April 2016

Leigh man jailed for 11 years for sexually assaulting girl, 7, and possessing thousands of indecent images

A man who sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl and took indecent photographs of her has been jailed for 11 years.

Keith Forster, 41, pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child under 13 and to ten counts of possessing indecent images of children.

He has been sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court to 11 years in prison.

Forster, of Hope Street in Leigh, was arrested after police raided his home in July 2015 and seized his computer.

Officers from GMP’s Organised Crime Intelligence Unit analysed the computer and discovered thousands of indecent images of children on the device.

They also found evidence that Forster had sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl and also taken indecent photographs of her.

March 2016

Pervert pleads guilty to child sex offences

A LEIGH man has admitted to committing a string of child sex and indecent images offences.

Keith Forster, 41, pleaded guilty to six offences of sexual assault at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, Monday – one of assault by penetration, three of taking indecent images and one of distributing such images.

The sex offences he admitted to involve a young girl aged between six and nine at the time and the indecent images totalled 1,063 in all three categories of seriousness.

 After Forster began entering his pleas a man in the crowded public gallery shouted out ‘animal’.

Judge Andrew Hatton further remanded him in custody until March 17 to enable a pre-sentence report to be prepared dealing with whether he is classed as a dangerous offender.

“A custodial sentence will follow – the only issue is the length and format,” he told him.