I Kid You Not
At a party to celebrate his reelection to the Darlington, England, borough council, Mark Burton took a teenager’s clothes off and touched her. After pleading guilty to sexual assault, Burton said he was drunk and very tired, but Judge Howard Crawson didn’t deem that much of an excuse: a post-arrest search of Burton’s computer revealed Burton’s thousands of searches for ...well... unlawful photos of kids, said prosecutor Joanne Kidd. And there were downloaded images too, such as one of a young girl wearing only ropes. Burton was sentenced to 22 months behind bars and placed on a sex offenders’ registry. His marriage has fallen apart. And to top it off, he’s lost his position on the council, where he chaired the Children and Young Persons’ Scrutiny Forum. (AC/Northern Echo) ...Apparently he was on some children and young persons scrutiny forums online, too.Original Publication Date: 18 March 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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