A Ripon man has admitted to possessing images of child sexual abuse. Roystone Roe, 22, appeared at Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday (January 29) charged with making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child. Roe, of Clotherholme Park, possessed two category A images – the most serious kind – on his phone on September 1, 2023. The defendant also possessed two images of sex between a female and a dog on September 23, 2023. Roe was released on conditional bail and will return to Harrogate Magistrates Court for sentence on April 10.