Indecent images of children were ‘well hidden’ on Newport man’s laptop
A Newport man admitted to police that he had 100 more indecent photos of children on devices than those they found, a court heard.
Tyler Quick, aged 24, of Daniel Place, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court on Friday for possession of indecent photos, making indecent photos and possession of prohibited images of children.
He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Jeffrey Jones, prosecuting, told the court that police executed a search warrant on Quick’s home address where he lives with his elderly grandmother on August 2, 2015.
They seized an Acer laptop and a mobile phone belonging to Quick.
Mr Jones said indecent images of children were ‘well hidden’ in folders on the laptop which took five paths to reach them.
Police found 10 indecent images including of a girl between five and seven-years-old. They also found a category c image of a girl between eight to 10-years-old along with three prohibited images involving children.
The court heard that when the defendant was questioned by police he told them he had received images on his phone but officers who examined it weren’t able to find any.
The court heard that Quick told officers that he had received more indecent images that what was found – 100 images and 10 videos.
Mr Jones said: “He knew that this was very wrong to receive them but chose to save them. It is not accepted by the crown that there was no sexual gratification by looking at these items.”
Mr Jones said the defendant would visit chat room sites to receive the photos. The defendant told police he was a victim of child abuse himself when he was younger.
The court heard the defendant has no previous convictions and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.
Sarah Waters, defending, said: “He accepts and candidly said he had seen more than the images he has come for sentence here today.
“We are talking about a small handful of images, admittedly and obviously very unpleasant images.”
Judge David Wynn Morgan gave Quick a three year community order with a requirement to undertake 35 sessions in a internet sex offenders treatment programme.
He said this was not a ‘soft option’ and is an extremely unpleasant experience.
Quick was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and his name will be put on the sexual offenders’ register.
