Ronnie Barker's Son Jailed for making indecent images of children

Adam Barker, who had been on the run for eight years, is given 12 months.


5:04pm UK, Friday 19 October 2012

Adam Barker with his parents in 1997 (pic: Alpha Press)

• 
  

Adam Barker has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for making indecent images of children.

The 44-year-old was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in west London for being in the possession of 1,675 indecent images and videos.

He also admitted to 20 counts of making indecent images of children.

Barker had been on the run from the law for eight years, during which time he had lived in Hungary.

He also missed the funeral of his father, the celebrated comedian Ronnie Barker who died in October 2005.