Ex-policeman sentenced over indecent child images
BBCA former policeman from Exeter has admitted possessing indecent images of children more than three years after he was arrested.
John Bramwell, 55, of Causey Gardens, pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing images ranging from category A - the most severe - to category C.
Exeter Crown Court heard Bramwell, a former sergeant in Devon and Cornwall Police, served for 22 years as an officer and was in the Royal Engineers for 10 years, where he was a lance corporal.
He was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge on each count, placed on the sex offenders register for a year and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years.
'One occasion'
The court was told Bramwell suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following an incident during his military service.
The judge was told Bramwell was dismissed from the Devon and Cornwall force in 2021 and he now worked as a factory supervisor.
The court also heard he downloaded the nine images on to his mobile phone on one occasion on one day in October 2021.
Recorder Don Tait said Bramwell had lost his good character.
The judge said, as a serving police officer, Bramwell would have known how prevalent such types of offences were.
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