March 2015 Community order for indecent images of children pervert A WELLS man who downloaded indecent images of children on his mother’s computer has been handed a community order with two years’ supervision by a probation officer. Jack Bayer, 26, of Jocelyn Drive, admitted four offences of making indecent images after police raided his home with a search warrant. Rebecca Bradberry, prosecuting, told Taunton Crown Court a “very small” number of images were involved. Judge David Ticehurst said a requirement of the community order was to co-operate with mental health treatment providers, to take his medicine and do what they told him. He added “If you don’t, or commit any offences like this again, you will be back in front of me and if I see you again I will send you to prison. If you ever look at any photos like this, or even think about looking at them, I’ll lock you up.” January 2015 Man guilty of making indecent photographs of children at his mother’s house A man who accessed child abuse images on a laptop he kept at his mother’s home in Butleigh is due to be finally sentenced by Somerset Magistrates next month. Jack Martin Bayer downloaded indecent photographs of children, and when police tracked down his criminal activity online they raised his mother’s address. They found the laptop in a bedroom which he used while staying with her, and when he was arrested he confessed what he had done. Bayer, aged 26, of Jocelyn Drive, Wells, pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph of a child at a previous appearance before Somerset Magistrates. He also admitted a further allegation of making a further seven indecent images of children on various dates between March 31 and May 5, 2013. The court heard that photographs had been classified as five being in the lowest category one; one photo in category two; three photos in category three and one in category four out of a total of five categories. The case had been adjourned for a psychiatric and pre-sentence reports to be prepared saying that all options would be considered including a prison sentence. When the defendant appeared before the court at Yeovil again defending solicitor Michaela Rose said that following difficulties in obtaining a psychiatric report arrangements had now been made for her client to be interviewed by a mental health worker and a subsequent report to be produced to the court. The magistrates agreed to adjourn the case again until February 6 when they ordered the defendant must be sentenced. Until his next court appearance Bayer was released on unconditional bail.