St Leonards man admits downloading indecent images of children
Christian Brett-Hazell, 32, appeared at Hove Crown Court this morning via Facetime.
Brett-Hazell, of The Lawn, pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing images:
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Hide Ad- possessing indecent images of a child - five images at Category A (the most serious)
- possessing indecent image of a child - one at Category B
- possessing indecent images of a child - six at Category C
- possessing an extreme pornographic images, portraying a sexual act with an animal - one image
Brett-Hazell downloaded the images between February 2015 and February 2018, the court heard.
At the beginning of the hearing the court heard that a mix up outside Brett-Hazell's control led to him being unable to attend court in person.
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Hide AdBrett-Hazell is in rural Scotland on an expensive driving course for work.
However Judge Christine Laing QC asked that Brett-Hazell appear by videolink and defence barrister Laura Plant was later able to reach him on Facetime.
After adjourning the case for a pre-sentence report to be compiled, Judge Laing said: "The wonders of modern technology you can even get through to Scotland.