Aaron Nobbs

A repeat sex offender who discussed raping babies has been jailed after being caught downloading child sexual abuse material for a third time — despite previously being handed a suspended prison sentence.

Aaron Nobbs, 37, of Yarmouth Road, Norwich, amassed images and videos showing the abuse of children as young as six months.

Norwich Crown Court heard that his latest offending included 289 Category A images, the most serious classification, alongside 184 Category B and 37 Category C images downloaded between September 2024 and June 2025.

That offending began less than six months after police discovered another 863 abuse images on his devices in March 2024.

During an unannounced visit, public protection officers uncovered an undeclared Nokia phone and Novo tablet. Investigators also found WhatsApp conversations in which Nobbs discussed raping toddlers with other users.

He had already been given a chance to avoid prison. He continued offending.

In 2024, Nobbs received a 16-month suspended prison sentence after admitting three offences involving 786 images and videos depicting children as young as two.

The court heard that he went on to breach the Sexual Harm Prevention Order intended to restrict his behaviour and protect children. He created cloud accounts, deleted internet search histories and failed to make devices available for police inspection.

Nobbs admitted six counts of making indecent images of children, relating to downloaded material, and multiple breaches of the order. Across his devices, he held more than 1,000 abuse images.

Recorder John Hardy sentenced him to three years and eight months in prison and imposed lifetime sex offender registration requirements.

The judge highlighted the extreme vulnerability of the children depicted and said Nobbs’s decision to offend again after receiving a suspended sentence aggravated his crimes.

The children in those images were real. Some were babies. And a suspended sentence had failed to stop him returning to material documenting their abuse.