April 2015 Towyn man admits accessing indecent images of children on internet A man has admitted that he accessed indecent images of children on the internet when he was drunk.

Defendant John Gwyn Morris, 48, was sent on an internet sex offender treatment programme when he appeared at Mold Crown Court today (Wednesday). Morris of Plas Tirion, Towyn near Abergele, had admitted four charges of making indecent images and one charge of possessing a total of 1,836 images. At Mold Crown Court Judge Rhys Rowlands placed him on a three year community order. He was sent on an internet sex offenders’ treatment programme and ordered to register with the police as a sex offender for five years. A five year sexual harm prevention order (correct) was also made. Richard Edwards, prosecuting, said that a search warrant was executed at the defendant’s home address in August 2013. When asked if he had accessed indecent images of children, he said that “he used to look at stuff.” Two computers were seized, and 1,836 images of class A, B and C were discovered along with one class C video. Many of them had been deleted. The children were aged nine upwards. Search tags indicated that he had searched for such material. Interviewed, he said that he was surprised at the number of images found. He admitted that he searched for such items when drunk and would delete them the following morning. Andrew Downey, defending, said that his client had no previous convictions. He deserved credit for his co-operation and early guilty pleas.