Friday 15 February 2013

Jailed web sex offender is ‘parent’s worst nightmare’ - text 3



Jailed web sex offender is ‘parent’s worst nightmare’


A A judge branded a man a “parent’s worst nightmare” as he jailed him for two-and-a-half years for making indecent images of children he met through internet chat sites aimed at teenagers. Police found that Nicholas Bennett, 31, claimed to be aged just 15 on at least one occasion when talking to girls who told him they were under 16. He was sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to 10 sexual offences at an earlier hearing, a spokeswoman for Kent Police said. Bennett’s victims were between 11 and 16, with one living as far away as Sydney, Australia.

B He was arrested last year after a woman told police he tried to blackmail her by threatening to post images on the internet that she sent him as a child if she refused to engage in further role-play with him. Officers from the public protection crime unit then executed a search warrant at his home and arrested him on suspicion of possession of indecent images of children.

C On his computer equipment they also found records from chat showing a number of internet conversations he had had with children, along with evidence of him having posed as a 15-year-old boy by supplying false images of himself. Bennett told officers he spoke with teenagers but denied any of his internet chat was with children although police believe Bennett made contact with the girls through a teen chat website and it is suspected he used information found on social networking sites about the teenagers he spoke to befriend them.

D Detective Constable Mikaela Stevens, who led the investigation, said of the woman who made the initial report to police: “Her courage and co-operation with officers was important in bringing this offender before the courts and in identifying other children he had abused and also preventing further children from coming into contact with him in the future.”

E Bennett admitted five offences of causing or inciting pornography, four counts of making indecent images of children and one count of causing or inciting sexual activity with a child. Judge Philip Statman also gave him a 10-year sex offences prevention order and he must sign the sex offenders register for life.


indecent – neslušný, obscénní
nightmare – noční můra
pleading guilty – doznání viny
search warrant – příkaz k domovní prohlídce
threatening – hrození
to blackmail – vydírat
to brand – označit
to incite – podněcovat
to sentence – potrestat


1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Stevens’ opinion
2 Bennett spoke to teenagers and claimed to be 15
3 Bennett arrested after blackmailing
4 Bennett’s sentence
5 Introduction
2) Read the article again and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 Who is Nicholas Bennett? What did he do?
3 What was found on Bennett’s computer?
4 Where did he contact teenagers? What did he want from them?
5 What sentence was he given?

3) Explain the following words.
1 sexual offence
2 to arrest
3 indecent images of children
4 teen chat website
5 pornography

What is child pornography? Who is a paedophile? What are chat sites? How can they be misused? How can we protect children against contacts with paedophiles?

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http://www.metro.co.uk/home/827597-jailed-web-sex-offender-is-parents-worst-nightmare

2 comments:

  1. 1)
    1.D
    2.C
    3.B
    4.E
    5.A

    2)
    1. The article is about a man who was doing a criminal activity on children. 2. He pretended to be 15 years old on the internet to get a child pornography, it spread it and threatened to children to do what he wants.
    3. The police found a lot of videos with child pornography, many conversations where he pretended that he has 15 years and too evidence, that he did sexual activity with child.
    4. He used a social networking and chat rooms for teenagers.
    5. He admitted five offences of causing or inciting pornography, four counts of making indecent images of children and one count of causing or inciting sexual activity with a child.

    3)
    1. it's a noun, it's a situation when someone force someone else to sexual activity without his permission
    2. it's a verb, it's a situation when police catch some criminal and take him to a prison
    3. it's a noun, it's a pictures with a child pornography
    4. it's a noun, it's a fun for teenager, where they can communicate with their peers
    5. it's a noun, these are photos or pictures of sexual activities or naked people (children)

    1. The child pornography is picture of naked children or children in sexual activity.
    2. The paedophile is a person who love a children and abuses fot his needs.
    3. The chat sites are the form of fun for teenager where they can communicate with their peers.
    4. The person can abuses this sites like a Bennet, that he abused trust a young to get their nude photos and could force them to engage in other sexual activities.
    5. First of all, it is necessary to inform children about this issue. In addition, parents should check what sites the children are looking at and have spoken to them intimately to see if they are being spoken by someone with a sexual context.

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  2. 1:1.D
    2.C
    3.B
    4.E
    5.A
    2:1.The article is about a man who was doing a criminal activity on children
    2.  Nicholas Bennett is a pedophile who has been convicted of 10 sexual crimes. it spread it and threatened to children to do what he wants.
    3.they also found chat records on their computer equipment that showed a number of internet conversations he had with the children, along with evidence that he had introduced himself as a fifteen-year-old boy by giving him false ideas about himself.
    4. a social networking and chat rooms for teenagers.
    5. He admitted five crimes that cause or incite pornography, four numbers of indecent images of children, and one number that causes or incites sexual activity with a child.
    3:1. it's a noun,A sexual crime is a situation where a person commits a crime with a sexual subtext
    2. it is a verb, to arrest it is a situation where it is possible for someone on the basis of legal force and in custody.
    3. it's a pictures with a child pornography
    4.it's for teenagers where they can communicate with their friends
    5. are about inappropriate photos of children with sexual overtones.
    4: 1. The child pornography is picture of naked children or children in sexual activity.
    2. The paedophile is a person who love a children and abuses fot his needs.
    3. The chat sites are the form of fun for teenager where they can communicate with their peers.

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