Man jailed for selling vile porn videos

An illegal immigrant who sold 'truly vile' porn films in a pub has been jailed.

Zheng-nan Lin was spotted by police taking a large bag into the Fox Tavern, North Street, Gosport, on June 20.

The officers followed him in and confronted him but Lin ran off.

He was caught, not far from the pub.

When police checked the bag of 237 DVDs they were found to include 37 pornographic films, three of which were illegal 'extreme' pornography.

Mr Booth said the films included 'truly vile images'.

Lin, of Peckham, London, told police he had bought the films from a man in London for 70p each and was going to sell them on in Gosport for between 1 and 1.50.

His solicitor Daniel Reilly said: 'Mr Lin was in this country and because of his status was not in receipt of any money from the government.

'He was not able to work lawfully because of his status and that unfortunately has led him to become involved, as he did, in the sale of counterfeit DVDs.'

Lin, 42, had previously been jailed for 16 weeks at Sussex Magistrates' Court in March last year for selling fake DVDs.

But Portsmouth Crown Court Judge Ian Pearson said it was a mystery why Lin had not been deported afterwards.

In sentencing the Chinese national to 32 weeks in prison, Judge Pearson said Lin would be sent home at the end of his jail term.

'I accept that you are at the very bottom of the chain of people dealing with DVDs of this nature but nevertheless these offences are so serious they pass the custody threshold,' he said.

'I'm going to impose the shortest possible sentence because there after you should be deported.

'Indeed it's a puzzle as to why you were not deported having been released from custody last year.'

The judge ordered the DVDs be destroyed.