A Shropshire dental technician was reported to police by his wife after she found child pornography on the family computer, a misconduct hearing heard.A Shropshire dental technician was reported to police by his wife after she found child pornography on the family computer, a misconduct hearing heard.
John Martin begged for his wife's forgiveness and attempted to wipe his stash of indecent images off the computer at his home in Shrewsbury, the hearing was told.
But the General Dental Council misconduct hearing yesterday heard that Martin ended up in court after detectives discovered a library of more than 200 pictures of children as young as five at his home.
He was given a three-year supervision order and placed on the sex offenders' register for five years by magistrates on January 28 this year after he was convicted of five counts of making indecent images of a child.
Martin does not contest the facts of his conviction, but denies that his fitness to practice is affected.
The panel will announce its final verdict at a hearing on September 19.
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