Man on bail continued to access child abuse images
A MAN who was bailed continued to access images of child abuse and extreme pornography as the police investigated him.
Christopher Kinsey was granted police bail while officers examined his devices – including a hard drive, USB stick and SD card – but he carried on looking at indecent images.
Speaking at Cardiff Crown Court, prosecutor Tony Trigg said the defendant had not learned his lesson.
The court heard police raided his home on August 30 last year and seized various pieces of computer equipment. Kinsey was granted bail while the devices were analysed. Prosecutors said indecent images were found and the defendant was arrested at his home on February 20.
Mr Trigg added: “At that stage, clearly not having learnt his lesson, he had accumulated further computer equipment.”
In total his devices were found to contain two films and one picture of the most serious Category A indecent images.
The court heard there were 37 images at Category B and 114 at Category C, along with 1,548 prohibited images, three extreme pornographic images and 36 voyeuristic images.
One of the Category B images involved a baby while one of the Category C images showed a boy aged between eight and 10.
Prosecutors said one of the prohibited images was a computergenerated cartoon showing a girl with her ankles tied together saying: “Please stop.”
Mr Trigg said 17 devices were seized during the two raids and Judge David Wynn Morgan made an order for them to be destroyed.
Kinsey, 34, from Bridgend Road in Llanharan, admitted five counts of possessing indecent images of children, two counts of possessing prohibited images, and one count of voyeurism.
Stephen Rees, defending, said his client had no previous convictions and handed up a letter from the defendant’s mother.
He drew the judge’s attention to a pre-sentence report and psychiatric report which found Kinsey was emotionally immature and had poor thinking and coping strategies. The court heard he spent most of his time in his flat and was socially isolated.
Judge Wynn Morgan said: “I am not going to send you to prison. If I sent you prison you would come out of prison, you would not have had any help, and you would be in exactly the same position as you are now.
“Also I consider you, because of your difficulties, would be vulnerable in prison.”
Kinsey was given a 24-month community order requiring him to complete 40 days of rehabilitation activity. He must register as a sex offender for five years and a sexual harm prevention order was made.