A 65-year-old Helena man convicted in a child pornography case will not go to jail. Thomas Elliott Layne was sentenced recently [July 20] to five years of probation after pleading guilty to charges of sexual abuse of children in connection to images of girls found on his laptop who appeared to be 10 or younger. When speaking with a deputy, Layne was asked about the photos and admitted he knew they were child pornography.
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