Builder stored porn on computer

A builder faces a six-month jail sentence after being caught surfing the Internet for child pornography by an engineer he had called round to repair his computer. Magistrates in York yesterday adjourned sentence until next month on Michael Blacker, 27, who pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children.

The case is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in Britain. The engineer called the police after discovering hardcore pornographic images stored on the hard disc of Blacker's computer. Officers found 76 hardcore images and a video type clip obtained on the Internet when they searched his home in York.