Ex-Independent on Sunday and New Stateman editor sentenced for child sex abuse images

A erstwhile Independent connected Sunday and New Statesman exertion has been sentenced for making indecent images of children.

Peter Wilby, 78, was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) astatine his location successful Essex successful October.

Wilby admitted to officers helium had a intersexual involvement successful children and had been viewing indecent images since the 90s, portion employed by nationalist titles.

He was fixed a 10-month jailhouse sentence, suspended for 2 years astatine Chelmsford Crown Court.

Investigators recovered 167 indecent images of children, 137 of which were Category A images, the astir serious.

He admitted 3 charges of making indecent images of children.

Adam Sprague, operations manager astatine the NCA, said: "The worldly accessed by Wilby and recovered from his machine showed existent children being cruelly and sexually abused.

"He was viewing this contented portion moving arsenic the exertion of salient nationalist quality outlets, a relation successful which helium was entrusted to signifier the quality docket for the British public. A spot which helium has greatly betrayed."

Wilby was besides fixed a rehabilitation request of 40 hours is taxable to a 10-year intersexual harm prevention bid and was placed connected the enactment offenders registry for 5 years.