Sex offender sentenced for making child abuse images

Summarised from Falmouth Packet's report · Updated 5 Nov, 22:10 · Archive

A registered sex offender in St Austell has been sentenced after police found three indecent images of children on his tablet.

Simon Iliffe, 55, of St Austell appeared in Truro Magistrates Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to making three category B indecent images of children aged six and 12 years old. Police were alerted to activity on his registered Samsung tablet on 4 July 2025. Although Iliffe had deleted the images, police later recovered them after confiscating the device. He refused to comment when interviewed.

Iliffe is a registered sex offender with five previous convictions, including possession of extreme pornographic material, dating from 2019. He remains subject to a sexual harm prevention order until 2029. His defence counsel Chris Spencer told the court that this was 'a momentary relapse that he regrets' and noted that Iliffe had been cooperative with police and probation services up to that point. Magistrates said the crime was serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence, commenting 'It's such a shame to see you back here after seven years.' He was handed a community order and ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.

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• St Austell sex offender made indecent images of children during ‘momentary relapse'Registered sex Simon Iliffe has been sentenced after police found he made three indecent images of children on his Samsung tablet.Falmouth Packet · 5 Nov, 18:00

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