A paedophile threw a mobile phone containing indecent images of children onto the roof of a garden shed when police came knocking at his door.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Thursday, that officers raided Sean Melvin's address at around 7.45am on June 8, 2021 and seized an iPhone found in a drawer beside the bed where he had been sleeping. Sarah Holt, prosecuting, described how the 34-year-old stated he had another mobile in an upstairs bedroom when asked if he had any further devices.
This could not be located however, and when the PCs dialled the number they could hear it ringing outside the property. The phone was then discovered on the roof of the garden shed, Melvin having gone outside when the police arrived and "tried to conceal the mobile device unsuccessfully".
