Father and son admit extreme porn charges
by Jamie Bullen
A father and son have admitted possessing more
than 20,000 extreme pornographic images.
David Finch, 55, and Michael Finch, 25, of Chastilian Road,
Dartford, pleaded guilty to a total of 24 charges at Dartford
Magistrates' Court today.
The pair were both arrested in August after police officers
raided their home and seized computers.
David Finch, a self employed mechanic, was found to have 19,481
indecent images and 302 illegal movies.
Out of those, more than 1,000 were graded levels four
and five, which are the most serious.
David Finch admitted 16 charges, including possessing images of
sex with animals and six counts of making indecent images of
children.
Darren Crispin, prosecuting, said Mr Finch admitted the offences
when interviewed by police and that his wife of 25 years was
unaware.
He added the images and movies were downloaded using file
sharing software, but that he did not share them with his son.
Michael Finch, who is unemployed, admitted eight charges. Seven
related to indecent images of children and one to animal
pornography.
He was discovered to possess 126 indecent images and 320 movies
- with more than 150 graded level four and five.
The court heard the images were downloaded over a two-year
period.
Wayne Crowhurst, defending the pair, said his clients pleaded
guilty at the first opportunity and expected to be sentenced at
crown court.
He added that Michael Finch had to quit his IT training course
because he is now not allowed to use a computer.
Magistrate Marion Maidment released the pair on bail,
providing they could not be left unsupervised with a child and
had no access to the internet unless with permission from their
employer.
15/03/12
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