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Ronnie Barker's son due in court on child porn charges | Ronnie Barker's son due in court on child porn charges |
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Comedian Ronnie Barker's son has been charged with making indecent images of children, after eight years on the run. | |
Adam Barker, 44, of no fixed address, attended a west London police station by appointment and was charged with five offences. | Adam Barker, 44, of no fixed address, attended a west London police station by appointment and was charged with five offences. |
He will appear in custody at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court later. | He will appear in custody at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court later. |
He was first arrested in June 2003 and released on bail until the following year but failed to return. His father died in 2005 aged 76. | |
Father's funeral | |
Officers said they would allow him to attend his father's funeral that year if he handed himself in but he did not appear. | |
He was originally arrested in a police crackdown on internet child porn, codenamed Operation Ore. | |
Mr Barker has had small parts in films such as Shakespeare in Love and Tomorrow Never Dies. | |
He has also appeared in several TV shows such as Casualty, Monarch of the Glen and Wycliffe. | |
He is the youngest son of the comedian who retired in 1987. |