Officers found the disturbing film following a search of the 56-year-old defendant’s home last year.

Cardiff Crown Court heard how Hoare was handed a three-year community order in 2015 for possessing indecent images of children.

The judge, Recorder Dyfed Llion Thomas, told the defendant of his most recent offence: “It was a disgusting film of a 10-year-old child being raped.

“It is of an exceptionally unpleasant nature.

“You richly deserve custody for such a despicable film.”

Recorder Thomas added: “You clearly have a sexual interest in children.”

Hoare, of Duke Street, Abertillery, admitted possessing an indecent category A image of a child on January 22, 2020.

The judge sentenced Hoare to a three-year community order.

The defendant must complete 29 sessions of the Horizon sex offender programme and a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement.

He must observe a six-month curfew between the hours of 8pm and 6am.

Hoare will have to register as a sex offender until 2026 and was made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order.

He will have to pay £720 prosecution costs and a £90 victim surcharge