Jan 1996

Man jailed for Internet child abuse images

A father of two from Solihull yesterday became the first Briton to be jailed for receiving child abuse pictures over the Internet.

A court in Solihull, heard that Martin Crumpton (44), a computer consultant had 119 files on his home computer containing pictures of children about six years old being abused by adults.

Crumpton was sentenced to three months in jail