May 2014 Man pleaded guilty to indecent images of children An 18-year-old man has pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children. Shaun Ferguson, from Tower Road in Brighton was charged with four counts of possession of indecent images of a child on November 4 last year. He was due to stand trial at Hove Crown Court on Wednesday (May 21) but on Tuesday (May 20) he pleaded guilty to all four counts. He will be sentenced on June 16. Ferguson was arrested for child sexual exploitation offences an during this investigation his mobile phone was seized and examined by Police.  A number of indecent images and videos of a child were identified.  The child involved was identified and her safety was paramount in the investigation. Detective constable Naomi O’Keeffe, of the Safeguarding Investigation Unit base in Brighton and Hove, said: “Ferguson has demonstrated he is a predatory young man and he choose an exceptionally vulnerable young girl to manipulate into doing what he wanted them to do. I can now reassure the public that he will be regularly monitored to ensure he doesn’t offend aganist young people in the future.”