![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/guardian-website-still-carries-columns-by-convicted-child-sex-offender-who-blasted-paedo-probes-in-opinion-pieces/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2016-guardian-newspaper-cut-running-310821873.jpg&description=PAEDO SHAME Guardian website still carries columns by convicted child sex offender who blasted paedo probes in opinion pieces GUARDIAN opinion columns written by a child sex offender blasting investigations into paedophiles still remain online after his conviction. Sick Peter Wilby, 78, was this week sentenced after he was found in possession of 167 indecent images of children. 4 Peter Wilby had slammed the media's coverage of paedophiles in his Guardian columns Credit: Rex Features 4 One Guardian column by Wilby - still online - suggests investigating paedophiles is like a 'witch-hunt' 4 Wilby also slammed 'media hysteria' over investigations into paedophilia - saying those accused of the offence were 'victims' 4 The columns remain online despite his convictions - including one that was critical of campaigns to raise awareness over where child abusers were located Twenty-two of the pictures were classed as Category A images - the most serious. The former editor, who held top roles at the New Statesman and The Independent along with writing opinion pieces for The Guardian, later admitted he had an inappropriate interest in children while in top media positions. Wilby, who had been arrested by the National Crime Agency at his Essex home last October, was given a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for two years. The former editor was also given a rehabilitation requirement of 40 hours and is subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. He was also placed on the sex offenders register for five years. And it has since emerged the 78-year-old had written multiple columns slamming the media's coverage of paedophiles. His articles remain online to read, including those critical of investigations into paedophilia. In one article written in 2012, he suggests the "hysteria" around investigating paedophiles made those accused of child sex offences the new "victims". And he suggested victims of child abuse themselves would make false allegations "in hope of substantial pay){kind=link}
GUARDIAN opinion columns written by a child sex offender blasting investigations into paedophiles still remain online after his conviction.
Sick Peter Wilby, 78, was this week sentenced after he was found in possession of 167 indecent images of children.
Twenty-two of the pictures were classed as Category A images – the most serious.
The former editor, who held top roles at the New Statesman and The Independent along with writing opinion pieces for The Guardian, later admitted he had an inappropriate interest in children while in top media positions.
Wilby, who had been arrested by the National Crime Agency at his Essex home last October, was given a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.