A SUFFOLK priest has been jailed for two years at Chelmsford Crown Court today for possessing child pornographyFather John Ashman, of Newmarket Road, Kirtling had previously pleaded guilty to nine charges of making an indecent photograph or pseudophotograph of children and three charges of distributing indecent photographs or pseudo photographs of children.

A SUFFOLK priest has been jailed for two years at Chelmsford Crown Court today for possessing child pornography

Father John Ashman, of Newmarket Road, Kirtling had previously pleaded guilty to nine charges of making an indecent photograph or pseudophotograph of children and three charges of distributing indecent photographs or pseudo photographs of children.

Ashman assistant priest at the Church of Our Lady Exeter Road in Newmarket was said to have committed the offences between January 1 and August 15 last year.