Offence
Possess indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 224
- Upcoming hearings
- 1
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 78
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (224)
- Sentencing guideline
- Possession of indecent photograph of child/ Indecent photographs of children
- Official offence code
- CJ88115
- The law
- Contrary to section 160(1), (2A) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
- Where it can be tried
- Magistrates' court or Crown Court
- Can lead to prison
- Yes
Courts that list it most
- Liverpool & Knowsley Magistrates' Court (32 hearings)
- Sefton Magistrates' Court (12 hearings)
- Cardiff Magistrates' Court (10 hearings)
- Chester Magistrates' Court (9 hearings)
- Crewe (South Cheshire) (9 hearings)
- Wirral Magistrates' Court (8 hearings)
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- Newport (South Wales) Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- Sheffield Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Warrington Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Hull and Holderness Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Merthyr Tydfil (5 hearings)
- Swansea Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Bristol Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Coventry Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)