UK courts have allowed an Eton schoolboy to use a false name to protect his wealthy family from scandal.

Andrew Picard managed to escape jail time despite being convicted of creating and distributing sickening child pornography involving children as young as 2 years old.

But Picard’s real name is Andrew Boeckman – Picard is his mother’s maiden name.

Boeckman’s father is extremely wealthy lawyer-to-the-bankers Philip J Boeckman. But almost all references to the name Boeckman in connection with the case have been deleted from the internet – presumably under threat of legal action.

Here’s part of a cached Mirror article on the case from the internet archives in which the name Boeckman is mentioned. The article has since been deleted:

Of course, Picard/Boeckman may argue he decided to take his mother’s maiden name before the scandal erupted. But here’s a photograph of Picard under the name Boeckman from as recently as August 2015 (from a US local newspaper archive):

Here’s a full copy of the deleted Mirror article including the offending paragraph mentioning his father. It’s clearly the same guy:

Allowing a defendant to use a false name could only happen with the agreement of the court, the prosecution, the police and the presiding judge.

Must be useful to have friends in high places …