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Ronnie Barker's son Adam Barker jailed for child porn | Ronnie Barker's son Adam Barker jailed for child porn |
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Comedian Ronnie Barker's son has been jailed for 12 months for making indecent images of children. | Comedian Ronnie Barker's son has been jailed for 12 months for making indecent images of children. |
Adam Barker, 44, of no fixed address, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court last month and admitted 20 counts. | |
Barker, the youngest son of the television comic, was first arrested in June 2003 as part of a police operation targeting people accessing indecent images of children on the internet. | Barker, the youngest son of the television comic, was first arrested in June 2003 as part of a police operation targeting people accessing indecent images of children on the internet. |
A computer seized from his home in Ealing contained thousands of images. | A computer seized from his home in Ealing contained thousands of images. |
Barker went on the run for eight years, living in Hungary. | |
During that time he missed the funeral of his father, who died in 2005 aged 76. | |
As an actor, Adam Barker had small parts in films including Shakespeare in Love and Tomorrow Never Dies. | As an actor, Adam Barker had small parts in films including Shakespeare in Love and Tomorrow Never Dies. |
He has also appeared in TV shows such as Casualty, Monarch of the Glen and Wycliffe. | He has also appeared in TV shows such as Casualty, Monarch of the Glen and Wycliffe. |