A WARRINGTON man has seen charges linking him to possession of extreme porn dismissed after he tried to ship a ‘child size sex doll’ in for a stag do.

The doll was purchased in August 2020 from a company named ‘US Sex Toys’, but 11 days later it was seized at Stansted Airport when it was going through customs.

On September 17, the seller – a Chinese company – emailed the defendant, a man in his 40s, and informed him that it had been seized. He asked for a refund, which was partially provided.

On his arrest, he is reported to have said: “I know what this is about, I tried to cancel it.”

He appeared before Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, July 25, for an application to dismiss charges of possessing extreme pornography.

Defence barrister Andrew Jebb said that there is no evidence to suggest that his client has any kind of interest in children.

The question was then brought up as to whether the doll has childlike features.

It was just over three foot in height and came with a blanket with fluffy clouds on – though the defendant was not aware of the nature of the blanket.

Mr Jebb added: “While it may be short, we say that in fact there is not any evidence that it is a doll that unquestionably embodies child-like features.

“There has not been any evidence at all that the defendant knew the importation of this was illegal.”

The court also heard that the doll did have fully developed breasts and pubic hair.

It was said that the defendant may not have known if the importation is illegal as there were no warnings of such on the website he bought it from, where it was advertised as an ‘adult sex doll’.

On the ‘about us’ section of the company, it states it has a UK warehouse which ‘gave the impression of encouragement’ and there ‘there is nothing to warn the purchaser’.

The doll, bought in the defendant’s name with his PayPal using his home address, was ‘bought for a friend for a stag do’.

A WhatsApp group for the wedding was found when officers inspected his phone.

Prosecting, Stella Hayden pushed for a trial by jury on the charge, submitting that the size and stature of the doll are ‘child-like’.

However, the application to dismiss charges was approved by Judge Dennis Watson.