{"id":45241,"date":"2024-08-08T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/convicted-child-porn-offenders-appeal-dismissed-20240806\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:48:47","slug":"convicted-child-porn-offenders-appeal-dismissed-20240806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/convicted-child-porn-offenders-appeal-dismissed-20240806\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted child porn offender&#8217;s appeal dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Western Cape High Court dismissed Clinton Calder\u2019s appeal, upholding his eight-year prison sentence for distributing and creating child pornography. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Calder\u2019s arguments for a non-custodial sentence due to his medical condition were rejected, with the court finding no misdirection in the original sentencing. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The court\u2019s decision reinforces the severity of online sexual exploitation crimes and ensures Calder\u2019s name is entered into the National Register of Sex Offenders.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A convicted child sex offender from Fish Hoek lost his court appeal to have an eight-year prison sentence overturned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday 29 July, the Western Cape High Court dismissed the appeal and upheld an eight-year direct prison sentence of Clinton Calder, ordering his name be entered into the National Register of Sex Offenders and declaring him unfit to possess a firearm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calder was initially arrested in August 2015 after a Belgian chief inspector, who was assigned to investigate online and offline activities of trading in child abuse images and the luring of children, noticed internet traffic of child pornography coming via South Africa.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations led to Calder\u2019s location, a search and seizure of his laptop which contained child pornography and his subsequent arrest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-over-3-000-counts\">Over 3 000 counts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, it was discovered that during the period from 23 September 2014 to 7 June 2015, Calder had been operating under a pseudonym on the Gigatribe platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was later found guilty of over 3\u2009000 counts of distributing child pornography, importation of child pornography and creation of child pornography and sentenced in the Wynberg Regional Court on Thursday 15 July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>appeal finding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Western Cape National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila explained that during his appeal Calder argued for a non-custodial sentence due to his clean criminal record, among other reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring arguments on 26 April, the 55-year-old described his conduct as a moment of madness, he had been doing crazy things, sought psychological treatment and was suffering from depression,\u201d said Ntabazalila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe further argued for a non-custodial sentence due to his clean criminal record, and personal circumstances of needing private medical and psychological treatment for his medical condition and sexual affliction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calder further submitted that specialised facilities were not available in prison, arguing that his pulmonary conditions would be best treated outside prison due to excessive smoking habits of other prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn experienced nurse working at the hospital section of Pollsmoor Prison testified that other prisoners with similar medical conditions at the prison were successfully treated whilst incarcerated,\u201d said Ntabazalila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was further submitted that Calder had the propensity to commit the offences, and his prospects for rehabilitation were slim, it was evident that he had no genuine remorse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-misdirection\">No misdirection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The appeal court held that if the appellant or another prisoner\u2019s rights have been breached by the prison authorities, permitting smoking by others or by the authorities failing to offer appropriate medical treatment, then the appellant can administratively enforce his constitutional rights as a prisoner to be properly treated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese considerations, however, did not point to a misdirection on the part of the regional magistrate in imposing direct imprisonment as a sentence,\u201d said Ntabazalila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe appellant had not shown that he had a life-threatening condition that could not be adequately treated in Pollsmoor Prison or other correctional facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appeal judges found that the regional magistrate did not fail to 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