Thomas Markle seen in mugshot for first time after arrest for ‘cutting off electronic tag’

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Thomas Markle Snr's mugshot has been released for the first time following his arrest on a child pornography charge. Meghan Markle's father is currently in custody in the US.

Thomas Markle Snr's mugshot has been released for the first time following his arrest on a child pornography charge. Meghan Markle's father is currently in custody in the US.

Mr Markle Sr was arrested and charged with the crime last week. He was also released on bail by a judge on Friday (November 6) - which included a condition he stayed under house arrest and wore a location monitoring bracelet. Travel restrictions were also imposed by the court in Tampa, Florida.

But Markle "allegedly cut the bracelet off at 1:45am last night", first assistant US attorney Bill Essayli said on X on Wednesday. He added: "Release conditions are court orders, not suggestions. We are asking the court to revoke his release and detain him pending trial, and we will continue to prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law.”

US Magistrate Judge Lindsay Saxe Griffin of the Middle District of Florida subsequently ordered Markle to be held in custody. The judge said "the defendant violated the conditions of his pretrial release", confirming Markle's "pretrial release is revoked, and he is detained pending the resolution of this case", reports Sky News.

Markle Snr was arrested by FBI agents on Friday after they seized a haul of material from two Los Angeles storage units he rented for nearly two decades. He is charged with one count of possession of child pornography. He denies the allegations, calling them "sick lies".

Markle Sr came under investigation after he was reported to police in the Philippines and the FBI last month by his son, Thomas Markle Jr, who allegedly found illegal images in his father’s belongings in Cebu City. Acting on warrants, the FBI searched the units registered to Markle Sr, which he had rented since 2008, with his most recent payments on both made last month by auto-pay.

Inside, agents seized about 78 items, including slides, film negatives, and books that contained suspected child sex abuse material.

In one of them, according to court documents, the man “appears…

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