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Professor accused of child porn offences involve separately a live cat and a live squid. In his latest appearance the court heard that the allegations against Kehoe involve a total of 232 indecent photographs of children. The ages of the children involved are not known. The defence applied for the case to be referred for trial to Newcastle Crown Court, and this was agreed by the magistrates. The case will now be heard by a MXGJH $ GDWH IRU WKLV ZLOO EH À [HG when Kehoe returns to the Bedlington court on March 23 in eight weeks time. Kehoe has been released on unconditional bail. .HKRH À UVW DSSHDUHG EHIRUH 6RXWK East Northumberland Magistrates on January 5, when the court heard that Kehoe was due to be adjudicating university exams in Leicester on January 14 and 15. Originally from Ireland, Kehoe ZDV DOVR D ELRORJLFDO VDIHW\ RIÀ FHU DW Newcastle University and has contributed to multiple academic publications relating to microbiology. A spokesperson for the University said: “The University is keeping this matter under review pending the legal proceedings.”
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Caroline Argyropulo-Palmer Fran Infante Deputy Editor A Newcastle lecturer has appeared in court facing allegations relating to child pornography. Michael Kehoe, a professor in Microbiology in the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, appeared at South East Northumberland Magistrates Court in Bedlington last Tuesday for the second time on the charges. Mr Kehoe, of Morpeth, Northumberland, was defended by Steven Graham of Ward Hadaway SoliciWRUV +H VSRNH RQO\ WR FRQÀ UP KLV name, age and address and did not enter a plea of either guilt or innoFHQFH +LV GHIHQFH FRQÀ UPHG WKDW he understood the charges. The 56-year-old faces one count of possessing indecent photographs of a child, and four of making indecent photographs or pseudo photographs RI D FKLOG $OO À YH DOOHJDWLRQV FDUU\ D maximum sentence of six months. He is also charged with three counts of possessing extreme pornographic images portraying an act of intercourse or oral sex with a dead or alive animal which carries a maximum sentence of 12 months. Two of these images are alleged to
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