Suspended prison sentence for Leigh man who made indecent images and broke a court order
Leigh man admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order, making indecent images and other offences.
A convicted sex offender has been handed a suspended prison sentence after committing a string of new offences.
Anthony Roberts, 61, of Cecil Street, Leigh, pleaded guilty to trying to have sexual communication with a child and making 18 indecent images of children which fell into category C, 26 in category B and 16 category A images, the most serious.
Roberts also confessed to possessing extreme pornographic videos of animals and a prohibited image of a child.
He admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order by twice trying to contact a girl under 16, by deleting his internet history and chat logs, by installing computer software capable of deleting files, and by failing to register user names.
The offences all happened on various dates between 2023 and July this year.
Roberts was handed a 20-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, by a judge at Bolton Crown Court.
He will have notification requirements for 10 years, must do 30 days of rehabilitation activities and has a curfew from 8pm to 6am for four months.