The judge who spared the teenage traveller rape gang from detention did not jail a sex offender caught with extreme pornography and gave a speeding drug driver who killed a cyclist less than two years in prison.
Judge Nicholas Rowland, who has been heavily criticised over the Hampshire rape trial, gave Daniel Rushton a community order after the convicted sex offender was caught with extreme pornography.
In 2023, Rushton received a suspended sentence after admitting attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child online.
He was arrested again after software installed on his mobile phone as part of a sexual harm prevention
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