Former Labour MP Eric Joyce has been given a suspended sentence for making an indecent image of a child.
The 59-year-old, who was MP for Falkirk between 2000 and 2012, had a 51-second film depicting a number of children, one of which was said to be 12 months old.
Joyce, of Worlingworth, Suffolk, pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court to the offence, which took place between August 2013 and November 2018.
On Friday, he was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.
Judge Emma Peters warned the former shadow minister at an earlier hearing that the offence crossed the custody threshold.
“It’s going to be a question of whether it’s immediate or suspended,” she said.
Joyce was required to sign the sex offenders’ register after his admission.
He left Labour to serve as independent MP for Falkirk in 2012, stepping down before the 2015 general election.
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