Lewd images accused ‘had no idea how he had porn’

A trainee primary teacher told police he had no idea how hundreds of images of child and extreme porn were discovered on laptops he used, a court heard.

Iain Wise, 27, of Ty’r Person, in Church Village, pleaded not guilty to eight counts of distributing indecent photos of a child, three counts of possessing indecent photos of a child and one count of possessing extreme porn.

Newport Crown Court heard that files were created and then hidden in myriad others to make them difficult to discover.

John Ryan, prosecuting, said: “When the police went to Mr Wise’s home and seized a number of phones and computers an initial examination revealed all but one did not contain child porn, but one did.”

The court heard that a laptop had on it child porn and extreme porn falling into categories A to C, A being the most serious.

The court heard police computer expert Eilir Daniels found a Skype address connected to Wise with an associated email address.

The court heard it was used to send and receive illegal material.

Quizzing DC Joanna Hall, Matthew Buckland, defending, asked whether his client had been cooperative.

She confirmed he had. She also confirmed he was of good character with no previous convictions.

The case continues.