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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A former Sydney barrister has been jailed for possessing child abuse material after police seized electronics belonging to him. Richard James Horsley was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 1 year and 10 months at Downing Centre District Court. The 61-year-old had his computers examined which contained over 1000 child abuse images. At the sentencing, evidence was put forward that Mr Horsley suffered from a porn addiction and was attempting to address this before his arrest. Prior to his retirement he practiced at the prestigious 8 ....
A barrister who compulsively viewed child sexual abuse images has argued he lost himself in pornography as his life unravelled and was unable to recognise the gravity of what he was doing because of his autism. Richard James Horsley s diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder dominated his sentencing hearing on Monday in the NSW District Court. He has pleaded guilty to possessing more than 1600 child sexual abuse images and 16 videos on three separate devices, as well as accessing such material on his iPhone X. The retired barrister once held an office at Sydney s 8 Wentworth Chambers, but on Monday he sat behind his silk, Phillip Boulten SC, and scribbled notes as Mr Boulten asked a judge to spare his client from prison. ....
A barrister who compulsively viewed child sexual abuse images has argued he lost himself in pornography as his life unravelled and was unable to recognise the gravity of what he was doing because of his autism. Richard James Horsley s diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder dominated his sentencing hearing on Monday in the NSW District Court. He has pleaded guilty to possessing more than 1600 child sexual abuse images and 16 videos on three separate devices, as well as accessing such material on his iPhone X. The retired barrister once held an office at Sydney s 8 Wentworth Chambers, but on Monday he sat behind his silk, Phillip Boulten SC, and scribbled notes as Mr Boulten asked a judge to spare his client from prison. ....