Suspended jail term for refusing to reveal phone PINs

A MAN whose phone was linked to sexual messages sent to primary school-aged girls refused to give police the PINs for his devices, a court has heard.

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A judge said he had no doubt there was “material of whatever nature” on the defendant's phone which he did not want the police to see but said he wanted to make it clear he was only passing sentence for the refusal to reveal the access codes.

Swansea Crown Court heard police still have possession of the devices and are making attempts to get into them “by other means”.

Emily Bennett, prosecuting, told the court that in 2023 staff at a primary school in Bedfordshire raised concerns about two 10-year-old girls who had been in contact with an unknown person on the Omegel social media app and who had been asked for indecent images.

Police were notified, and an investigation led officers to identifying a device and an address linked to Carwyn Morgan in Carmarthenshire. Bedfordshire Police then contacted the Dyfed-Powys force.