Hopkins, who was described as a man with a low intellect, was also given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and put on the sex offenders register for 10 years. He was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court to 10 months suspended for two years after admitting importing an indecent or obscene article four counts of possessing indecent images of children and three counts of possessing extreme pornography. He also admitted buying the doll to have sex with it but claimed he did not know importing it was illegal. In interview, Hopkins admitted knowing he should not have had the images but said he found it exciting to possess them. He had 247 category A images and videos (the most serious) 341 category B and 196 category C. Woman dies of heart attack despite public attempts to save her using defib machine.They found hundreds of indecent images of children on his mobile phone. National Crime Agency officers searched his home in November 2016. Judge Darlow was told the 'doll' also weighs the same as a child. It was described to the court as 1.2 metres high with three orifices. Officers brought the sex doll to court but Judge Paul Darlow said he didn't need to see it. The flat-chested doll – which is anatomically correct and weighs the same as a real child – was addressed to Hopkins’s home in Mannamead. Devon hill climb veteran killed when his brakes failed.“We are working hard with our partners in Border Force to stop them entering the country and then investigating and prosecuting the importers.” Read More Related Articles “They are a real flag of a sexual interest in children. Hazel Stewart, NCA senior investigating officer said: “The importation of child sex dolls is a relatively new phenomenon but time and again importers are also guilty of associated offending against children as with Hopkins. The NCA says that ordering the doll was a 'real flag' or sexual interest in children and they went to Hopkins' home in Plymouth where they found hundreds of the worst level of child and animal sex abuse images.īrian Hopkins ordered the doll from Hong Kong, Plymouth Crown Court was told. The National Crime Agency has released this picture of the 'anatomically correct' child sex doll which had been ordered from Hong Kong by a Devon man.īrian Hopkins, 40, ordered the 3ft 9in, flat-chested doll - but Border Force officers at Stansted Airport seized it last October before it was delivered.
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