Adam Watkin, 27, was given a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for two years
A CLITHEROE man has avoided an immediate jail term despite being convicted on ten counts of making indecent photographs of children.
Adam Watkin, 27, was given a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, when he appeared before a judge at Preston Crown Court.
Watkin, of Pinder Close, was ordered to pay £575 prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £100.
He must given a notification requirement to the vetting and barring agency for five years and enrol into a sex offenders’ treatment programme with the probation service for two years, and forfeit his computer and all images.
He was also made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years.
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