A man who searched “underage jail bait” has been sent to prison after more than 2,500 child abuse images were found on his home computer.
Craig Murphy admitted having 655 of the most serious Category A images on his hard drive, showing adult men abusing children – from babies to 12-year-old girls.
Sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge Thomas Crowther QC described the images as “truly horrific”.
'Concerning'
The 26-year-old from Newport pleaded guilty to five counts during a hearing at Gwent Magistrates’ Court last month.
Prosecutor Heath Edwards said police searched Murphy’s home in Durham Road on August 17 while he was at work nearby.
Analysis of his computer revealed 655 Category A images, which show adults having sex with children.
Police also found 670 Category B images and 1,184 Category C images.
The court heard officers found a total of 2,509 images, including 343 videos of child abuse, and one video showing a young woman being raped.
Mr Edwards said: “There were a concerning number of images showing the abuse of children under the age of two.”
Police found the defendant’s search terms included “underage jail bait”.
Murphy was arrested and interviewed at Ystrad Mynach Police Station where he told officers he was single and lived alone.
'Dark side' to character
The prosecutor said: “He initially denied searching for child porn but later accepted he was in the grip of an internet addiction.”
Maurice Jones, defending, told the court his client started viewing porn when he was 14.
He said: “This court will know it is not unusual for children of 14 to be sexually curious but in his case there was clearly a trait that led him into a downward spiral.”
Mr Jones said the defendant, who had no previous convictions, had lost his job in the sports and leisure industry.
He said Murphy pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and showed remorse.
The defence barrister added: “He accepts there is a dark side to his character that has brought him to this court.
'These are real children'
“He accepts these are not victimless crimes and that some of these images are properly described as horrific and depraved images of child abuse.”
Judge Crowther imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
He said: “These are real children. They were not abused to your order but they are abused to satisfy the demand created by people like you.
“Clicking on a website in your bedroom is not a harmless act – it generates the market for this type of material.”
Murphy was jailed for 16 months for three counts of making indecent images of children, one count of possessing prohibited images of children, and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image.
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