Workington murderer admits making indecent images of children
Reece Kelly killed his four-month-old son Dallas Kelly
Last updated 28th May 2024
A man who murdered his four-month-old son in Workington has had extra time added on to his minimum prison term, for possessing indecent images of children aged as young as four or five.
Late last year, 31-year-old Kelly was convicted of murdering baby son Dallas, and of child neglect amid a chaotic, drug-fuelled lifestyle.
A jury at Carlisle Crown Court found him unanimously guilty after hearing that Dallas had been shaken violently while Kelly was alone with the tot and his mum was at work.
Dallas sustained catastrophic injuries, was in cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived at the family’s home on October 15, 2021, and tragically died in hospital four days later.
Kelly, previously of Hunday Court, Workington, admitted manslaughter but was convicted by a jury of murder.
During his trial, he was dubbed a “monster” by the baby’s mother, who learned only on day one of the trial that her former partner was admitting responsibility for their son’s death.
Kelly was handed a mandatory life sentence and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years behind bars before being eligible for parole.
But he was brought back to court after it emerged he had committed other, separate offences.
Analysis of Kelly’s handset revealed the presence of deeply disturbing sexual abuse images involving young girls, some aged just four or five.
Appearing remotely over a prison video link from HMP Frankland, Kelly admitted three counts of making indecent photographs of children between 16th September and 22nd October, 2021.
He was sentenced to 10 months in prison, which will be served consecutively to the minimum term which was passed in his life sentence.