It is really rotten that the justice system (should I use that word) treated him that way. Police, prosecutors and judges are all in a business which is rated on its conviction rate. Just like a retailor of gasoline does not care if you're are suffering because of the recent increased cost of gasoline the prosecutor cares only about his conviction rate. The police their arrest rate. And of course what judge doesn't want to seems tough on child porn?

Innocent you say? "Yeah they all say that" they'll tell their cronies at the pub tonight.

How did the fact that these deleted subjects had been downloaded come to the attention of the authorities?