A paedophile has been jailed after a series of shocking videos and images of child abuse were found at his West Lancashire home.
Andreas Bauminis, 22, was told by a judge at Liverpool Crown Court last Wednesday: “It is hard to imagine or contemplate a more grotesque, revolting, repulsive and inhuman series of images.”
The disgusting videos were discovered at the home of Bauminis, in Willow Hey, Skelmersdale, following information from the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation about use of internet file-sharing sites.
Police went to his home, which he shared with his brother’s family, including two children, in February last year and seized his computer tower.
When arrested, Bauminis said: “I’m sorry – I have downloaded two or three videos involving 12 – 15-year-old girls from a sharing programme.”
Kimberley Obrusik, prosecuting, told the court that officers found an hour-long video showing a girl no older than 11 being sexually abused by a number of men.
A 20-minute “snuff” video showed a 15-year-old girl being raped, strangled with a wire and apparently murdered before being wrapped in a plastic sheet and dragged out of the room.
“The question remains whether it is genuine or not,” said Miss Obrusik, but she said that the victim was seen foaming at the mouth, her eyes rolling back in her head during her ordeal and at the end she did not appear to be breathing.
The other images recovered from his computer involved 11 Japanese cartoon videos spanning three hours involving children being abused by adults, other children, animals and aliens.
The court heard the Latvian spent the majority of time alone in his room when not working in a nearby factory and admitted watching adult porn and then looking at child porn.
Jailing him for eight months, Judge Denis Watson, QC, said it was difficult to say whether the girl in the “snuff” movie had died “but all the evidence points to the fact that she almost certainly was.
Referring to the cartoons, Judge Watson said they showed “a warped interest in images of abuse of children”.
He ordered Bauminis, who showed no reaction, to sign the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and imposed a Sexual Offences Prevention Order restricting his internet use.
Bauminis had pleaded guilty to making indecent photographs of a child, possessing extreme porn and possessing prohibited cartoon images of children.
Claire Jones, defending, said Bauminis is “a remote, introverted individual who shows remorse”.
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A SHOCKING “snuff movie” was found at the home of a young factory worker along with other appalling child abuse images
A judge told Andreas Bauminis: “It is hard to imagine or contemplate a more grotesque, revolting, repulsive and inhuman series of images.”
The videos were found by police at his home in Willow Hey, Skelmersdale, which he shared with his brother’s family, following information from the Russian Ministry of the Interior about use of internet file sharing sites.
One video showed a girl no older than 11 being sexually abused by a number of men. A 20-minute “snuff” video showed a 15-year-old being raped, strangled with a wire and apparently murdered. It was not clear whether she really died or not, but Judge Denis Watson thought she probably did.
Jailing him for eight months the Liverpool Crown Court judge also ordered the 22-year-old to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years and imposed an order limiting internet use.
Bauminis admitted making indecent photographs of a child, possessing extreme porn and possessing prohibited cartoon images of children. Claire Jones, defending, said a probation report found Bauminis “a remote, introverted individual who shows remorse.” She said he would welcome outside help to curb his behaviour.
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