UNITED KINGDOM
The Northern Echo
22 Mar 2016 / Bruce Unwin, Chief Reporter (Durham)
A THEOLOGY professor avoided a prison sentence after indecent images of children were found stored on his domestic computer equipment.
But the discovery of the 165 images in a police raid at the home of Professor Charles Thomas Robert Hayward, led to the loss of the esteemed academic’s good character.
The 68-year-old bachelor was arrested after police visited his home in Neville’s Cross, Durham, last January.
Durham Crown Court was told three computers and 11 memory sticks contained 165 indecent images of male youngsters.
Chris Baker, prosecuting, said three were in the most serious category, while 45 other film clips, were of eight hours and 25 minutes’ duration.
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