A Ryde man will appear before the Crown Court later this month after admitting to possessing 126 videos and 11 photos of bestiality, as well as a 25-minute video of a child being abused.
58-year-old Luke Targett, of St Peter’s Mews on George Street in Ryde, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday) charged with possessing extreme pornography showing intercourse/oral sex with a dead or alive animal, as well as making 1x Category A indecent image of a child.
Ann Smout, prosecuting, told the court that the Police’s child abuse team launched an investigation into Targett in March 2020 before making a visit to his address and seizing computer equipment.
A forensic examination of the computer revealed a total of 126 videos of bestiality and 11 images of the same, as well as 1 video of a child being sexually abused. The images had been downloaded between 17th March 2019 and 18th August 2020.
In interview, Targett admitted that he downloaded the images out of curiosity, as well as out of the thrill of doing something illegal. He said that he had no sexual interest in children but did not expand on the extreme pornography downloads as he was ’embarassed’.
In a bid to escape media publicity, the 58-year-old had asked for the court case to be heard behind closed doors.
Magistrates decided the matter was too serious to be dealt with in their court and adjourned the case for sentencing at the Crown Court on 20th May.
Targett has been ordered to sign on as a registered sex offender within 3 days – for a period yet to be determined.
He should not be free – living in george street, which has loads of kids going past that area to school every day – won’t be long before he is driven out – dirty, filthy scumbag
Now this is one sick puppy.
feel sorry for the poor people on George street although our island is riddled with filthy scumbags like that
Guess that makes him a paedofido, will he be told to stay away from pet shops and zoo’s?
A blunt knife to chop off his bits without an anaesthetic would be a good start. However the truth is that this sicko will get a derisory sentence to be served with like minded perverts in almost luxurious conditions unlike a lot of decent people. When he is released he will find a way to carry on his disgusting lifestyle.
what an Evil exscuse for a human being…….lock him up and throw away the key
Blunt shears at the ready !!!!
Happy to assist, will try to make it painful with pleasure (mine)
Seriously got something wrong in his head !!!!!!
Curious well we all know what curiosity did ! Let’s change that to curiosity evoked the Bobbit !!!!!!.