CRAVEN ARMS MAN CONVICTED OF INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN AND ANIMALS
A MAN caught with extreme animal pornography has been up before the magistrates.
William Andrews entered a guilty plea to three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image involving animals when he appeared before magistrates in June.
Prosecutor Kathleen Price told magistrates that the 54-year-old had made 16 category A and six category B indecent images of a child in Craven Arms on June 1, 2021, and 18 category C images on May 21, 2022.
He had also been in possession of two extreme pornographic images involving a dog and a cow in Craven Arms on June 1, magistrates in Telford were told.
Magistrates said that the offences were so serious that only a custodial sentence could be justified due to the extreme nature of the images.
Andrews, of Marshgate, Tugford, Craven Arms, was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months and added to the sex offenders' register for 10 years.
He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order, which restricts his use of electronic devices and the internet.
He must pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £187 victim surcharge.
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
Craven Arms on June 1, magistrates in Telford were told. Magistrates said that the offences were so serious that only a custodial sentence could be justified due to the extreme nature of the images. Andrews, of Marshgate, Tugford, Craven...
Suspended sentence
12 months
Andrews, of Marshgate, Tugford, Craven Arms, was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months and added to the sex offenders' register for 10 years
Court order
He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order, which restricts his use of electronic devices and the internet
Fine or payment
He must pay prosecution costs of 85 and a 187 victim surcharge
