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A 53-year-old Morecambe man accused of making more than 1,000 indecent images and videos of a child in Preston has been given a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for two years.

Nicholas John Mynott of Elkin Road, pleaded guilty to making an indecent photograph in Preston in 2020, namely 111 Category A photographs, of a child, – the most serious category – contrary to sections 1(1)(a) and 6 of the Protection of Children Act 1978.

He also pleaded guilty to over the same period in Preston, making 97 Category B movies of a child, and also guilty to a third charge of making 1,185 Category C movies of a child.

And today, Friday March 24, he was sentenced at Preston Crown Court.

In addition to the sentence, Mynott was given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order, a 45-day rehabilitation activity requirement and a restraining order.

Morecambe man sentenced for making over 1,000 indecent images and videos of a child