An Ipswich man was found with more than 400 sickening images depicting child abuse and bestiality.
Gary Cary, 30, of Rapier Street, Ipswich, appeared at the town's Magistrates' Court on Friday, 6th December 2024.
He admitted three offences of making indecent images of children; one offence of possession of a prohibited image of a child; and one offence of possession of extreme pornographic images.
Making an indecent image of a child is an offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978. It is an either way offence with a maximum penalty of 10 years' custody on conviction on indictment, 12 months' custody and/or an unlimited fine on summary conviction.
However, it would appear that these images were "made" by virtue of being downloaded from the web, instead of produced "at source". That being the case the relevant sentencing guideline indicates the offence is to be considered as possession for the purposes of sentencing. That would give a starting point of 12 months' custody in the case of category A images, which is clearly aggravated by the number of images and additional offences.
Magistrates heard that Cary's collection contained 75 category A images; 85 category B images; and 133 category C images. He also downloaded 86 category A videos; 53 category B videos; and 30 category C videos.
Category A images involve penetrative sexual activity; category B images involve non-penetrative sexual activity; and category C images involve sexualised poses.
Some of the media downloaded by Cary featured children as young as 6 months' old.
Magistrates were of the view that their sentencing powers were insufficient to deal with Cary's crimes.
That being the case, he was granted conditional bail until his sentencing at Ipswich Crown Court on Friday, 3rd January 2025.
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