‘I was added to a Snapchat group without my consent and accidentally downloaded 500 pictures’

An IT support technician accused of collecting over 500 images of children claimed he accidentally downloaded them on a Snapchat site. Christopher Burmis, 25, had some of the most serious category of pictures, but denied ever viewing them. Burmis, of Gravesend, Kent, denies seven charges of making indecent photographs of a child. Appearing in court wearing a grey suit, Burmis claimed he never knowingly downloaded the pictures and it was all a terrible mistake. He explained he was added to…