April 2014 Haverfordwest teen caught with indecent images of children avoids prison A teenager from Haverfordwest who admitted downloading child abuse images has been placed under the supervision of the probation service. James Patrick Francis, 19, of Market Street, pleaded guilty to two offences of possessing indecent images and two offences of making them. Dean Pulling, prosecuting, had told Swansea crown court last week that more images had been found on two mobile telephones but the Crown Prosecution Service had decided they were not illegal. They appeared to have been taken from an upstairs bedroom window and showed boys aged about seven playing in the street without any clothing on their upper bodies. Judge Paul Thomas made Francis the subject of a two year intensive alternative to custody order which includes a sexual offences treatment programme. Francis was also ordered to undergo any mental health treatment the probation service decided was necessary. He was also banned from deleting the browsing history of his computer and to make it available for inspection, and told not to associate with children under the age of 16 unless an adult with parental control is present. Francis had spent a month in custody waiting to be sentenced.  Judge Thomas told him, “You have a problem. Unless and until you come to terms with it you will be a potential risk. “You have had a taste of what prison is like and no doubt you will not be in a hurry to repeat it.,” he added. April 2014 Sentencing of Haverfordwest teen caught with child sex images is delayed over photographs found on mobile phone The sentencing of a teenager from Haverfordwest for possessing child abuse images has been postponed after what appeared to be more offending came to light, a judge was told today (Wednesday). James Patrick Francis, 19, of Market Street, had been due to be sentenced at Swansea crown court for two offences of possessing indecent images and two offences of making them. He had pleaded guilty. Dean Pulling, prosecuting, said the images had been downloaded from the internet onto a computer hard drive and a Playstation memory stick. However, since Francis’ arrest police experts had examined his mobile telephones and had found 40 “voyeuristic” photographs of young boys playing in a street while not wearing anything on their upper bodies. Mr Pulling said it appeared that, unlike the images contained in the original charges, the photographs had been taken by Francis and not simply downloaded. Mr Pulling said no decision had been taken about laying charges in relation to them. Judge Paul Thomas said it was a “worrying” development and one that could affect the sentence Francis would receive. Francis’ barrister, David Williams, said police had not even questioned Francis about the new photographs as they had been discovered so recently. Judge Thomas said he could not proceed to sentence Francis without knowing the totality of his offending. Francis will be sentenced at a later date and was further remanded in custody meanwhile