ST AUSTELL MAN FACES SERIOUS CHILD IMAGES CHARGES AT COURT
UPDATE 23-04-2026 --------------------------------------------------------------------- A 42-year-old Cornwall man who had over 1,000 child sex abuse images has been given a suspended jail sentence today (THURS).A judge said Andrew Spelling, of Southbourne Road, St Austell, became addicted to looking at them.
Truro Crown Court heard that Spelling had denied the offences but was convicted by a jury after a trial.
He was convicted of three charges of making 405 images of the most serious category A sexual abuse of children as well as 330 category B images and 316 category C.
ANDREW SPELLING, 41, of Southbourne Road, St Austell pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to making 406 Category A, 330 Category B and 316 Category C images of children in 2023.
His trial is fixed for 10 November.