A 58-year-old man from South Gloucestershire has been charged in connection with an investigation into the purchasing of child abuse materials from Canada.
Timothy Arthur, of Staple Hill, has been charged with 13 counts of making indecent images and is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court today (6/10).
Arthur was a part-time employee at a South Gloucestershire school at the time of his arrest but he has since resigned. None of the charges relate to pupils at the school.
The charges are in connection with Operation Spade, an international investigation into the purchasing of child abuse materials from Canada.
Information was submitted by Toronto police via Interpol to the UK. The National Crime Agency passed on details to UK police forces at the end of last year.
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