A MAN who distributed child abuse images was warned he could be sent to prison for the crime.
Keith Edward Skillen, 56, admitted three offences during a short hearing at Carlisle Crown Court earlier today (TUES).
These were the distribution of two indecent photographs of children classed in category A – the most serious; three category B images; and five category C photographs. This offending is said to have taken place between October 17 and 28 last year.
During a previous court hearing, Skillen had pleaded guilty to making three category A, two category B and 16 category C indecent photographs of children.
Judge James Adkin adjourned the case this morning for an updated GP’s doctor report to be provided, after hearing from a defence lawyer how Skillen had “significant issues following on from a brain aneurysm some years ago”.
Skillen, of Broom Bank, Whitehaven, was granted bail and is due to be punished for all six offences at the crown court on December 12.
“Please don’t think I have made up my mind about what the sentence will be,” Judge Adkin told him. “People who distribute images of child abuse almost invariably get sent to prison.”
