A Bingley businessman was today found guilty of possessing an indecent image of two naked boys on his computer.

Magistrates ordered Colin Jack Gaines, 47, of Lady Lane, Eldwick, to register on the sex offenders list.

Stipendiary magistrate Guy Hodgson found him guilty of one charge of possessing an indecent image on the hard drive of his computer and fined him £1,000 and ordered him to pay £750 costs.

But Gaines, a licensed conveyancer who works in Keighley, was cleared of seven other charges of possessing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children after a trial at Bingley Magistrates Court.

Mr Hodgson told Gaines, who has a previous conviction for importing pornography in 1990, that he had 14 days to register on the list under the Sexual Offenders Act 1997.

The magistrate added that Gaines would remain on the list for the next five years.

Earlier the court heard two home videos were seized by Eccleshill CID along with another video and a computer hard drive after a raid on Gaines' home last year.

David Mitchell, prosecuting, said the raid came after Gaines was arrested but not charged after an alleged indecent at Shipley Swimming Baths.

Mr Mitchell said three of the charges related to the video evidence and the other five charges related to five images which were removed from the "freespace" of Mr Gaines's computer.

Rodney Jameson, defending, said his client admitted making the two home videos while on holiday in Thailand and Bucharest, Romania, but "it wasn't clear at all" how the computer images had got on to the computer.

Computer expert Savio Pirondini of Leeds University said the images could have been put into the freespace by the computer without Gaines' knowledge.

Outside the court Mr Gaines refused to comment but his solicitor said he would be lodging an appeal against the decision at Bradford Crown Court this afternoon.

Det Con Neil Beattie of Eccleshill CID said: "It's been a long and difficult inquiry into this man. The court has taken a view to uphold society's values and I'm pleased with the result."

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