November 2002

Postie’s child porn shame

The interception of a pornographic video from Holland led to the home of a Birmingham postman who had downloaded obscene images of children.

Matthew McCusker was told by Judge David McCarthy: “By making these images and possessing them you are contributing to the abuse which these children suffered at the hands of those responsible in the beginning for making the photographs.

“If there were no customers like yourself there would be no abuse.”

He ordered McCusker to be put on a community rehabilitation order for three years and to register as a sex offender for five years.

McCusker, 49, of Shylton Grove, Weoley Castle, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court to one charge of importing an obscene video, six of making indecent photos and six of possessing them.