Man Found with Vile Collection of Child Abuse Images

A man was found with a vile collection of more than 3,000 indecent images of children when police searched his Northumberland home.

Christopher Cooper, 52, had the photos and movies, some of which were of the most serious category A kind, on a computer and mobile phone at his house in Stocksfield.

A court heard that specialist officers from Northumbria Police searched Cooper's address on August 9 last year after concerns were raised that he was downloading the sick pictures.

Numerous electrical devices were seized and interrogated, and a total of 3,349 child abuse images and videos were discovered, prosecutors said.

Cooper, of Branch End Terrace, Stocksfield, appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates Court to plead guilty to four counts of making indecent images of children.

Laura Croft, prosecuting, said officers who searched Cooper's address seized a number of electrical devices, including memory cards, a computer tower, and a mobile phone.

The seized items were then interrogated by police, Miss Croft told magistrates. When examined, the mobile phone revealed 10 category C images, and on the computer, there was over 3,000 indecent images of children of all categories.