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Originally Posted by Pierre
I believe the crime is in the transfer of photographs.
The person being 17 at the time.
If it can be proven the BBC presenter requested and received the photographs from a minor, then he has broken the law.
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There is a crime in making the image and in possessing it. Possibly there’s a crime of incitement as well. I don’t know, IANAL.
One interesting point is that its sexualisation in the image that makes it a crime - it is possible for a photo to be sexualised, and therefore illegal, even if a child isn’t naked, and it is also possible for the photo to be legal even if the child is (so for example a photo of your own pre-school children streaking across the beach isn’t actually against the law). Almost certainly besides the point in this case though.