Teacher struck off over child images

JOSHUA POPE TAUGHT AT SALTASH SCHOOL

- By NICK IRVING and OLIVIER VERGNAULT

A CORNWALL school teacher has been struck off after he admitted making indecent images of children.

Joshua Pope was convicted of three counts of making indecent images and was sentenced in July 2024 to eight months in jail, suspended for two years, and 100 hours of unpaid work.

At the time, Plymouth Crown Court was told Pope had 276 images of Category A - with 210 being moving images as well as 214 Category B images, of which 127 were moving and 296 Category C with 25 moving images on his electronic devices.

Police found images were downloaded over a period of many years up until March 5, 2023.