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"A former West Wales media studies student considered so dangerous to
children by parents they established a "warning" website about him was
banned for life today from owning a camera or a computer. And
31-year-old Anthony Peter Luckwill was also jailed for 25 months on 15
counts of possessing indecent images of children. Luckwill, of Priory
Court, Carmarthen, also placed on the sex offender's register for 10
years, admitted the offences at Swansea Crown Court.
Francis Jones, prosecuting, said Luckwill joined a Carmarthen based
support group for families with autistic children. He told members he
wanted to video children with the condition and asked "wholly
inappropriate" questions about them. Parents in the group were so
concerned they called in the police and in November of last year
police took away a computer from his Carmarthen home for examination.
At the time, Luckwill was already serving a community rehabilitation
order placed on him for earlier offences of possessing indecent images
of children. While police were examining the computer Luckwill
obtained another one and downloaded more indecent images from the
internet. None of the images related to children involved in the
Carmarthen support group. Police again visited his home in Carmarthen
and took away the second computer. In total more than 100 indecent
images of children were found on the two machines including several
very serious "category 5" pictures of children actually being abused.
At first Luckwill claimed the images could have been sent to his
computers in malicious e-mails but he later admitted to interviewing
officers he had viewed the images saying, "OK, I've seen thelot". Last
summer, parents in West Wales set up a website containing Luckwill's
photograph and asked people to contact the police if they ever
suspected he was alone with a child.
The website warned that Luckwill was organising car exhibitions to
which children and their parents were invited. It also contained
newspaper articles covering indecency court cases involving Luckwill.
He was expelled from a media studies course at University College
Lampeter in 2003 after being convicted of possessing indecent images
of children leading to the community rehabilitation order. Yesterday,
his barrister Frank Phillips said Luckwill agreed he had an obsession
with children's underwear but was adamant it was not a sexual
obsession.
Judge Keith Thomas however said the images in Luckwill's possession
were mainly of naked children. And he said the defendant's actions at
the autistic support group were "classic signs of grooming children".
As well as jailing Luckwill for 25 months he ordered that he should
not have an interest in or own photographic equipment or computer
equipment. Judge Thomas said the banning order would be in place
indefinitely. But he agreed after hearing from Mr Phillips that it
could make Luckwill unemployable in the future that he could use such
equipment owned by any future employer. He told him, "You cannot
possess the equipment or take hire purchase out on it or use someone
else's equipment for personal use but you can use any employer's
equipment for work purposes".
The judge also ordered that Luckwill should regularly attend a
community sex offender programme on his release up to 2009. Because of
time already served on remand and possible remission, Luckwill could
be free within two months. The court was told that Luckwill had been
diagnosed as suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. His
barrister Frank Phillips said his client was said to be at the milder
end of the syndrome. And he said it did not affect social interaction.
The judge said there was no evidence to suggest the syndrome was
responsible for Luckwill's offences.
Judge Thomas told Luckwill, "In April 2003 you joined the National
Autistic Support Group in Carmarthen and took an interest in the
children who were there and asked if you could film them. "You also
set up your own website on which you asked wholly inappropriate
questions about children. "These were classic signs of grooming
children and one of the most serious aspects of this case is that the
offences were carried out while serving a community rehabilitation
order...a serious aggravating feature." Bachelor Luckwill's existing
computer equipment was confiscated by the court."
"A former West Wales media studies student considered so dangerous to
children by parents they established a "warning" website about him was
banned for life today from owning a camera or a computer. And
31-year-old Anthony Peter Luckwill was also jailed for 25 months on 15
counts of possessing indecent images of children. Luckwill, of Priory
Court, Carmarthen, also placed on the sex offender's register for 10
years, admitted the offences at Swansea Crown Court.
Francis Jones, prosecuting, said Luckwill joined a Carmarthen based
support group for families with autistic children. He told members he
wanted to video children with the condition and asked "wholly
inappropriate" questions about them. Parents in the group were so
concerned they called in the police and in November of last year
police took away a computer from his Carmarthen home for examination.
At the time, Luckwill was already serving a community rehabilitation
order placed on him for earlier offences of possessing indecent images
of children. While police were examining the computer Luckwill
obtained another one and downloaded more indecent images from the
internet. None of the images related to children involved in the
Carmarthen support group. Police again visited his home in Carmarthen
and took away the second computer. In total more than 100 indecent
images of children were found on the two machines including several
very serious "category 5" pictures of children actually being abused.
At first Luckwill claimed the images could have been sent to his
computers in malicious e-mails but he later admitted to interviewing
officers he had viewed the images saying, "OK, I've seen thelot". Last
summer, parents in West Wales set up a website containing Luckwill's
photograph and asked people to contact the police if they ever
suspected he was alone with a child.
The website warned that Luckwill was organising car exhibitions to
which children and their parents were invited. It also contained
newspaper articles covering indecency court cases involving Luckwill.
He was expelled from a media studies course at University College
Lampeter in 2003 after being convicted of possessing indecent images
of children leading to the community rehabilitation order. Yesterday,
his barrister Frank Phillips said Luckwill agreed he had an obsession
with children's underwear but was adamant it was not a sexual
obsession.
Judge Keith Thomas however said the images in Luckwill's possession
were mainly of naked children. And he said the defendant's actions at
the autistic support group were "classic signs of grooming children".
As well as jailing Luckwill for 25 months he ordered that he should
not have an interest in or own photographic equipment or computer
equipment. Judge Thomas said the banning order would be in place
indefinitely. But he agreed after hearing from Mr Phillips that it
could make Luckwill unemployable in the future that he could use such
equipment owned by any future employer. He told him, "You cannot
possess the equipment or take hire purchase out on it or use someone
else's equipment for personal use but you can use any employer's
equipment for work purposes".
The judge also ordered that Luckwill should regularly attend a
community sex offender programme on his release up to 2009. Because of
time already served on remand and possible remission, Luckwill could
be free within two months. The court was told that Luckwill had been
diagnosed as suffering from Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. His
barrister Frank Phillips said his client was said to be at the milder
end of the syndrome. And he said it did not affect social interaction.
The judge said there was no evidence to suggest the syndrome was
responsible for Luckwill's offences.
Judge Thomas told Luckwill, "In April 2003 you joined the National
Autistic Support Group in Carmarthen and took an interest in the
children who were there and asked if you could film them. "You also
set up your own website on which you asked wholly inappropriate
questions about children. "These were classic signs of grooming
children and one of the most serious aspects of this case is that the
offences were carried out while serving a community rehabilitation
order...a serious aggravating feature." Bachelor Luckwill's existing
computer equipment was confiscated by the court."
