Former NKDC councillor Ian Dolby appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Photo: NKDC
A former Sleaford councillor was found to have a “vast quantity” of pornography after police searched his home, a jury has heard.
Ian Dolby, an Independent North Kesteven district councillor up until April 2014, was described to the jury at Lincoln Crown Court as having “a rapacious interest” in downloading pornography from the internet after police found over 700 computer disks containing porn images at his home in Sleaford.
Martin Hurst, prosecuting, told the jury that 45 of the disks contained images of illegal child pornography.
The images had been burned onto the disks using a laptop, said Mr Hurst.
The police search carried out in December 2013 followed the arrest of Dolby’s then lodger over a completely unconnected matter.
Mr Hurst alleged that officers who initially went to the property discovered photographs of unclothed young girls on the walls and folders containing photographs of young girls.
As a result CID officers were asked to attend and a detailed search was carried out.
Mr Hurst said: “They searched the whole house. They searched in particular Dolby’s bedroom and took away quite a lot of things principally electronic devices including a laptop.
“Also in his bedroom they found a very, very substantial library of DVD disks.
“These were DVDs he had made at home. He had burned them from websites he had been visiting on the internet.”
Mr Hurst alleged that 45 of the DVDs contained around 180 hours of film of child pornography including 46 hours of the worst category.
He told the jury: “They contained some of the most offensive material that you can imagine. The 45 DVDs contained principally or exclusively indecent images of children. The other 687 were dip-tested. There was a vast quantity of adult pornography.
“When asked if there were any indecent images of children on his laptop he said there was a possibility something may have been downloaded accidentally.”
When Dolby was interviewed he said he tried to make sure that the images he viewed were of girls over the age of 18.
Mr Hurst said: “He made it perfectly clear that he has an interest in looking at sexual pictures of young women. He revealed a rapacious interest in downloading pornography. When he sees something he likes he burns it onto a DVD.”
Police returned to Dolby’s home in May 2016 to re-arrest him and charge him for the 2013 matters.
They took away two Samsung tablets which were found to contain over 350 indecent images of children, said Mr Hurst.
Mr Hurst told the jury: “The prosecution say that when you have heard all of the evidence you will be absolutely confident that this man is a paedophile and that is why he has downloaded this and burned it and stored it.”
Ian Dolby, 52, of North Road, Sleaford, denies 36 charges of making an indecent image of a child.
The trial continues.
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The body of a missing 69-year-old man has been found in the North Lincolnshire town of Barton upon Humber.
Humberside Police released an appeal earlier this week to help find John Smith, who had been missing since 5.30pm on Wednesday, July 28.
Sadly, officers were called to reports of a body found near to Far Ings Road on Thursday, July 29. The body has since been identified as that of John Smith. Police said his death is not being treated as suspicious.
Humberside Police said: “John’s family have been informed and specialist officers are continuing to support them.
“Our thoughts remain with them at this extremely difficult time. His death is not being treated as suspicious.”
Police are investigating the death of a 74-year-old man who is believed to have been struck by a car in Gainsborough late on Friday night.
One of Lincolnshire Police’s officers was flagged down by a motorist on Middlefield Lane to report a man seriously injured in the road at around 11.15pm on July 30.
Paramedics treated him at the scene but, despite their best efforts, the man was pronounced dead a short time later. Police said his next of kin have been informed and are being assisted by specially trained officers.
Police added that their enquiries suggest that a Renault Clio, dating from 2006 onwards, may have been involved.
The force are urging anyone who was either driving a Renault Clio on Friday night, or who saw a vehicle matching the description in the area, to contact them.
Anyone who has information or who saw the incident, or has dashcam footage, should contact police on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting incident number 523 of July 30.
Alternatively, it can be reported through the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online here.
There have been 2,592 new cases of coronavirus so far this week in Lincolnshire as concern rises over future travel restrictions.
The government’s COVID-19 dashboard on Friday reported 458 new cases in Lincolnshire, 93 in North East Lincolnshire and 75 in North Lincolnshire.
The figure is 2% higher than last Friday’s 612 cases – but 18% down on the 3,130 cases by this time last week.
NHS figures have reported two further hospital deaths in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals trust on Friday – bringing the weekly tally across Greater Lincolnshire’s hospitals to six.
Government figures, however, showed four further updates to their deaths data, bringing the total for the week to 10.
Nationally, cases increased by 29,622 to 5,830,774 while deaths rose by 85 to a total of 129,583.
Across England, the R number has fallen slightly to between 1.1. and 1.4 – last week it was between 1.2 and 1.4.
Meanwhile, data from the Office for National Statistics across the week ending July 24 showed approximately one in 65 people in England were estimated to have had coronavirus.
Lincolnshire’s coronavirus cases up to July 30.
The government has come under attack from French ministers today after placing the country on an “amber plus” travel list.
UK officials say the move is due to a new Beta variant, with transport secretary Grant Shapps defending the move to Sky News, he called the new variant a “big concern”.
It has left France adrift in terms of the UK’s quarantine rules with all the surrounding EU countries having self-isolation requirements removed from August 2.
Fully vaccinated visitors from the United States will also be able to arrive without needing to quarantine from that date.
Coronavirus data for Greater Lincolnshire on Friday, July 29
80,799 cases (up 626)
52,761 in Lincolnshire (up 458)
12,431 in North Lincolnshire (up 75)
15,607 in North East Lincolnshire (up 93)
2,216 deaths (up four)
1,630 from Lincolnshire (up one)
304 from North Lincolnshire (no change)
282 from North East Lincolnshire (up three)
of which 1,326 hospital deaths (up two)
820 at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (up one)
43 at Lincolnshire Community Health Service hospitals (no change)
1 at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (no change)
462 in Northern Lincolnshire (NLAG) (up two)
5,830,774 UK cases, 129,583 deaths
DATA SOURCE — FIGURES CORRECT AT THE TIME OF THE LATEST UPDATE. POSTCODE DATA INCLUDES DEATHS NOT IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES OR IN HOSPITALS OUTSIDE AUTHORITY BOUNDARIES.
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