Last Updated on February 20, 2020
A West Yorkshire police community support officer, who, working from Wakefield, specialized in a role tackling cyber crime as a “Cyber Prevention Officer” is accused of accessing child porn and other depraved sexual acts for personal use.
Jonathan Plummer, 33, is also accused of distributing indecent images as well as possessing images of animals being sexually abused according to Yorkshire Evening Post.
At the time of the offending, Plummer was serving his role as a West Yorkshire police community support officer acting as a “Cyber Prevention Officer.”
Plummer had used the screen name “Vile Degrader” to access and distributed the sickening material. The prosecution announced that police intelligence had been received in October 2017 linking the community support officer to indecent images of children.
In August 2018, Plummer was arrested and cautioned, with his home searched and electronic devices confiscated for further inspection.
Lousie Reevell, prosecuting, informed that Plummer’s phone contained several inappropriate images including infants being bound, dogs sexually abused, and a woman being mutilated by a sword–all protected by a complex encrypting app.
Plummer had also been in contact with a teenager from Australia, exchanging images and discussing about rape.
According to Yahoo News, Plummer had attempted to use Russian and Arabic on Google Translate to search for child porn.
The support officer has pleaded “not guilty” to all seven charges he faces.
The charges are as follows:
The charges are:
Count 1: Distributing indecent images of a child, between July 7, 2017 and August 14, 2018.
Count 2: Making indecent category A photographs of a child. – 339 still images and 133 moving images.
Count 3: Making indecent category B photographs of a child – 258 still images and 25 moving images.
Count 4: Making indecent category C photographs of a child – 1,250 still images and 42 moving images.
Count 5: Possessing prohibited images of a child – 248 still images and two moving images.
Counts 6 and 7: Possession of extreme pornographic images.
“Making” an indecent photograph includes downloading an image, storing an image or accessing one on a website.
