December 2014
Widnes man handed community order for possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography
A PERVERT from Widnes has been handed a community order after being sentenced for making and possessing indecent photographs of children.
John Carr, 48, of Bell House Road, appeared at Chester Crown Court on Friday, December 12.
The Recorder Of Chester Elgan Edwards gave Carr a community order for two years with a supervision order for the same length of time.
The judge also handed Carr a sexual offences prevention order for the next 10 years, told him to sign the sex offenders register, and to pay £500 in costs.
He was sentenced for two counts of making indecent photographs of children, one count of possessing indecent photographs and one count of possessing extreme pornographic images.
The court heard from John Oates, prosecuting, that Carr pleaded guilty to the offences on Monday, October 13.
Mr Oates said that one count included a single indecent photograph that fell into category A – which covers the ‘most serious images’ according to Crown Prosecution Service guidelines – and 254 images in the second count fell into category C.
He added that the extreme pornography count included 200 images of people committing ‘unnatural acts with animals’.
The prosecution said that officers executed a warrant and searched Carr’s home on Wednesday, April 30.
A Toshiba laptop was found in his living room was later examined and had the images, Mr Oates added.
Simon Christie, defending Carr, said that his client has been ‘cursed and crippled by alcohol for some considerable time’ and that in the context of the case, ‘making means possession’.
Judge Edwards added that there was no evidence that Carr had actually taken photographs of a child.
Mr Christie added that these were ‘dreadful images’ that should not be viewed and that ‘now is the time to see some intervention’ for his client.
Sentencing, the judge told Carr: “Filth of this kind of thing is going to get you into very serious trouble.”
