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| Officer admits child image charge | |
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| A serving Dyfed-Powys Police officer has admitted a charge of possessing an indecent image of a child. | A serving Dyfed-Powys Police officer has admitted a charge of possessing an indecent image of a child. |
| Mark James Bretherick, 33, from Forden, near Welshpool, admitted before Swansea Crown Court downloading the image from the internet. | |
| The police sergeant, who is currently suspended, will be sentenced next month after a probation report is prepared. | |
| Judge Christopher Morton granted bail but warned him that did not mean a prison sentence would not be passed. | Judge Christopher Morton granted bail but warned him that did not mean a prison sentence would not be passed. |
| His barrister Michael Mather-Lees said Bretherick fully understood the powers of the court. | His barrister Michael Mather-Lees said Bretherick fully understood the powers of the court. |
| He is accused of downloading the category three indecent image between 20 October, 2005 and 8 March, 2006. | He is accused of downloading the category three indecent image between 20 October, 2005 and 8 March, 2006. |
| Undated images | Undated images |
| A further 17 charges of possessing child pornography will not be proceeded with after Jim Davis, prosecuting, explained a legal technicality posed difficulties to the prosecution. | A further 17 charges of possessing child pornography will not be proceeded with after Jim Davis, prosecuting, explained a legal technicality posed difficulties to the prosecution. |
| Those offences were alleged to have taken place between 2001 and 2006. | Those offences were alleged to have taken place between 2001 and 2006. |
| A change in the law on 11 January, 2001, placed such offences within the jurisdiction of the crown court but before then they could be heard only by magistrates, he said. | A change in the law on 11 January, 2001, placed such offences within the jurisdiction of the crown court but before then they could be heard only by magistrates, he said. |
| The images were undated and the prosecution could not prove Bretherick possessed them after 11 January, 2001. | The images were undated and the prosecution could not prove Bretherick possessed them after 11 January, 2001. |
| Bretherick had always denied the 17 charges. | Bretherick had always denied the 17 charges. |
| Sentencing of Bretherick, who is normally based at Newtown Police Station in Powys, is scheduled for the first week of October. | Sentencing of Bretherick, who is normally based at Newtown Police Station in Powys, is scheduled for the first week of October. |