Another Court of Appeal Success for LN

Tony Meisels has successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal focusing upon a condition of a Sexual Offence Prevention Order (SOPO) which prohibited the appellant from using any internet enabled device except for the purpose of his employment.

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal which in part was lodged due to the appellant’s heavy reliance on the internet for social and domestic purposes. The Court also recognized the appellant’s efforts towards rehabilitation as since the time of his arrest. The newly worded Sexual Offences Prevention Order now merely prohibits the appellant from using the internet to access child pornography and this will now become a leading case when the courts determine the wording of Sexual Offences Prevention Orders as they relate to access to the “internet”.

Jeremy Lynn of Farringdon Chambers ably repesented the appellant.