Parkour athlete avoids prison for child abuse images
Callum Powell admitting downloading nearly 3,000 images
Last updated 17th Jul 2026
A parkour athlete with 11 million YouTube subscribers has been spared prison after pleading guilty to possessing thousands of child sex abuse images.
Callum Turner, 34, was given a suspended sentence at Brighton Magistrates' Court today.
Turner was part of parkour collective Storror, but was removed from the team following his guilty plea.
Sentencing, Amanda Kelly said: “You initially denied knowingly seeking out these sorts of images for your own sexual gratification and suggested you may have inadvertently received them because you used an AI programme that removes clothes from images you have downloaded from Instagram.
“However, you soon went on to admit that you had obtained sexual gratification from images of children and you pleaded guilty to all offences.”
Addressing the one-year suspended sentence handed down to Turner, Kelly said: "Some may find it difficult to understand why offending of such a repugnant nature does not result in immediate imprisonment.
"However, judges do not sentence according to personal opinion, public pressure or public outrage.
"They sentence according to the law."
Steve Wedd, Turner's lawyer, said the situation "destroyed" Turner's personal life.
“He has lost everything - his good name, his friendships, 20 years of friendships in Storror."