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| Former Labour MP Eric Joyce admits child sex offence | Former Labour MP Eric Joyce admits child sex offence |
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| Ex-Labour MP and former army officer Eric Joyce has been told he faces jail after he admitted making an indecent image of a child. | Ex-Labour MP and former army officer Eric Joyce has been told he faces jail after he admitted making an indecent image of a child. |
| Joyce, 59, of Worlingworth, Suffolk, was originally arrested in November 2018 and appeared in court earlier. | Joyce, 59, of Worlingworth, Suffolk, was originally arrested in November 2018 and appeared in court earlier. |
| The court heard the "Category A" material was made between August 2013 and November 2018. | The court heard the "Category A" material was made between August 2013 and November 2018. |
| Joyce was granted bail and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register. He is due to be sentenced on 7 August. | Joyce was granted bail and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register. He is due to be sentenced on 7 August. |
| Joyce was the Labour MP for Falkirk in Scotland between 2000 and 2012 before leaving the party to serve as an independent. | |
| He pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court to a charge of making an indecent photograph of a child. | |
| Judge Emma Peters said the single 51-second movie, found on a device, "depicts a number of children". | |
| "Some are quite young, one is said to be 12 months old," she said. "Clearly a Category A movie." | |
| She said Joyce, who appeared at court in person, "says he accesses it via an email which he says was a spam email". | |
| "At the time he was drinking heavily and he has now undergone work with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation and a psychotherapist," the judge said. | |
| Shadow Northern Ireland minister | |
| She said the court "takes such incidents very seriously" as they "fuel the abuse of children". | |
| As a Labour MP, Joyce also held the post of shadow Northern Ireland minister in 2010. | |
| He stepped down before the 2015 general election. | |
| Joyce originally joined the army in 1977 before serving for 21 years, during which he rose to the rank of major. |