A BOURNEMOUTH man has received a suspended jail term for having indecent images of children.

Ashley Hiscock was found guilty on six counts of making an indecent photograph of a child after a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court. The offence covers downloading or printing such images.

The 34-year-old, from Highfield Road, was sentenced to nine months in prison suspended for 12 months on June 12, and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for ten years.

He was also handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order with various requirements, to last for ten years.

The offences took place between 2007-11 and referred to moving images.