Mid Wales photographer and events organiser caught with more than 700 indecent images of children spared jail
A Mid Wales photographer and charity events organiser has avoided jail after more than 700 indecent images of children were found on devices at his home.
The images on John Leonard Rampton's devices were uncovered in 2022 by his ex-wife, who called police, a court heard on Friday.
Rampton, of Forden near Welshpool, had denied downloading the images, but was found guilty of three counts of amassing images in all three categories - including 63 of the most serious, category A – by a jury in December.
Salisbury Crown Court was told that 45-year-old Rampton, a father-of-two, had downloaded the images over a seven-year period, which began in 2014, using the username Lolita123.
Police found 63 category A images, 43 category B images, and 616 category C images on three devices, including an iPhone, the court was told.
