David Poore

An award-winning music composer whose work has featured on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 has been sentenced after police found more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his computer.

David Poore, 59, of Bristol, was handed an 18-month community order at Bristol Crown Court after admitting making indecent images of children and possessing a prohibited image of a child.

The material included an image of a child aged just two, the court heard.

The investigation began after Google referred an uploaded indecent image to Avon and Somerset Police in September 2021.

The account used the name David Williams, but officers traced the IP address to David Poore Music.

Police searched Poore’s home in May 2023 and seized computer equipment. He immediately acknowledged that the images belonged to him, describing his behaviour as “some underage fantasy thing”, the court was told.

Forensic examination also uncovered the search term “pretty pre-teens”.

Poore admitted the offences in June 2026.

Judge Anna Richardson ordered him to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and imposed a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He was also fined £500 and ordered to pay £150 prosecution costs.

The judge said his offending had brought his marriage to an end and damaged his relationship with his child.

Originally from Wells in Somerset, Poore won a BAFTA in 2009 for his score for David Attenborough’s Life in Cold Blood. His work on Springwatch also earned him a Royal Television Society award nomination.

According to his online biography, he has composed music for more than 200 films, with credits including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, National Geographic and Disney.

Source: UK Database on Facebook