Crowthorne and Sandhurst

A former Crowthorne man, who is currently serving six and a half years in prison for drugs offences, had his sentence increased by nine months after police discovered indecent images of children on his computer.

Kim Ashkenazi, 31, of Thornden, West Sussex, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on 17 March to six-and-a-half years for possession of Class A, B and C drugs with intent to supply.

On 28 April, also at Reading Crown Court, Ashkenazi received an additional sentence of nine months imprisonment, to run consecutively, for possession of indecent images of children. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years.

Ashkenazi was arrested as part of Operation Harp, which investigates the use of payment cards for accessing web sites known to contain indecent child images. Thames Valley Police executed a warrant at his address in September 2004, where they seized computers which were found to contain hundreds of indecent images of children. During the search, ecstasy tablets, amphetamines and cannabis were also seized. Ashkenazi later pleaded guilty to possession of half a kilo of cocaine with intent to supply while on bail for the above offences.

Thames Valley Police ~ Crowthorne