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| An England cricket coach who admitted downloading child pornography on a laptop owned by the national cricketing board has been jailed for six months. | An England cricket coach who admitted downloading child pornography on a laptop owned by the national cricketing board has been jailed for six months. |
| Strength and conditioning coach Marques Church, who was born in New Zealand, spent £23,165 for a month's use of a 3G internet card issued with the computer. | Strength and conditioning coach Marques Church, who was born in New Zealand, spent £23,165 for a month's use of a 3G internet card issued with the computer. |
| Experts found 13 video clips of child pornography on the laptop's hard drive. | Experts found 13 video clips of child pornography on the laptop's hard drive. |
| Church, 31, who lives in Loughborough, Leicestershire, admitted five offences of making indecent images. | Church, 31, who lives in Loughborough, Leicestershire, admitted five offences of making indecent images. |
| These are disgusting offences and they merit a prison sentence, and a prison sentence you will serve Judge Michael Pert QC | These are disgusting offences and they merit a prison sentence, and a prison sentence you will serve Judge Michael Pert QC |
| He was told he would serve at least half of his prison sentence. | He was told he would serve at least half of his prison sentence. |
| Church, who lives near the ECB National Cricket Academy, was appointed last year to improve the fitness of star cricketers including Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen. | |
| Judge Michael Pert QC said at sentencing at Leicester Crown Court: "That sort of material is wholly unacceptable. | Judge Michael Pert QC said at sentencing at Leicester Crown Court: "That sort of material is wholly unacceptable. |
| "It has only been brought about by the exploitation of young children, often not in this country but in countries where there is not a lot of money, and that exploitation is far easier to perpetuate. | "It has only been brought about by the exploitation of young children, often not in this country but in countries where there is not a lot of money, and that exploitation is far easier to perpetuate. |
| "You have fuelled that." | "You have fuelled that." |
| Christopher Kessling, prosecuting, told the court how Vodafone had contacted the head of IT at the ECB to flag up the extremely high internet charges. | Christopher Kessling, prosecuting, told the court how Vodafone had contacted the head of IT at the ECB to flag up the extremely high internet charges. |
| Church was arrested and admitted downloading pornography which he found using internet search terms such as "young girl" and "pre-teen hardcore". | Church was arrested and admitted downloading pornography which he found using internet search terms such as "young girl" and "pre-teen hardcore". |
| The 31-year-old said he would watch each clip once before deleting it. | The 31-year-old said he would watch each clip once before deleting it. |
| Defence solicitor Jennifer Carter-Manning said her client was going through a relationship break-up at the time of the offences. | Defence solicitor Jennifer Carter-Manning said her client was going through a relationship break-up at the time of the offences. |
| Judge Pert told Church: "We have to take these matters seriously, whatever your personal mitigation might be. | Judge Pert told Church: "We have to take these matters seriously, whatever your personal mitigation might be. |
| "These are disgusting offences and they merit a prison sentence, and a prison sentence you will serve." | "These are disgusting offences and they merit a prison sentence, and a prison sentence you will serve." |