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Phillip John George Webb had indecent images of children on computer software at All Things Books, in Barnard Castle.

SENTENCE has been delayed on a bookshop owner who compiled and distributed child pornography from his market town premises.

Phillip John George Webb stored thousands of images of children being sexually abused on computer software recovered by police from All Things Books, in Barnard Castle, County Durham, last December.

Other images were found on computer at his former home in Richmond, North Yorkshire, during the inquiry.

Police arriving with a search warrant at the shop premises, on The Bank, Barnard Castle, were handed a pack of 15 discs by Webb, who told them: "This is what you're looking for".

During his first court appearance, before magistrates in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, last month, 53-year-old Webb admitted 17 charges relating to 36,265 indecent images of children, including still photographs, 'pseudo-images' and films.

He also pleaded 'guilty' to distributing hundreds of indecent child images, covering all five levels of severity of such material.

But 984 of the images found stored on his computer were classed at level five, the most serious category, which features children enduring sadism or sexual activity with animals.

Webb was remanded in custody by the South Durham bench, who adjourned the hearing and committed the case for sentence at Durham Crown Court, today.

But, at the brief hearing, his barrister, David Lamb, requested a further adjournment, so psychiatric reports could be drawn up on his client.

Judge Richard Lowden, the Honorary Judicial Recorder of Durham, agreed to the request, but reserved the case to himself.

He remanded Webb, now said to be of no fixed abode, back in custody to be brought back for sentence on completion of the psychiatric reports, on Friday June 20.

9:30pm Friday 16th May 2008

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