NEWPORT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL PORN IMAGES
A man has admitted to possessing over 400 images depicting child abuse and animal pornography.Riley Masterman, aged 21 and residing on Nash Road in Newport, confessed to creating 274 highly incriminating Category A indecent photographs of a child, the most severe classification, as well as producing 132 Category B indecent photographs of a child.
He also admitted to possessing an extreme pornographic image or images showing sexual acts with a dead or alive animal, along with creating an indecent or pseudo-photograph of a child.
During a hearing at Newport Magistrates’ Court, it was revealed that these offenses took place within the city between September 12, 2024, and February 26.
Masterman’s case has been forwarded to the Crown Court, where he is scheduled to be sentenced on July 3.
He was released on unconditional bail.
