Meehan refused bail on porn charges

12 April 2012

The former partner of Shannon Matthews' mother has been refused bail on child pornography charges by a Crown Court judge.

Craig Meehan, 22, is accused of possessing 140 indecent images of children, which were allegedly found on a computer at the home he shared with Karen Matthews in Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire.

He is also charged with possessing an indecent image of a young girl on a mobile phone.

An application for bail at Leeds Crown Court was refused by Peter Collier QC, the Recorder of Leeds.

Meehan did not appear in person at the half-hour hearing behind closed doors.

He is due to stand trial at Dewsbury Magistrates' Court on September 8.

Meehan, a former supermarket fishmonger, is charged with 12 offences of possession of indecent images of children.

It is alleged that he possessed indecent images of children aged between four and 16, graded at levels one to four - on a scale where one is the least serious and five is the most serious.

They were allegedly found on one of two computers at the family home where he lived with Matthews, 32, for around five years. A further image was allegedly found on a mobile phone.

Meehan denies all the charges and his trial is listed to last for five days.

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