Derry doctor admits having images and movies of children being sexually abused

The career of a disgraced doctor was left in tatters today (Thursday) after he admitted having images and movies of children being sexually abused.

Standing in the dock of Downpatrick Crown Court, 40-year-old Alan Trevor Campbell entered guilty pleas to each of the 11 charges against him including five of possessing and six of making indecent images of children.

On an indictment covering a time span between October 17 2014 and January 13 2022 Campbell, a registered GP from Silverbrook Park, Newbuildings in Derry, admitted that he had images and videos in categories A, B and C.

According to legal guidelines, images at level A depict children involved in penetrative sexual acts including rape or in circumstances involving sadomasochism or bestiality, B relates to non-penetrative sexual acts while C covers any material not deemed to be in categories A or B.

None of the background facts or details of the case were opened in court but following Campbell’s guilty pleas, prosecuting counsel Breige Gilmore confirmed the defendant has a clear record.

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Defence counsel Cameron Faulkner agreed that apart from a pre-sentence report from the probation board, the defence team would not be obtaining any other type of report ahead of the plea and sentence.

Highlighting that the admissions trigger the requirements of the police sex offenders register, Judge Geoffrey Miller KC ordered that Campbell be served with the relevant documentation and sign the register “before he leaves.”

Turning to Campbell, the judge told him if he has not heard from PBNI in the next two weeks to contact his legal advisers to arrange an interview because “failure to attend without good reason means that I will sentence in the absence of a report.”

“You can rest assured that will not be in your best interests,” Judge Miller told the self-confessed pervert.

Freeing him on continuing bail until June 24, the judge told Campbell: “These are very serious offences - all options will be open to the court.”