In 2017, the Offender Database reported that Dr Christopher Ball-Nossa, then 35, of Chorlton, Greater Manchester, was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court.
Christopher Ball-Nossa was handed a two-year community order after pleading guilty to six charges of downloading indecent images of children. The court heard that the disgraced doctor, who was working at University Hospital in Coventry at the time, was caught when his wife made a horrific discovery on his laptop while trying to watch Game of Thrones.
The investigation revealed that Christopher Ball-Nossa had hoarded a total of 1,528 indecent images and movies of children aged between one and 13. Among the collection were 22 films and 196 still images in Category A, which is the most severe and explicit grade of child abuse, often depicting the rape of minors.
During sentencing, Judge Peter Cooke praised the “appalling predicament” and “immense courage” of Christopher Ball-Nossa’s wife for reporting her husband to the police. The court heard that she had confronted him once before in 2008 about similar images, but at the time, she accepted his deceptive explanation that they were merely “unwanted pop-ups.”
Christopher Ball-Nossa admitted to having “inappropriate thoughts” about children since he first encountered such material as a 17-year-old. The judge noted that the consequences for Christopher Ball-Nossa were dramatic, stating that his medical career was effectively over and his marriage had ended, effectively ruining his life through his own criminal actions.
In addition to the community order, Christopher Ball-Nossa was mandated to participate in a sex offender treatment programme and a rehabilitation activity. He was ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for the same duration to monitor his future conduct.
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