Published date: 04 January 2016 |
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A RHYL man who downloaded child porn was caught during a police worldwide investigation into a blackmailer who extorted money from paedophiles, a court heard.
In June last year Lee Phillip Rees, aged 48, from Roath, Cardiff, was jailed for nine years on a total of 31 charges of demanding money but details of his sentence were not released until last month.
Christopher Bradley, aged 38, of Balmoral Grove, Rhyl, pleaded guilty at Prestatyn magistrates’ court to three charges of making indecent images of young girls and one of possessing 21 indecent images.
Prosecutor Mel Hughes said the images of girls under seven years of age ranged from Category C to Category A, the most serious.
He said the offences came to light during the South Wales Police investigation into Phillip Rees who was convicted of blackmailing men into either admitting their offences to their families or making donations to charity.
The images on Bradley’s computer were discovered when officers executed a search warrant at his home on April 16, 2015.
David Jones, defending, said that Bradley had not actively gone on-line searching for the images which had been sent by Skype and had not stored them.
“But he accepts that he viewed them and they are clearly unpleasant,” he said.
Mr Jones said the defendant had moved out of the family home as soon he was arrested in April last year and had voluntarily sought help for his problems from the drug and alcohol agency Cais and a Manchester-based agency which supported people who had committed such offences.
He said that Bradley could be dealt with by the magistrates because of his previous good character, the relatively small number of images and the fact that he had taken steps to address his problems, but chairman Sanjay Bhalla said the Bench’s sentencing powers were insufficient.
Bradley was bailed to appear at Mold Crown Court on January 28. He must register as a sex offender.
In June last year Lee Phillip Rees, aged 48, from Roath, Cardiff, was jailed for nine years on a total of 31 charges of demanding money but details of his sentence were not released until last month.
Christopher Bradley, aged 38, of Balmoral Grove, Rhyl, pleaded guilty at Prestatyn magistrates’ court to three charges of making indecent images of young girls and one of possessing 21 indecent images.
Prosecutor Mel Hughes said the images of girls under seven years of age ranged from Category C to Category A, the most serious.
He said the offences came to light during the South Wales Police investigation into Phillip Rees who was convicted of blackmailing men into either admitting their offences to their families or making donations to charity.
The images on Bradley’s computer were discovered when officers executed a search warrant at his home on April 16, 2015.
David Jones, defending, said that Bradley had not actively gone on-line searching for the images which had been sent by Skype and had not stored them.
“But he accepts that he viewed them and they are clearly unpleasant,” he said.
Mr Jones said the defendant had moved out of the family home as soon he was arrested in April last year and had voluntarily sought help for his problems from the drug and alcohol agency Cais and a Manchester-based agency which supported people who had committed such offences.
He said that Bradley could be dealt with by the magistrates because of his previous good character, the relatively small number of images and the fact that he had taken steps to address his problems, but chairman Sanjay Bhalla said the Bench’s sentencing powers were insufficient.
Bradley was bailed to appear at Mold Crown Court on January 28. He must register as a sex offender.
see-http://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/156812/38-year-old-rhyl-man-who-downloaded-child-porn-caught-during-worldwide-investigation.aspx
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