Pedophile avoids prison due to advanced age

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Pedophile avoids prison due to advanced age
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An 80-year-old man does not have to serve time in prison after being convicted of a serious child pornography offense because he is considered too old, Upsala Nya Tidning reports.

The man is instead sentenced to a suspended sentence and 240 hours of community service.

We followed the legislation that says that age should be taken into account. He was also willing to do community service and was considered suitable to carry it out. The Probation Service also assesses that he would commit a crime again as very low, says councillor Annika Folkeson to the newspaper.

The man had 8,000 images and hundreds of films of "particularly ruthless abuse material". He has confessed to the crime.

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