Bridgerton and 1917 actor who downloaded vile child abuse images is spared jail after appalling ‘excuse’

A BRIDGERTON and 1917 actor has been spared jail after he downloaded hundreds of child abuse images.

Kieren Curran, 23, who worked as a TV and movie extra, yesterday admitted the crimes – after giving the judge an appalling excuse.

Kieren Curran hid his face with a black face mask after narrowly escaping a jail sentence

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Kieren Curran hid his face with a black face mask after narrowly escaping a jail sentenceCredit: BPM
The London West End theatre worker worked as an extra in Bridgerton

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The London West End theatre worker worked as an extra in BridgertonCredit: Netflix
He also played a soldier in Sam Mendes's 1917

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He also played a soldier in Sam Mendes’s 1917Credit: Universal Pictures / Dreamworks

He was sentenced to eight months suspended for two years at Harrow Crown Court.

Curran was caught by cops in Februrary 2021 after his home was raided. 

After admitting having the images he asked officers: “Can we skip this bit?”, reports MyLondon.

Prosecuting Mr Phillips said: “He then said I am guilty, I have loads of images in an account.

“He had used an Instagram account to trade images and said he had a problem… And said he had attempted to kill himself because he hated what he had done.”

Cops found 293 images of kids between five and 14-years-old on a Macbook, his iPhone and a USB stick.

The fiend shamelessly claimed that it was a victimless crime – and claimed that he had believed the images were of teenagers, not young kids.

Defending Ms Fairbairn said Curran was of previous good character and had downloaded a “relatively small” number of pictures.

She explained: “His memory of what it was is mainly teenage children and not primary age children.

“Although he does not dispute what the counts set out, certainly his memory was of teenagers as opposed to very young children.”

Ms Fairbairn said Curran had been bullied at school and was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. 

She said her client has a role lined up in an upcoming Lord of the Rings TV series.

It comes as he appeared in the background of several scenes of Bridgerton and as a soldier in Sam Mendes’s 1917.

Judge Kaplan said: “I must leave you in no doubt of the serious nature of these type of offences and make it very clear to you that I think you now accept these are most certainly not victimless crimes and the court is most concerned about the nature and number of photographs in these offences.”

Curran was handed an eight months suspended for two years for two counts of Category A, three months suspended for two years for two counts of Category B, and one month suspended for two years for two counts of Category C. 

He was also ordered to pay £494 in costs, to do 40 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation.

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