Biggleswade man admits downloading more than a thousand indecent images of kids
A 50-year-old Biggleswade man downloaded over a thousand indecent images of children on to his computer.
Gary Hughes was arrested in May last year when police raided his home and seized his laptop
Prosecutor Graham Smith told Luton Crown Court today (Thursday, December 18): “Information was received and a warrant was executed at his address.”
1,130 images were discovered. 1,102 were in Category C, the least serious of the three categories. The remaining images were split between Category A and B.
Hughes of Laburnham Road, Biggleswade, pleaded guilty to making (downloading) indecent photographs of a child on or before May 21 last year.
Stuart Sprawson, defending, asked for sentence to be adjourned for a probation report. He said it was agreed with the prosecution that most of the images were in the lowest category.
Hughes was aware that he must sign the Sex Offender Register and that a current condition of his bail is that he should have no access to anyone under 18, said Mr Sprawson.
Judge Stuart Bridge adjourned sentence to the week beginning February 2. He said Hughes must also abide by an extra condition of co-operating with the probation officer who will draw up his report.
He told Hughes: “All sentencing options remain open.”
