Leslie Ward

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This record is based on the public reports listed below and was last checked on August 21, 2026. Court outcomes may later change through appeals, resentencing, corrections or updated reporting.

What happened

The linked report from Wirralglobe identifies Leslie Ward, 72, from Merseyside.

The case concerns 'known sex offender' in court again for possessing images of children.

Ward's address was raided and police seized a HP Desktop device with external hard drive.

The device was examined and officers found 128 Category A images and seven Category A videos; 383 Category B images and 11 Category B videos and 139 Category C images and 11 Category C videos.

Investigation and court case

A WIRRAL man has appeared in court for the second time on charges of possessing hundreds of indecent images of children.

Leslie Ward, 71, appeared for sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday (October 11) after pleading guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children and one charge of possession of indecent images of children.

David Birrell, defending, said Ward, who came into court using a walking stick and had issues hearing the proceedings, was retired but had worked in as an administrator in an office dealing with data input.

Sentence and restrictions

In 2015, Ward was sent to prison for eight months and made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order after he admitted possessing 2,690 indecent images and moving images of children – 100 of them in the most serious category.

Judge Menary handed Ward a 20 month prison sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered him to undertake 20 days of a rehabilitation activity, namely the Maps for Change programme.

Ward will also pay costs of £1,630 and be the subject of a ten year sexual harm prevention order.