The trial against well-known solicitor and former school governor Stuart Nuttall, who has denied committing numerous child sex offences, has been pushed back until December.
The 54-year-old commercial lawyer, of Stonelands Park in Ryde, who previously served as a governor of Ryde Academy and as a director of the IW Youth Trust, pleaded not guilty to a total of 12 charges back in 2024.
Those charges were:
- 2x Adult attempt to engage in sexual communication with a child
- 1x Attempt to cause/incite a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity – no penetration
- 1x Offender 18 or over attempt to cause a child aged 13 to 15 to watch/look at an image of sexual activity
- 1x Offender 18 or over attempt to cause a child under 13 to watch/look at an image of sexual activity
- 3x Make indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, namely 206x Category A, 486x Category B and 168x Category C still/moving indecent images of children
- 3x Distribute an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child, namely 11x Category A, 31x Category B and 12x Category C still/moving indecent images of children
- 1x Possess extreme pornographic image/images portraying an act of intercourse/oral sex with a dead/alive animal, namely the penis of a horse penetrating a female’s vagina
Despite having a trial listed to begin at Portsmouth Crown Court earlier this week (Monday 23rd March), Nuttall’s case was instead listed at the Isle of Wight Crown Court for a pre-trial review on the same day.
Following that hearing, it has now been confirmed that the trial has been pushed back until the 14th December 2026 at the Isle of Wight Crown Court.
The reason for this lengthy adjournment is unknown.
No need for a trial, the prosecution knows what he done,so he should arrested asap & jailed permanently,till he dies in prison..