on a laptop that Cullen had borrowed.
After reporting him to the police, Jazmin found out that 31-year-old Cullen, a former ambulance call operator, had lied to her about his identity and criminal past.
Two years earlier he had been jailed for possessing 8,000 child abuse images and exchanging them with other paedophiles. He served half of a two year prison sentence and met Jazmin shortly after being released. After being
reported, police searched the house the couple were staying in and
Cullen was charged; he pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images
at Sutton Magistrates’ Court in April 2011.
But after hearing he had already spent 14
weeks in custody since his arrest, he was given an 18-month community
order and fined £85.The court heard he had allegedly been abused aged 16, but no one was ever arrested, charged or prosecuted.
Horrified Jazmin, from
Carshalton, Surrey, said: “He seemed like such a normal and charming man
and still to this day I find it very hard to believe it is the same
person.
"I wanted to believe it was all a mistake. At
no point did I ever support his actions, but I wanted to believe that
it was not true."Seeing him convicted was a mix of relief, complete devastation and disbelief.
"Divorcing him will be the final step in moving on but so far he has denied me that."
But the
nightmare isn’t over for Jazmin, as she finds herself unable to divorce
Cullen because he is refusing to cooperate, dragging out the legal end
to their marriage.
According to Jazmin, Cullen has continued to
change his name and whereabouts, making divorcing him impossible. She is
now looking into getting a decree nisi divorce, on the grounds they
have lived apart for long enough."At one point I wasn’t sure if there was any hope out there, but now I’m doing really well now in my life,” she said.
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