Soham probe policeman gets six months for having child porn
Anthony Goodridge, 34, of Ely, Cambridgeshire, admitted possessing more than 300 indecent images of girls as young as four.
Some of the images included film of adults having sex with children. Two contained film classed as “sadism or bestiality”, Ipswich Crown Court heard.
Judge John Devaux was told Goodridge, who is married with sons aged six and 14 months, had “heaped shame on himself, his family and the police”.
Goodridge, who worked for Cambridgeshire police for more than eight years, was an exhibits officer during the investigation into the murders of Holly and Jessica, both 10, last year.
He was dismissed from the force earlier this month.
Andrew Campbell-Tiech, prosecuting, told the court police began an investigation into a US internet firm called Landslide Productions in 1999.
The company provided access to pornographic images of children to credit card subscribers.
Goodridge’s details were found in the company’s record and he was one of thousands of people arrested around the world.
Police raided his home in September last year and seized a computer and CDs. They found pornographic images of young girls, film clips and short films, said Mr Campbell-Tiech.
He said Goodridge had fully co-operated with police after his arrest.
“He told them that he would retreat into a private world,” said Mr Campbell-Tiech.
“He used that private world as a means of escape from the pressure of his work and at times pressures of home.
“He said he loved his children deeply and said he would never abuse a child.”
