It is also illegal to possess or distribute such images.

He was subsequently prosecuted and found guilty of indecent assault and possessing indecent images of children in 2003.

The law has been used against people possessing only images of human adults (as opposed to the animal clauses), who have pleaded guilty.

The police said he possessed images of more under-age girls on Webcams, including other montages with the same threat.

Brian Curtin (b. 1951/52) is a former barrister and Irish circuit court judge, who was tried for possessing images of child pornography.

It is, however, not illegal to possess images or videos of people above 15 if such persons have given consent.

George appeared in court on 11 June on charges of sexual assault and making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children.

Craig Meehan was arrested on 2 April, on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children, after police had examined computers in the home.

It was suspicion of possessing indecent images of children - not possession of child pornography.

He also received an additional misdemeanor charge for possessing sexual images of subjects under the age of 18 on his computer.