Bestiality and child porn found on man's laptop

Police found indecent images of children and extreme pornography involving animals on a laptop computer at a Huddersfield club.

And Leeds Crown Court heard yesterday officers had acted after receiving information from a man in prison that David Woodhead had been accessing such images.

Ewan McClachlan, prosecuting, said they went to the Liberal Club in Wakefield Road, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, on October 18 last year where Woodhead was then living and seized his laptop.

Investigation showed he had made searches using words such as Lolita, Pre-teen and Jail Bait.

When the images were discovered he denied responsibility and claimed the man in jail had been looking at them.

After inquiries showed they had been accessed between August 16 and October 18 when that man was already in prison, Mr McClachlan said Woodhead then provided a list of people who he said had accessed his computer. Only later did he plead guilty.

Anastasis Tassou representing Woodhead, said he had lost his job as a result.

“It was a position of responsibility and became untenable as a result of the charges against him.”

He was now receiving JobSeeker Allowance and was fully prepared to comply with any community punishment.

Woodhead, 34, of Dalton, admitted 11 charges of possessing indecent images and one of having extreme pornography involving people having sex with animals.

He was given a three year community order with an activity requirement.

He was also ordered to pay £100 costs and to register as a sex offender for five years.

Judge Sally Cahill QC said she was sentencing Woodhead for 96 images at the lowest level one, four at level two, six at level three, seven at level four and four at the highest level, level five.

“I hope you understand that the sentencing guidelines are that you should go to prison; that is how serious these matters are.

“What you need to understand is that while you may look at them on your computer children in these images are abused and they suffer horribly as a result.

“If you did not look at these images children would not have their photos taken of them.”

But she said her main responsibility was to protect the public in the future and it was considered the best way of doing that was for him to attend the sex offender programme under the community order. Examiner