Allen Sample

A Wirral pensioner, Allen Sample, aged 70 and residing in Birkenhead, appeared before Liverpool Magistrates Court on Monday, 5 January 2026, facing serious charges related to indecent images of children and prohibited materials.

Sample entered not guilty pleas to six separate offences. The charges include making three Category A indecent images of a child, which are considered the most serious type, involving the downloading, sharing, or saving of photos or videos depicting child abuse. These alleged offences occurred between 30 December 2001 and 5 June 2025. Additionally, he is charged with making 21 Category C indecent images and two Category B images within the same period.

Further charges encompass possessing 146 extreme pornographic images that explicitly and realistically portray acts of intercourse or oral sex with live or dead animals. Sample also faces charges for possessing a prohibited image of a child and 26 indecent images of children. All alleged offences are stated to have been committed in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

The court remanded Sample on conditional bail, with a trial scheduled for Tuesday, 23 June 2026, at Wirral Magistrates Court. The case was reported by the Wirral Globe, highlighting the ongoing efforts to combat child sexual exploitation through such prosecutions. No further details on the source of the images or investigative process were provided in the article.