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24/01/2003
Suspended sentence for child porn convicted
A father of one from Belfast has been handed down a suspended sentence today after admitting downloading child pornography.
Howard Alexander David Reid, 44, from the Holywood Road, east Belfast, was at Downpatrick Magistrates Court today to receive a suspended sentence for downloading over 1,000 images from the internet. Reid also pleaded guilty to another charge of indecently exposing himself to a group of children in Donaghadee, Co Down.
Families of the children who had witnessed the exposure voiced their dismay at the sentence, and one described it as a "total disgrace".
(GMcG)
Howard Alexander David Reid, 44, from the Holywood Road, east Belfast, was at Downpatrick Magistrates Court today to receive a suspended sentence for downloading over 1,000 images from the internet. Reid also pleaded guilty to another charge of indecently exposing himself to a group of children in Donaghadee, Co Down.
Families of the children who had witnessed the exposure voiced their dismay at the sentence, and one described it as a "total disgrace".
(GMcG)
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