Connor is led from the courthouse A former police officer who admitted downloading more than 600 indecent images of children from the internet has been told he will be going to jail.
Brian Connor, 46, of Clooney Road in Knockloughrim, County Londonderry, pleaded guilty to 27 specimen charges involving 603 abusive images.
Londonderry Crown Court was told that Connor – a police officer for 26 years – has been dismissed from the PSNI.
Sentencing was adjourned until Friday, but Connor was told he would be jailed.
Judge Piers Grant remanded him in custody and told him people who viewed images of children being abused tortured and brutalised faced the inevitable consequences of going to jail.
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