Bliss Seeker

just out of interest, if you type phrases such as "teen porn", "my little sister", "japanese school girls" and "virgin porn" into search engines, is it likely to trigger some sort of investigation.

*shady*

Neil Purvis

I think he's only been in jail since he was sentenced on 15 August, which is just less than a month ago. Don't think he spent any time on remand.

Retro

What Peacemaker said... the man's career is finished now which is a sentence in it's own right.

That shouldn't really be taken into account though when it comes to determining his prison sentence though. Should be the same as it would be for any other person convicted of the same crime.

Docker

I don't think his career will be over.
Maybe his TV career, but that mostly has come about in the last 5-10 years.
He was a hugely successful writer beforehand and I can't see that stopping now.

As for the sentencing, seeing as it is only possession of images, they're hardly going to throw the book at him.

Retro

I don't think his career will be over.
Maybe his TV career, but that mostly has come about in the last 5-10 years.
He was a hugely successful writer beforehand and I can't see that stopping now.

As for the sentencing, seeing as it is only possession of images, they're hardly going to throw the book at him. </BLOCKQUOTE>
I didn't ask them to throw the book at him... I said he should get the same as anyone else convicted of the same crime.

Since when did writing become immune from personal issues? It's as subject to "who you know" as anything else - and do you think editors, publishers and commissioners don't have the same prejudices that everyone else has?

Neil Purvis

If he’s a talented writer I doubt publishers will have any problems allowing him to write under a pseudonym.

The ability to make money will usually overrule any moral obligations they feel they might have.

Docker

Sorry I meant to say screen writer rather than literary.
Either way, it won't stop him being a funny man and being able to write good scripts.

Retro, sorry wasn't insinuating you meant bang him forever *froth froth froth* more that there is a quite a big call for just that.

Retro

There are so many writers out there who are excellent and can't get published/commissioned. It's an extremely hard business to break into and without the ability to use his name (now it's dirt) he might find it hard.

His best hope is that some of the connections he's made in the industry don't turn their backs on him.

Neil Purvis

He'll be using his own name to the people who matter though.

Docker

See this is where I disagree with you.
Why should a man's life and career be destroyed on the back of one aberration?

Just a while back we were talking about Lee Hughes and how he should be allowed to get back to playing football having served his time (on the back of killing someone through his actions).
But because this is Paedophilia (the crime of all crimes, no matter what the actual level was) he should now be cast from society and his name never spoken of again.