That makes it worse - either an image is "indecent" and therefore posession of it is illegal or it isn't. It isn't a matter of how many or if they were searched for, paid for or anything else. The legislation says nothing about any of that.
Or cartoons. Yes really. Coroners and Justice Act 2009 which got rushed through and just made porogation before the general election.
Incidentally, since I've put a few people off their lunch
, the picture of me could be given the title "baby's first bath time" or something like that, since that is what it protrays. Me, removed from the bath, laying on a towel. As I said, very obviously under 18
. But it shouldn't matter if the person is one a few days old or a few days short of their 18th birthday, the law as written makes no distinction. This is what I'm trying to get at, if the police & CPS are putting their own interpretations on what does or does not contravene it, what is the ordinary person supposed to do?
Clarity is needed and our lawmakers aren't providing it.