Magician facing jail after he accidentally handed over a USB stick containing child porn to police investigating drug dealing in his area..
A magician is facing time in prison after he accidentally handed over child porn to police.
Entertainer Nigel Hardman, 46, agreed to give CCTV images taken from outside his house to officers investigating drug dealing in the area.
The performer, who previously went by the stage name of Prince Razaq, duly handed over a USB memory stick.
However, when police from Lancashire Constabulary looked at the device they discovered an indecent image of a child.
Hardman, of Preston, Lancashire, was arrested and initially claimed the photograph belonged to someone else, telling officers his ex wife had access to a computer.
But a search of other computer equipment in Hardman’s home revealed 93 indecent images stored on various computers and hard-drives and Hardman confessed to saving the images.