UK lecturer sentenced in absence over indecent images of children after going on run to Dublin

A former law lecturer who went on the run from court in England before a jury found him guilty of downloading indecent images of children has been sentenced in his absence.

Julian Myerscough, 55, a former criminal law lecturer at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, absconded from Ipswich Crown Court in September 2015 and travelled to Ireland.