Shropshire Star

60-year-old Market Drayton man admits attempted sexual communication with children

A 60-year-old man has been warned 'all options' - including prison - will be open when he is sentenced for attempting sexual communication with children.

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Michael Halfpenny, 60, of Laburnum Close, Market Drayton, admitted seven charges when he appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court - sitting at Telford Magistrates Court.

Halfpenny pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted sexual communication with a child, one count of distributing a category C indecent image of a child, three counts of making indecent images of children in categories A, B and C, as well as one charge of possession of an extreme pornographic image.