UK Legal News

A Bradford court has sentenced a victim of the Dangerous Pictures Act to a 12 month community order. The man was prosecuted for possessing 3 jokey animal porn pics on his phone.

The illegal pictures were of a woman engaged in sexual activity with a horse and a semi-naked woman photographed with a dog. The Bradford man said he had thought the images were of some amusement.

He was sentenced to a 12 month community order, with 100 hours unpaid work, and a 15 day activity requirement with the probation service. His phone was also ordered to be destroyed.

A student studying animal management built up a library of illegal pictures depicting humans and animals having sex, a judge heard.

The student admitted possessing 284 images classed in law as being extreme pornography.

Swansea crown court heard how police found the images on his laptop.

The student was jailed for 16 weeks, suspended for a year. He was also placed under supervision for 12 months and ordered to complete a one-to-one course to help him understand the 'harm' that was caused in the creation of the images. (presumably the twisted definition whereby making a personal copy is vindictively conflated with the act of photographing or directing the original image).

A man who downloaded extreme porn featuring animals foolishly handed himself into police after falling victim to a computer scam.

Victor Noble fell victim to computer hackers impersonating police who remotely locked his computer and demands a fee for it to be unlocked. The scammers blanked the screen and put in place an image supposedly referring to a police force, suggesting the user had been visiting illegal sites and that he should pay a fee for his computer to be unlocked.

Noble foolishly paid the £100 requested but the computer stayed locked. He then stupidly decided to go to the police. About 600 images of an extreme pornographic nature were discovered.

Noble admitted five counts of possessing extreme pornography. He was made the subject of a community order, in which he will be supervised for a year.

A man has been sentenced to 24 weeks in prison for possession of extreme pornography at Ipswich Magistrates Court

Police carried out a warrant at his home in Main Road in December 2013 after receiving information that he may be in possession of videos and images involving bestiality.

A number of items were seized including laptop computers and DVDs and these were sent for analysis. They were found to contain images of extreme pornography.

He was charged with seven counts of possession of extreme pornography and was sentenced to 24 weeks in custody and will have to sign onto the sex offenders register on his release and forfeit all material seized.