Voyeur Ronald Dear with 70,000 indecent images of children covertly filmed OAP in toilet.

Paedophile Jailed for 44 Months After Being Found with Over 70,000 Indecent Images of Children

A man has been jailed for 44 months after being found with over 70,000 indecent images of children and covertly filming an elderly woman using the toilet.

Ronald Dear, 60, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images, ranging between categories A to C, and a charge of voyeurism.

The court heard that Dear had been downloading images since September 2013 and had also filmed the elderly woman using the toilet while he was decorating her home in Southampton.

Prosecutor Martyn Booth described some of the images as "depicting the most serious type of images you could imagine" and said that some involved children as young as three months old.

Dear also admitted to being attracted to older women and using the 'dark web' to access illegal material.

Judge Christopher Parker QC said that due to the "seriousness" and "huge" amount of images and his acts of voyeurism, he had no option but to send Dear immediately to prison.

Dear was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely and will have to notify the police of any changes to his address for the remainder of his life.