Lecturer caught with child pornography

ShadowDaisy Adamson reports for Brunel University’s Le Nurb about a former lecturer caught with indecent images of children on his computer:

A former Brunel lecturer has been found guilty of downloading images of child pornography following a trial at Reading Crown Court.

The sociology lecturer received a 3 year community order after being found with nearly 5,000 images on his computer, in August 2010, one of which was used as his screensaver. Jakristo Milewa was taken into custody after police raided his house in Caversham, to find over 1,500 pictures in the two most serious categories.

The images included children under 18 months and animals. Milewa had been viewing the pictures over a 9 month period, a time when he is said to have been drinking heavily.

The court heard how Milewa kept his actions hidden from the University by not turning up to work, and was later dismissed in February 2011…

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