changing music or sat nav, I don’t think you would be on here putting smart ignorant, thinking you are funny comments. So spare a thought for those people who have lost a life and say, “great about time the buggers were stopped”!!!!!!!
How useful is carrying out such a survey about a device that NONE of these motorists will have seen used or touched…
I think all Garda cars have radio’s and they nearly always have a partner so why is the driver always on the phone ???
Get a Bluetooth kit and use the phones voice feature to read and send texts and emails….what’s the big deal! Distracted drivers cause accidents.
Drink driving is safer than texting while driving. To do both is asking for trouble.
Big changes
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