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20.11.2023 - 17:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A retired senior police officer has avoided jail after admitting downloading indecent images of young boys. Ex-chief inspector Steven Sansbury, 55, left Lancashire Police in shame after the pictures were discovered after his arrest in January 2021.
Seven category B images of boys, aged between 13 and 15, and three category C images of boys, aged between eight and 15, were found on a laptop and a portable hard drive, Manchester Crown Court was told. Sansbury’s offending in 2009 emerged after he was arrested at his home in Blackburn and the two devices were seized.
Philip Barnes, prosecuting, said: “The defendant was interviewed in August 2021 and he explained that he accepted he had searched for homosexual pornography. He had a particular interest in twinks – adults with the appearance of young, hairless men.”
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David Pojer, defending, said: “Mr Sansbury comes before the court humiliated, having been a senior police officer for three decades. The effect of losing his good character and moving from a senior officer to the dock is a salutary lesson. It is sobering.”
He said the offending involved a “very limited number of images”, with no determined internet searches.
Judge Nicholas Dean KC, the Honorary Recorder of Manchester, ruled the case did not cross the custodial threshold.
He told Sansbury: “You served, no doubt with some distinction, as a senior police officer for many years but the circumstances in which you have the left the police have brought significant shame to you.
“Those who are determined to access this sort of material, which sadly is too easily accessed
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