A Rhyl man who downloaded child porn was caught during a police worldwide investigation into a blackmailer who extorted money from paedophiles, a court heard.
Christopher Bradley, 38, of Balmoral Grove, Rhyl, pleaded guilty at Prestatyn magistrates’ court to three charges of making indecent images of young girls and one of possessing 21 indecent images.
Prosecutor Mel Hughes said the images of girls under seven years of age ranged from Category C to Category A, the most serious.
He said the offences came to light during the South Wales Police investigation into Phillip Rees who was convicted of blackmailing men into either admitting their offences to their families or making donations to charity.
The images on Bradley’s computer were discovered when officers executed a search warrant at his home on April 16, 2015.
David Jones, defending, said that Bradley had not actively gone on-line searching for the images which had been sent by Skype and had not stored them.
“But he accepts that he viewed them and they are clearly unpleasant,” he said.
Mr Jones said the defendant had moved out of the family home as soon he was arrested in April last year and had voluntarily sought help for his problems from the drug and alcohol agency Cais and a Manchester-based agency which supported people who had committed such offences.
He said that Bradley could be dealt with by the magistrates because of his previous good character, the relatively small number of images and the fact that he had taken steps to address his problems, but chairman Sanjay Bhalla said the Bench’s sentencing powers were insufficient.
Bradley was bailed to appear at Mold Crown Court on January 28. He must register as a sex offender.
In June last year Lee Phillip Rees, 48, from Roath, Cardiff, was jailed for nine years on a total of 31 charges of demanding money but details of his sentence were not released until last month.
When Rees, 48, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court it was revealed that he had posed as a 13-year-old girl to trap paedophiles but Judge Eleri Rees rejected the idea that he was on a “moral crusade”.
The inquiry involved international police organisations Interpol and Europol and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. Details were sent around the globe and extra officers were drafted in from other forces for two months.
Sentencing Rees, the judge said: “Having read all the evidence and, in particular, the chat logs I have reached the conclusion that you derived much enjoyment and satisfaction in controlling and manipulating these individuals, preying on their fears and extracting for yourself significant financial gain.”
The court heard that he had made £40,000 through the scheme.
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