Convicted Sex Offender & Ex-Police Officer, Callum Denley:

Convicted Three Times in 12 Months, Avoids Prison Again – Review the Sentence!

To: The Attorney General's Office and the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), Roz Savage MP

We are calling for the sentence handed to Callum Denley, a former police officer, to be urgently reviewed under the UK’s Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.

Denley, 21, has now been convicted three times in 12 months for offences relating to indecent images of children and breaches of a court order, yet he has avoided immediate prison.

The convictions are as follows:

1. May 2025 – Possession of 1,590 indecent images of children, including Category A material, the most serious classification, while still a serving police officer. Denley received a suspended sentence.

2. August 2025 – Breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)after deliberately failing to hand over a mobile phone for monitoring. The phone contained illegal images, yet he received another suspended sentence.

3. March 2026 – Pleaded guilty to making and possessing indecent images of children, possessing a prohibited image of a child, possession of an extreme pornographic image, and breaching his SHPO again.

In August during sentencing, Judge Jason Taylor KC indicated that the suspended sentence had been imposed on the basis that no illegal images had been found on Denley’s phone but the device had now been sent away for a “full forensic examination”. He warned Denley:

 "If anything comes back, you know where you will be, prison, rest assured of that."

Despite this warning, officers subsequently discovered 34 illegal images on the phone, yet Denley was again given a 14‑month suspended prison sentence for two years, by the same Judge, DESPITE his previous warning!

At the time of these offences, Denley was a serving police officer - a role carrying a duty to protect the public and uphold the law. He later resigned from the police force and would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had he not already resigned.

Many members of the public believe this outcome does not adequately reflect:

* The seriousness and scale of the offending
* The three separate convictions, including deliberate non-compliance with court orders
* The breach of public trust by a police officer
* The need for deterrence in crimes involving child sexual exploitation

We are asking that:

1. The Attorney General's Office review this case under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.
2. The Attorney General consider referring the sentence to the Court of Appeal (England and Wales).
3. The Court of Appeal assess whether the sentence falls outside the reasonable range for such offences and increase it if appropriate.

Crimes involving the exploitation of children must be treated with the seriousness they deserve.

If you believe justice must be properly served, please sign this petition.

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