Star of Channel 5 bailiffs show is revealed to have a conviction for possessing extreme animal porn
- Philip Gardiner, 40, is a star from Channel 5's Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away
- In 2014, he pleaded guilty to possessing video depicting a sex act with an animal
- He was fined £500 with £85 costs and a £50 victim surcharge
- In the show he has evicted women and children from their homes
One of
the stars of Channel 5's bailiff show Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away has a
conviction for extreme animal pornography, it has been revealed.
Philip
Gardiner, 40, from Dereham, Norfolk, controversially appeared on an
episode of the show after he was punished over the offence.
In
August 2014, he pleaded guilty at Norwich Magistrates' Court to a
charge of possessing an extreme pornographic video depicting a sex act
with an animal.
Philip Gardiner (pictured) from
Channel 5's bailiff show Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away has a conviction
for extreme animal pornography
He was fined £500 with £85 costs and a £50 victim surcharge, according to The Sun.
In
the show, Gardiner was billed as a 'High Court enforcement' officer - a
position the law states must be occupied by a 'fit and proper person'
with no criminal record.
But staff at
the show told the paper Gardiner was acting as a 'back-up colleague' for
the show while travellers were being evicted from a site in Luton and
not officially performing the role.
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He previously appeared on the show as an enforcement officer in two episodes before he was convicted.
Channel 5 did not wish to make a statement when contacted. MailOnline has also tried to contact Philip Gardiner.
In the show, Gardiner has evicted a woman and her two children from a property in Wandsworth, South London.
Gardiner (left), 40, from Dereham, Norfolk, should be barred from appearing as a court 'heavy' because of the conviction
In another episode a mother-of-six is evicted from a house in Biggin Hill, Kent.
A spokesman for Brinkworth Films, which produces the show, also did not wish to comment.
Earlier
a source from the company told The Sun that Gardner is not and never
has been a High Court Enforcement Agent and did not appear in that role
on the show.
The source said he
appeared in two episodes filmed before the conviction and another
episode in Series three where he is pixelated.
The source added that the production company was not aware of the conviction when he was filmed.
A High Court Enforcement Officer is a person who has been authorised by the Ministry of Justice to enforce High Court judgments.
In August 2014, Gardiner (centre)
pleaded guilty at Norwich Magistrates' Court to a charge of possessing
an extreme pornographic video depicting a sex act with an animal
Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away is a reality show that follows the work of High Court Enforcement officers across the UK.
The series first aired in 2014 and there have been five seasons of the show so far.
A
statement on the show's website says: 'Five years on from the credit
crunch, this series reveals the dramatic stories of British people on
the sharp end of bad debt.
'Following
the no-nonsense repo men and bailiffs charged with sorting the whole
mess out, this is the human face of credit-crunched Britain and debt in
action.'
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