Former soldier who possessed over 10,000 child porn images spared jail for his 'exemplary' military service
A former high-flying soldier who had been accused of being in possession of more than 10,000 child pornographic images has been spared jail due to his "exemplary" military skills, reports The Sun. Ex-soldier Timothy Murfitt, who used search terms like 'toddler', 'kids' and 'baby girl pics' to find controversial images of children, has been let go of entirely because of his clean service record in the military. Maidstone Crown Court came to know that Murfitt was working in London when police went to his Sevenoaks home in April last year.
Police said that they had spoken to the former soldier over the phone, and during the conversation, Murfitt revealed to the police that he had all his laptops and hard drives with him. Once the police got to know the whereabouts of Murfitt's cyber devices, they asked him to hand everything over.