July 2015

Pervert found with indecent images of children and animal porn avoids jail

A MAN who was found with more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his phone and computer devices has avoided prison.

Scott Magee was found with the images after police received a tip-off about his email account.

After raiding his computer devices at his home in Sandpiper Drive, west Hull, officers discovered 96 indecent photos of children with the most serious category A status.

He also had 70 photographs of extreme pornographic images involving an animal.

In total, Magee, 20, had 1,483 indecent photographs on his laptop.

Stephen Welch, prosecuting at Hull Crown Court, said: “Information had been received that an email address owned by Magee was used to upload indecent images of children over the internet.

“On November 27, a warrant was executed at the defendant’s home and he was arrested.

“He was interviewed regarding possession or downloading of indecent images and made no answer to all questions asked of him.”

During the raid, officers confiscated an iPod, iPad, computer tablet, a Nokia phone, a memory stick and a HP laptop.

“When these were examined, all of them were found to contain photographs of children or indecent images of children,” Mr Welch said.

“The defendant was interviewed following the recovery of the images. There are a very substantial number of images of Category A photos.”

Stephen Robinson, defending Magee, said his client recognised the severity of the offence.

“In many respects, he appreciates he should be locked up,” Mr Robinson said.

“But a rehabilitation order could, for the long term, be the best thing to ensure he does not get involved in this sort of thing again.

“He has been frank about his involvement, and many people in similar experiences deny what is going on.

“This defendant accepts he has got a problem, which is unusual in this sort of case. Admitting having a problem is a first step to treating it.”

Mr Robinson said Magee started to look at the images following the break-up of a relationship.

“He is a shy and lonely young man, and the offences were committed following the end of the first relationship he had,” Mr Robinson said.

“He took that hard and started looking at pornography generally, and after a while started looking at this sort of thing and realised he didn’t have a problem with looking at it.

“He realises that such behaviour is horrible and he feels bad and guilty about what he has done.”

Magee was ordered to complete a 36-month supervision order and was signed up to the Northumbria Sex Offenders’ Group Programme.

He was also placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for five years.