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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Grant

‘My 17-year-old son was arrested for sharing child abuse images – he said it was a relief’

Depressed teenager on his mobile while sitting on a park bench at night.
In some regions the majority of people identified by police as watching or sharing indecent images of children were under 18 Photograph: Brian Moore/Alamy

Louise* thought she had been open and clear with her two children about the dangers of the internet. But last year there was a knock on her door at 6am. It was the police looking for her 17-year-old son.

“There were five or six police coming up my stairs,” she says. “When they said they were looking for my son because of indecent images I thought I was going to pass out.

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