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STUDENT CONVICTED
2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS
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2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS
2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR ,AST 4HURSDAY THE .ORWICH MAG ISTRATE S COURT CONVICTED 2EYNAULD ,EKEUX A 5%! STUDENT OF POSSESS ING NEARLY INDECENT PICTURES OF UNDERAGE GIRLS ON COUNTS OF SINGLE IMAGES AND ONE ON A FURTHER IMAGES ,EKEUX WAS STUDYING FOR AN -3C IN %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCES )N ADDI TION TO THIS HE HAD A NUMBER OF PART TIME JOBS ONE OF WHICH WAS WORK ING BEHIND THE RECEPTION DESK IN 5NION (OUSE ,EKEUX WORKED FOR AN HOUR ON &RIDAY EVENING n POST CONVICTION #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS RECEPTION STAFF HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE BUILDING WHILE ON DUTY AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUT OF HOURS SECURITY ,EKEUX WORKS IRREGULAR HOURS COVERING WHEN REGULAR STAFF OR SECURITY PER SONNEL ARE UNAVAILABLE
#ONCRETE APPROACHED THE #OM MUNICATIONS /Fl CER OF THE 5NION FOR AN EXPLANATION (OWEVER CITING THE h3TAFF 0ROTOCOLv PART OF THE 5N ION S CONSTITUTION SHE DECLINED TO COMMENT 4HE RELEVANT SECTION OF THE STAFF PROTOCOL IS AS FOLLOWS h%X CEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED ELECTED OFl CERS SHALL UNDER NO CIRCUM STANCES PERMIT DISCUSSION OF MAT TERS RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES #ONDITIONS OF %MPLOYMENT PER FORMANCE OR CONDUCT OF MEMBERS OF STAFFxv -ARCUS *ONES 4HE ARGUMENTS IN COURT WERE PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PAPERS ,E KEUX WAS ORIGINALLY CAUGHT IN *UNE DOWNLOADING THE IMAGES IN THE ,IBRARY WHEN THE 5%! COMPUTER SYSTEM INFORMED STAFF THAT A PORNO GRAPHIC WEBSITE HAD BEEN VISITED 2ECORDS OF THE DOWNLOADS AND THE TIMES HE WAS LOGGED ONTO THE COM PUTER WERE CROSS REFERENCED AND MATCHED
)T IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ,EKEUX ARGUED HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A hSICK JOKEv (E SAID THESE IMAGES WERE DOWNLOADED BY OTHER PEOPLE ONTO HIS MEMORY STICK WHILE HE WAS AWAY FROM HIS DESK )T WAS REPORTED THAT ,EKEUX WISHED TO BECOME A FORENSIC SCI ENTIST ONCE HE HAD COMPLETED HIS STUDYING (IS SOLICITOR !NNE -ARIE 3HERIDAN COMMENTED TO THE COURT h.O PUNISHMENT YOU CAN INm ICT UPON HIM TODAY IS ANY GREATER THAN WHAT HE HAS DONE TO HIMSELF (E HAS QUITE LITERALLY LOST HIS FUTURE AT THE AGE OF )T IS UNFATHOMABLE FOR HIM TO CONSIDER (E WILL NOW MORE THAN LIKELY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA AND NO DOUBT HAVE TO RETURN TO &RANCE (E RETURNS TO NO FAMILY AS HIS MOTHER AND FATHER BOTH DIED AND HE SUP PORTS HIMSELF (E S LOST HIS FUTURE AND EVERYTHING HE S BEEN WORKING
FOR %VERYTHING HE WANTED TO BE AND EVERYTHING HE COULD HAVE BEEN HAS NOW GONE AND HE WILL HAVE TO RE EVALUATE HIS LIFE v 4HE CHAIRMAN OF THE BENCH THE SENIOR OF THE THREE MAGISTRATES WHO CONSIDERED THE CASE SAID IN HIS SUMMERY h7E DO NOT l ND IT CREDI BLE THAT YOU LEFT THE COMPUTER WITH IN HALF AN HOUR OF ARRIVING AT THE LI BRARY AND THAT THE SAME PERSON WAS PRESENT ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND DOWNLOADED THE IMAGES v !LTHOUGH THE 5NIVERSITY DOES NOT DISCUSS DISCIPLINARY MATTERS #ONCRETE WAS UNABLE TO l ND A RECORD OF ,EKEUX ON THE ENROLMENTS SYSTEM WHICH WOULD SEEM TO INDI CATE THE 5NIVERSITY HAS ALREADY RE MOVED HIM (IS CONTINUED EMPLOY MENT WITH THE 5NION HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY DECIDED UPON HOWEVER GIVEN THE WORDS OF HIS LAWYER THE PROSPECT OF HIM CONTINUING LOOKS UNLIKELY
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