A 76-year-old Whippingham man has avoided prison after he pleaded guilty to making almost 145,000 indecent images of children, as well as possessing a video of a 3-month-old baby in pain and distress.
Peter Kirby, a resident of Medina Park caravan site located on Folly Lane, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court for the first time earlier this year, on 19th June.
As previously reported by Island Echo, Kirby was charged with 5 offences which took place in East Cowes between February 2019 and March 2023.
The court heard that Kirby made 986x Category A indecent images of children, 1,227x Category B images and a staggering 142,265x Category C images.
He also faced an allegation of possessing 5 prohibited images of a child and a further charge relating to an extreme pornographic image portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal.
During the hearing, Kirby stood with his arms crossed and scoffed at the Magistrates’ remarks.
Following the initial hearing on 19th June, Peter Kirby’s case was sent straight to Crown Court. It was here on 13th July that he pleaded guilty to all 5 offences.
The court heard how Police seized hard drives from Kirby’s caravan in March 2023, later discovering still and moving images of different people and children organised in categories and folders. These videos had a total length of 38 minutes.
Out of the total 144,478 indecent images found, 2,826 were videos – 1 of which showed a 3-month-old baby being raped.
Last week, on 17th September, Kirby faced Judge William Ashworth for sentencing.
The peadophile pensioner was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 24 months.
As well as this, Judge Ashworth imposed a sexual harm prevention order, ordered Kirby to complete 30 rehabilitation days and ordered him to comply with a police notification requirement before ordering £1,000 compensation to be paid.
The court heard that the total amount of compensation will be given to Victim Support, a charity dedicated to supporting people affected by crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales.
They are having a laugh, what deterrent is that sentance, personally I would have had him hung !
Perhaps IF our prisons were not filled with non indigenous delights, or their now British offspring, then room could easily be found for the lowest forms of life we have of our own, which IS our responsibility to remove from society.
I can think of better, more cost effective means, but until that day, prison, albeit too good for the likes of this, ought to be the only option.
There are currently 16,000 in prison for sexual offences. 1,700 were not born here. That’s just over 10%.
Total prison population of non Brits is 12%. Non Brits in total population is just shy of 20%.
Ergo, there is LESS likelihood of non Brits committing crime than Brits.
If you’re thinking that’s 17,000 places for the white British deviant bastards who commit crimes against the person but slip away undetected through lack of evidence, you’d need a bigger country to jail them, as the laws we currently have (voted for by people like Christopher Chope, that major contributor to UK News and thinks upskirting women is nothing to be ashamed of) has a sliding scale of perceived harm in sentencing guidelines. So….contributing to the abuse of women and children by sharing disgusting, predatory photographs is no biggie, apparently. And also not the fault of Non Brits. We did that all by our whiter than white selves.
Sorry, 1,700 places. not 17,000. Although…it’s far more prevalent than you’d think.
Another nonce getting away with it I think we should be looking at the judges who are handing out these lenient sentences these kids are our future
Sentence guidelines go look them up
Vile vile man. I hope his neighbours know who he is, and inflict the same pain that was given to that three month old baby.
In what world is that ok to let a man, who gets off on acts like that, roam free?
Shame on the judge.
No, shame on the lawmakers. The judge didn’t make the law. Try people like Christopher Chope.
Better still, try not legitimising it every time a man is even mildly predatory, or using ‘banter’ in relation to women by your silent acceptance. Maybe THEN the message will start to get through.
Oh and a new law to stop online pornography. Anyone who uses the personal rights and freedoms argument needs an education. No, sexual voyeurism harms someone, somewhere, and rights and freedoms do not supersede another’s rights to not be abused by men.
You blame the judge ,but you don’t know anything about sentencing guidelines
This needs to stop! Absolutely disgusting..why doesn’t anyone do something about this! The only message being given will encourage more vile creatures!!
Who is the ‘anyone’ you had in mind?
The actual crime here was having the photographs, gained online. There is currently no crime of culpability for the actual crime of child sexual abuse. Reform wants to scrap the Online Safety Act, calling it ‘Orwellian’, meaning the loss of personal freedoms. That is, the loss of freedom to look at, distribute and drool over pictures of 3 month old babies being raped by men. That will increase.
To date, the ONLY Government who have addressed this across the board of sexual harm is Labour, with the Crime and Policing Act of 2026. Interesting to note that although it passed and became law, ONE THIRD of MPs voted against, mainly Conservatives for the third and final reading. Farage specifically is always absent for votes of importance, like these. Can’t be outed for being absent, can you? Didn’t care enough to be there.
Go look up sentencing guidelines then blame the judge
The National Crime Agency (NCA) states that the number of people in the UK with a sexual interest in children is significantly higher than previously understood, highlighting an estimated 144,000 online accounts linked to British individuals active on dark web networks. Law enforcement has noted they cannot actively investigate every identified suspect due to capacity.
500,000 children are sexually abused in the UK every year. Official government and National Audit figures show that the vast majority of this abuse goes unidentified and is never reported to the police, meaning the corresponding perpetrators operate without being caught.
When you know and understand that every time a prominent figure is had up for crimes against children because of one victim speaking up, dozens more victims come out of hiding often revealing a network of others committing the same abuses, and THOSE WHO TURNED A BLIND EYE. Historical abuses don’t count in yearly current figures as above.
So instead of must calling for the odd one or two caught to be strung up….what is it that you think needs to change? (clue: it’s not even the law…)
They turn a blind eye till a illegal immigrant dose it then it’s big news ,but what they don’t say is that on the same day he was arrested 200 white British men was arrested for doing the same crime
And yet you get 3 years for a polliticaly incorrect tweet!
Our Elites must be so proud.
I thought that I had heard everything during my 78 years on this sad world, but RAPING A 3 MONTH OLD BABY? This filthy piece of human filth should definitely get a suspended sentence, BY THE NECK OR HIS BOLLOCKS, IF HE HAS ANY?