After they went to his house for an unrelated matter, a man handed over his laptop to police and ended up with a 14 month jail term.
This has been cut to 4 months by the Court of Appeal.
Backlash are seeking a transcript of that hearing, which does not yet appear to be on the excellent site www.bailii.org
It is not clear how well he was represented at his original trial.
The crown court judge said some of the women in the images looked as though they were being exploited.
If true, and significant, it should have been possible to verify that, or at least provide expert witness evidence.