A Ventnor pensioner has been found in possession of hundreds of vile child sex abuse images and other extreme and grossly offensive photos including one of bestiality. 

Kenneth Oliver, of Leeson Road, is charged with five offences of a sexual nature.

The 73-year-old faced the charges at Swindon Magistrates' Court on October 8 where his guilty pleas mean he will now be sentenced at crown court on November 22.

He is charged with:

  • Making indecent photographs or pseudo-photograph of a child, namely 912 Category C images of children.
  • Possession of an extreme pornographic image portraying an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal, namely a horse, which was grossly offensive.
  • Possession of an extreme pornographic image portraying act likely to result in serious injury to person's private parts.
  • Making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, namely 266 Category A images of children.
  • Making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, namely, 299 Category B images of children.

All the charges relate to dates between November 5, 2018, and June 16, 2023 at Swindon in the county of Wiltshire.

A pre-sentence probation report has been ordered.