A neighbour from hell who launched a four-year “race hate” campaign against a family has now been jailed for possessing child porn. Nigel Hesmondhalgh, 37, is beginning a nine-month sentence after a series of degrading photos and videos of children were found on his home computer.
Detectives have welcomed the punishment, imposed by Judge Simon Newell at Burnley Crown Court, on Hesmondhalgh, of Stanley Street, Accrington. The judge also ordered him to sign the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
Hesmondhalgh was jailed at the Burnley court in March for an offence of racially-aggravated harassment. Police obtained a two-year Anti-Social Behaviour Order against him, before his release, to prevent him from throwing dog dirt into his neighbours’ garden, or using racist language towards an Asian family.