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Sephton, who worked as a primary school teacher as well as being a Conservative local councillor in Manchester, was found guilty in January 2018 of possessing extreme pornography and indecent images of children. When officers from the National Crime Agency raided his home in Maximus Drive, Altrincham, in December 2016, a total of 31 indecent videos and 3,774 indecent images of children were discovered on devices belonging to him, including his computer and two mobile phones.
Sephton, who worked as a primary school teacher as well as being a Conservative local councillor in Manchester, was found guilty in January 2018 of possessing extreme pornography and indecent images of children. When officers from the National Crime Agency raided his home in Maximus Drive, Altrincham, in December 2016, a total of 31 indecent videos and 3,774 indecent images of children were discovered on devices belonging to him, including his computer and two mobile phones.
Sephton was also convicted of distributing the pornographic images as
police found records of texts sent to other male homosexual pedophiles on his phone. In one exchange, discussing a picture, Mr Sephton asked the other man: “How old is he?” The reply was: “About 14,” to which he said: “Yum - any younger?”
police found records of texts sent to another male homosexual pedophile, Richard Willis, a Conservative councillor. In one exchange, discussing a picture, Mr Sephton asked: “How old is he?” The reply was: “About 14,” to which he said: “Yum - any younger?”
He was convicted by a jury.
Sephton was found to have been searching for pictures of nude boys online, and using internet chatroom websites for paedophiles. Some of the material in his possession was categorized as "extreme". He was convicted by a jury, and sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.
<ref>https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/councillor-primary-school-teacher-matthew-14207011</ref>
<ref>https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/councillor-primary-school-teacher-matthew-14207011</ref>
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5317961/Former-teacher-councillor-jailed-child-abuse-images.html</ref>
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5306297/Primary-school-teacher-illegal-porn-laptop.html</ref>
==See also==
==See also==