A child rapist found with several indecent pictures of children has blamed his wife and children.
According to Judge Robert Juckes QC, the images found on James Devine’s computer are the ‘worst and most disturbing kind’.
Devine, a father of three was arrested when his wife, who has started divorce proceedings, complained to police and his computer was seized.
Judge Juckes said, “Instead of accepting your responsibility, which would have avoided the finger of blame being pointed at others, you named your wife and three children as people who had access, the plain implication being they may have been responsible for the images.”
Metro UK reported that Devine, 51, admitted making indecent images of children at Winchester Crown Court a week before he was due to face trial.
Prosecutor Paul Cook said the images were all stored in ‘an inaccessible space’ within the computer that his family would not be able to find easily.
He, however, said he was not the only person who had access to the devices the police had seized in an interview on July 10, 2015.
As a result his family were interviewed by police as part of their investigation.
Devine was jailed for two years.
He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offender’s Register for 10 years, banned from contacting his wife and children and told to pay a £120 victim surcharge.
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