Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info. A paedophile who distributed indecent images of children and possessed extreme animal pornography has been jailed.
Harkin, formerly of Bath Street, Nottingham, was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and made subject of a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order as part of his sentence. He was arrested in May after a woman contacted police to say Harkin had sent her indecent images of children via a dating app, according to Nottinghamshire Police.
The court heard the images were unsolicited and that Harkin told the woman he had a sexual interest in children and animals. Harkin was located and arrested and a number of devices seized. His phone contained over nine hours of indecent videos showing girls as young as four being horrifically abused. Over 20 different chats were identified where Harkin was distributing images and discussing the abuse of children.
He also wrote he was looking for animals to abuse. Following his sentencing, Detective Constable Tom Nuttall, who led the investigation, said: "Harkin has deep-rooted sexual perversions and I am pleased he is behind bars. The material he possessed and shared can only be described as depraved — depicting the most serious sexual offences committed by adults against children and animals.
Get the latest Nottinghamshire Live breaking news on WhatsApp. Join us on WhatsApp. Harkin pleaded guilty to a string of offences including: Making indecent images of children, namely 66 category A images and category A videos Making indecent images of children, namely 52 category B images and 3 category B videos Making indecent images of children, namely category C images Possessing prohibited images of children 53 images Possessing extreme pornographic images portraying a sexual act with an animal, namely images which were grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character Distributing indecent images of children, namely 33 category A videos of children Distributing indecent images of children, namely 5 category B images of children Distributing indecent images of children, namely 13 category C images of children Following his sentencing, Detective Constable Tom Nuttall, who led the investigation, said: "Harkin has deep-rooted sexual perversions and I am pleased he is behind bars.
