David Stevens, 26, of Brig y Don, Llanddulas, near Abergele, admitted four charges of making and possessing indecent images when he appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court
A man downloaded indecent images of children just three months after appearing before a judge for similar offences.
David Stevens, 26, of Brig y Don, Llanddulas, near Abergele, admitted four charges of making and possessing indecent images when he appeared at Caernarfon Crown Court.
He was handed a 12-month prison term, suspended for two years, and warned to comply with the requirements of a community order imposed by a judge at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court in July for similar crimes or he would be going to prison.
Judge Huw Rees told Stevens: “It would be easy and justifiable to send you to prison but that would have an effect on the work of the Probation Service to help prevent your behaviour in this vile way.”
The court heard police had executed a search warrant at Stevens’ parents’ home in Llanddulas in October.
Jonathan Austin, prosecuting, said he had moved to North Wales after he appeared at the court in Stoke-on-Trent.
Mr Austin said: “Officers explained to Stevens why they were there and although he initially denied downloading indecent material he later made admissions to police.”
Around 260 indecent images of children were found by police experts on a laptop owned by Stevens’ father.
Mr Austin said attempts had been made by members of his family to try to prevent Stevens from accessing the internet after he moved to Llanddulas.
He said: “A tablet owned by his mother was only to be used by him when she was in the room for instance.
“The offences were committed when his parents and his wife were not in the property and he was tempted to seek out the sort of material that got him into trouble earlier in the year.”
The court heard police in Staffordshire had raided his home in May 2014 and seized three laptops and a computer.
They were analysed and were found to contain hundreds of indecent images of children including 46 still images and 15 movies at category A – the most serious.
Stevens had used search terms designed to find indecent images of children although he told police he had accidentally downloaded the sickening images when trying to download music.
In July this year a judge handed Stevens a three-year community order and placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years.
Simon Mills, defending, said the pre-sentence report suggested the community order continue in order for it to have a real effect and urged the judge to consider suspending any jail term.
In addition to the prison sentence Judge Rees ordered a Sexual Harm Prevention Order be observed for five years and for Stevens’ name to remain on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
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