A CALDICOT man has avoided jail after pleading guilty to five counts of possessing illegal images.

Justin Lewis of Shakespeare Close, Caldicot, admitted four counts of possessing indecent images of children, and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image portraying a sex act with an animal.

The 44 year old, who is thought to be a former Caldicot mini rugby coach, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court last Friday (27th November) to a community order of three years, and a rehabilitation order.He will be on the sexual offenders register for five years and has also been ordered to attend 35 internet sex offender programme sessions.

He was ordered to pay £520 of court costs.