Droitwich man sentenced for making indecent images of children

A Droitwich man has been sentenced to a community order of three years for multiple counts of making indecent images of a child and extreme animal pornography.

Kirt Tabberer, 35, of Little Hill, Droitwich was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Monday 11 August following a guilty plea to numerous charges following an investigation by south Worcestershire CID officers.

Tabberer received the following sentence for multiple charges of making indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child and possessing extreme pornographic images.

He was sentenced to the following terms for his convictions: -

Tabberer was required to register as a sex offender for five years and will be subject to an electronically tagged curfew for three months.

He was further handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years, ordered to pay £1,200 in costs, a victim surcharge of £85 and the forfeiture of his electronic devices.

Tabberer’s activities first came to the attention of officers after reports he uploaded a category C indecent image of a child to a Snapchat user account in 2019.

Enquiries linked the account to him where he was arrested by police on suspicion of possession and distribution of indecent images.

Electronic devices were seized including a mobile phone containing extreme pornography, so he was further arrested on suspicion of possessing extreme pornography.

Tabberer initially denied the allegations, claiming his device had been hacked but digital forensic proved otherwise.

He was due to stand trial, however changed his plea to guilty.

DC David Wood, who led the investigation, said: “This sentence has arisen from the excellent work by our Digital Forensic Team who counteracted Tabberer’s lies and presented strong evidence that led to his change in plea.

“Whilst he tried to deny responsibility for his crimes, our digital investigators exposed to the horrific material as they deconstructed his claims made in two separate interviews.

“Their professionalism and dedication not only to this job but all the others like it are a testament to their focus in protecting our communities.”