Retired Suffolk social work lecturer jailed over images of children

A retired lecturer from Suffolk has been jailed for three months over indecent images of children.

Kevin Pettican, 64, of Saxmundham, previously pleaded guilty to nine counts of making indecent images and one of possessing indecent images.

At Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday he was sentenced to three months in prison.

Pettican was a lecturer in social work and childcare at University Campus Suffolk in Ipswich.

Prosecutors said he was considered a “child protection expert”.