It confirmed it was irrelevant as to whether the offence was committed that these actions were part of a much larger production and distribution effort.
Bowden's position in the chain of production of indecent material was as low as could be consistent with the commission of the reproducing offence.
[1] Bowden had been convicted at the Crown Court (by jury) in Cambridge on 12 counts of making indecent photography of a child contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978.
[1] It was common ground that amended section covered those making pseudo-photographs who may have had no contact with the subjects of the images.
The words "to make" had to be given their natural and ordinary meaning, and in the instant context that was "to cause to exist; to produce by action, to bring about".