Ex-officer admits making child porn photos
A FORMER special constable cleared of a sexual relationship with a schoolboy is facing a possible prison sentence for making indecent photographs of children.
Gareth Mathias went on trial accused of sex offences against a young secondary school pupil. At the time of the alleged relationship — the late 1990s — he was working as a civilian instructor with the Sea Cadets and also employed as a part-time policeman with the Dyfed-Powys force, jurors heard.
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Gareth Mathias
At Swansea Crown Court the 28-year-old, of Fron Terrace, Llanelli, denied any form of sexual misconduct towards the schoolboy and was today found not guilty of eight offences of buggery and two of indecent assault.
But before his trial began, he pleaded guilty to 13 offences of making indecent photographs of children in April last year and for legal reasons this was never revealed to the jury.
Mathias, of Fron Terrace, was granted conditional bail when Judge Christopher Vosper QC adjourned sentencing on the child pornography indictment until July 8.







8 Comments
by Daniel, carmathenshire
Friday, June 19 2009, 4:05PM
“i also know gareth for many years and i belive that he is a kind guy who will do anything to help anyone.Also he HAS been found NOT GUILTY in a court of law by 12 people who dont know him and belive wat he said and have evidence to support him and it shows that the accuser was ethire lying about the abuse or the abuser cos clearly he has a grude against him but for the 13 pictures of child pornography nobody knows wat the pictures are and plus there are people out ther who have thousands and thousands of pictures and get away with it so guys dont brand people until you know the facts”
by Clifford, sketty
Friday, June 19 2009, 5:56AM
“ep as reported preveously by you the jury was aware of the picstures. so he was found not guilty of the abuse case n it was a unamus decisiun, meaning that the abuse thing was maybe made up or the jury had proof to show it. eliot im sorry but if someone has child porn on there computer they shuld be locked up for ever. he has 13 picstures on his computer, witch he says he is guilty for, but it makes me think that if the police want to find somethin on your computer they will.”
by Anon, Swansea
Thursday, June 18 2009, 6:59PM
“B.B.C winchwen, He's not sick, he's ill,he suffers from an illness that can not be querd, SO LOCK THE SICKO UP FOR PUBLIC SAFTY.”
by dai brown, llanelli
Thursday, June 18 2009, 4:49PM
“i have known gareth 4 many years and he always was a creep around children parking up on the site i live near and having kids as young as eight or nine in his car... and as far as im concered elliot one indecent imiges of a child is good enough to be branded as a perv. if you knew this guy like i do then you would have a tottal diffrent opinion of the sicko!!!!!!”
by Elliot Mansel, Swansea
Thursday, June 18 2009, 12:23PM
“Mar, I understand, I feel all pedofiles should be locked away and have the key thrown away. But, Making indencent images, means that they have to have been saved to a pc I think, and it doesnt mean they were taken by him,- also, dont you think perhaps if he were a perve he would have had more than 16 images? we dont know what catagory they are, or any information. are they in fact pictures of him as a baby in the bath? we just do not know, and the fact he has pleaded guilty to having them on a computer, does not mean he downloaded them.
As I understand it, despite what the papers have said, the jury were aware of the images, yet found him innocent of the other more serious charge, this was unanamouse, so, you see, there is clearly more to this than we know.
we should avoid the mob mentallity, and let the justice system do what it does best!”
by MAR, swansea
Thursday, June 18 2009, 12:07PM
“Elliot Mansel can you not read he PLEADED GUILTY to 13 offences of making indecent photographs of children. THE MAN IS A PERVE AND WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU FOR DEFENDING HIM. CASTRATE THE SICKO.”
by Elliot Mansel, Swansea
Thursday, June 18 2009, 10:43AM
“Is there more to this than meets the eye? He was cleared of abusing a child and now is on charges of making indecent images, I think innocent until proven guilty, which clearly wasnt the case when he went to court the first time, and nw hes been found innocent. why home in on pictures which could not even be of pornographic nature. we just dont know.”
by B.B.C, winchwen
Thursday, June 18 2009, 10:23AM
“sick b$st$rd !!!”