Jonathan, how would characterise the current perception I you? Would you, on the whole, say: 1) a good man, wronged by a sloppy judicial system or 2) another homosexual celeb who abused his position

Neither Alan. A man who tries and tried to be good, who was a bisexual in the era when it was a crime to be gay, who never had any relationship with anyone who didn't want it and who was of an age to consent (if female - and, now, male), who was prosecuted for other reasons and convicted of crimes that never took place in an era (14 years ago) when society was having to adapt homophobia into paedophobia, who has the courage to continue to point out the corruption, laziness and mistakes in the areas of social interaction, who is now very old but retains his sense of humour and his awareness of modern technology, tracking URL's etc.