A paedophile who sent an indecent image of a child to others online in a “trade off” cried and continued to deny he was sexually attracted to children.
Jason Flaherty, 53, of Edward Street, Haydock, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today after pleading guilty to six counts relating to indecent images of children and extreme pornography. He pleaded guilty to one count of making 50 category C images, making one category B image, making four category A images, and to possession of 57 indecent images of children.
Flaherty also pleaded guilty to distributing one category C indecent image of a child, and to possession of an extreme pornographic image involving bestiality. Iain Criddle, prosecuting, detailed that police received intelligence alerting them to chat between the defendant and other people, so a search warrant was executed on February 24 at Flaherty’s home.
