A man has admitted possessing extreme pornographic images – including indecent images of children.
Shane Johnson, 23, appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on June 3 facing five charges.
He is accused of making five category A – the most serious – moving indecent images of a child, and 17 category B images of a child.
Two of those were moving images and 15 were still.
He also faced a charge of possessing three extreme pornographic images and a charge of possessing three prohibited images of a child.
Johnson was also charged with making 89 category C indecent images of children.
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The offences happened on August 26, 2023, in Southampton.
Johnson, of Pennine Road, Southampton, pleaded guilty to all five charges.
He will appear before Southampton Crown Court on June 30.
According to the Sentencing Council, the maximum sentence for possession of category A photographs is three years’ custody, while the maximum for category B photographs is 18 months’ custody.
For possession of category C images, the maximum sentence is 26 weeks’ custody.
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