Published date: 05 February 2016 |
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A MAN said to be active in his church has been jailed for 32 months after a court heard how he distributed some of the worst child abuse images available.
Carl James Mullally, 51, formerly of Pentre Halkyn but now of Salisbury Street in Shotton, was ordered to register with the police as a sex offender for life.
At Mold Crown Court yesterday he was made the subject of a life-long sexual harm prevention order.
The judge, Mr Recorder Richard Williams, told the defendant: “You have been an active participant in viewing and distributing images of the worst kind of child abuse.”
Mullally admitted 18 offences between December 9 and 11, 2014.
David Mainstone, prosecuting, said the case involved 790 category A images, 331 category A videos, 1,008 category B images, 142 category B videos, 3,468 category C images and 108 category C videos.
Mullally admitted possessing the material and making them by downloading them from the internet. He also admitted five counts of distributing an indecent images.
He admitted possessing extreme images involving sex between humans and animals.
The court heard how a warrant was executed at his then home at Maes Lygan in Pentre Halkyn in December 2014 following police intelligence that his email address was being used to access indecent images of children.
A large quantity of material was found, said to have been built up over a ten year period.
The prosecutor said a total of 10,000 images were stored on a hard drive and interviewed, he said that he had supplied a friend in India with images.
Asked if he found them sexually gratifying, he replied “sometimes”.
He said that he had used a chat site where he made his own web page, and would chat to people on line who could access the images.
Stephen Edwards, defending, said his client was a man of good character who trained as an electrical engineer at RAF Sealand and who then worked in industry as an electrical engineer and fitter.
Sadly, in more recent years there had been deterioration in his health due to ME and he had also suffered a couple of serious heart attacks.
He was unable to work and was leading a fairly lonely existence, described in the pre-sentence report as a “sad and solitary life.”
His flat had been dishevelled and extremely unkempt.
But he did have a positive side to his character, he was active in the church and worked as a volunteer for the Flintshire Disability Forum.
He was an intelligent man who appreciated that by accessing the images he had encouraged that industry.
The defendant had it hanging over him for 14 months, had ceased his conduct, no longer accessed such images and had abided by strict bail conditions.
He had been open and frank with the police and the probation service and he would welcome rehabilitation, said Mr Edwards.
The judge said the defendant had admitted involvement in distribution through file sharing software images of a grossly offensive character which portrayed significant abuse of children.
He said the age and vulnerability of the children in the images – some of whom were extremely young – were aggravating features..
At Mold Crown Court on Thursday he was made the subject of a life-long sexual harm prevention order.
The judge, Mr Recorder Richard Williams, told the defendant: “You have been an active participant in viewing and distributing images of the worst kind of child abuse.”
Mullally admitted 18 offences between December 9 and 11, 2014.
David Mainstone, prosecuting, said the case involved 790 category A images, 331 category A videos, 1,008 category B images, 142 category B videos, 3,468 category C images and 108 category C videos.
Mullally admitted possessing the material and making them by downloading them from the internet. He also admitted five counts of distributing an indecent images.
He admitted possessing extreme images involving sex between humans and animals.
The court heard how a warrant was executed at his then home at Maes Lygan in Pentre Halkyn in December 2014 following police intelligence that his email address was being used to access indecent images of children.
A large quantity of material was found, said to have been built up over a ten year period.
The prosecutor said a total of 10,000 images were stored on a hard drive and interviewed, he said that he had supplied a friend in India with images.
Asked if he found them sexually gratifying, he replied “sometimes”.
He said that he had used a chat site where he made his own web page, and would chat to people on line who could access the images.
Stephen Edwards, defending, said his client was a man of good character who trained as an electrical engineer at RAF Sealand and who then worked in industry as an electrical engineer and fitter.
Sadly, in more recent years there had been deterioration in his health due to ME and he had also suffered a couple of serious heart attacks.
He was unable to work and was leading a fairly lonely existence, described in the pre-sentence report as a “sad and solitary life.”
His flat had been dishevelled and extremely unkempt.
But he did have a positive side to his character, he was active in the church and worked as a volunteer for the Flintshire Disability Forum.
He was an intelligent man who appreciated that by accessing the images he had encouraged that industry.
The defendant had it hanging over him for 14 months, had ceased his conduct, no longer accessed such images and had abided by strict bail conditions.
He had been open and frank with the police and the probation service and he would welcome rehabilitation, said Mr Edwards.
The judge said the defendant had admitted involvement in distribution through file sharing software images of a grossly offensive character which portrayed significant abuse of children.
He said the age and vulnerability of the children in the images – some of whom were extremely young – were aggravating features.
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