The pervert who had vile child porn on his devices

A man who was found with indecent images of children on his devices has been jailed. Christopher Hall, 56, of Widgeon Close, Poynton, previously pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images and videos of children, making indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornographic images, possession of prohibited images of a child, and distribution of indecent images of children.

The 56-year-old appeared at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday 5 March, Cheshire Police have confirmed.

Following a tip-off, officers executed a warrant at his home address and seized a number of devices on Tuesday 13 December 2022. Hall was present at the property and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of possessing, making, and distributing indecent images of children.

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During a subsequent interview, Hall admitted possession of the images which were found on his devices. He was later charged with a number of offences including possession of indecent images and videos of children; making 152 category A indecent images and 147 category A indecent videos; making 164 category B images and 39 category B videos; and making 246 category C images and five category C videos, the force confirmed.

He was also charged with possession of 48 extreme pornographic images, one prohibited image of a child, as well as the distribution of five indecent images.

In addition to his custodial sentence, Hall was also handed a ten-year sexual harm prevention order and was ordered to sign the sex offenders' for the same period.

He was handed a 16-month jail sentence.

Following the sentencing, DC Sam Mutch said: "I welcome the sentence handed to Hall today, who