Former headteacher downloaded images of little girls being abused

A former Merseyside headteacher downloaded pictures of kids as young as eight being sexually abused.

Mark Smith, also known as Mark Bocker, worked in education for more than three decades, including in Knowsley, but was convicted of possession of indecent images earlier this year.

While using his birth surname of Bocker, Smith, now of Formby, worked in schools across the North West.