April 2016
Silloth pensioner admits child sex crimes
A pensioner is due to be sentenced next month after he admitted a host of child sex assaults.
Anthony Atkinson, 70, appeared at Carlisle Crown Court today (THURS).
He pleaded guilty to six separate sex assaults on the same victim. These were committed between 1st October and 31st December last year when the child was aged under 13.
Atkinson also admitted three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child between 2013 and 1st January this year.
There are said to be 25 illegal images, one of which is classed as category A – the most serious.
Judge Peter Hughes QC adjourned the case and asked for more information about Atkinson’s background.
Sentencing is due to take place at the crown court on 12th May.
In the meantime Atkinson, previously of Tanglewood Caravan Park, Silloth, was remanded in custody.
