Accrington man pleads guilty to possessing over 50,000 indecent images of children

A man has admitted to possessing a vast number of indecent images of children, amounting to more than 50,000. During a court hearing at Preston Crown Court on September 4, Mark Threlfall, aged 61, pleaded guilty to downloading 52,358 category C images, 2,998 category B images, and 2,703 category A images. Furthermore, he confessed to possessing an extreme pornographic image and four prohibited images of a child. The court did not set a sentence date during this hearing, but Threlfall's next court appearance is scheduled for October 2 for a mention hearing. He resides on Blackburn Road, Accrington.