R v Souter
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 November 2013 |
| Subject Matter | Criminal |
| Court | Crown Court |
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In the Crown Court at Norwich
R. v. Michael David Souter.
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Sentencing remarks of HHJ Mark Lucraft QC, 31st October 2013.
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1. On Thursday 17th October 2013 the jury convicted you on all but two of the 28
counts you faced on the indictment in this case.
2. Counts 1 to 19 covered abuse by you on seven separate people – each at the
time a young boy aged between 11 and 16. These counts spanned periods of
time from 1979 to 1981, 1988 to 1994 and 1998 to 1999.
3. Counts 20 to 28 concerned a number of indecent images found on your
computers following your arrest in 2011 and further arrest in 2012. You were
convicted of being in possession of five images and the making of two others.
The images were at levels, 1, 3 and 5 of the levels of seriousness adopted by
the Courts – 5 images at level 1, 1 image at level 3 and 1 image at level 5.
You were acquitted of one count of possession of an indecent image and I
discharged the jury from returning a verdict on another count of possession of
an indent image.
4. Count 1 was an indecent assault by you on A. He had come to your home to
wash your car. Aged 14 to 15 he had a Saturday job with Radio Norfolk and
had met you through that job. After washing your car when he was aged 15 or
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