Vile Lee Ashcroft hid his face in shame as he left court
A former Greater Manchester Police officer has walked free from court after a sickening indecent video was found on his computer.
Neil Bisarya, prosecuting, described how a Dell laptop found underneath the bed in a back bedroom was seized, but encryption software installed on it meant officers were unable to access it and Ashcroft did not give the password. This saw the computer sent off to Government Communications Headquarters for analysis. This unearthed a seven minute 52 second video titled "!!!BoyScout.mpg", which showed a group of children aged between 10 and 13 "engaged in sexual activity".
Ashcroft had also installed VPN and peer-to peer-file sharing software on the laptop. Under interview at Huddersfield Police Station, he admitted accessing the dark web but claimed that this had been due to his interest in coding. "The fact that there is no evidence of offending since 2018 is, in my submission, pivotal here. The defendant accepts he needs help."
"You continue to deny any sexual interest in child. You are struggling to accept that you have a problem, and you need to address it. You have shown genuine remorse and shame. You have come very close today to going to prison." Martha Dowd, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service North West, said following the sentencing: "By downloading and viewing the video, Lee Ashcroft - a serving police officer - betrayed his position of trust in the community in the most abhorrent way. His job was to uphold the law and protect the public.
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