Paedophile caught with images of boys and girls
A PAEDOPHILE admitted to police he had downloaded sick abuse images of children as young as three as he had a sexual interest in juveniles.
Simon Cutts made the admission after being stopped in his car when he failed to answer the door to his home when officers went knocking.
At first, the 26-year-old denied he even had a mobile phone on which the vile video and photos were later discovered. But detectives found it in his car and analysed it.
On the device were both moving and still pornographic images of young boys and girls.
Handing him a three-year community order, Judge Julie Warburton said: “People like you create a market for children to be abused. It is not a victimless crime because further images cause further children to be abused.
“I have read the pre-sentence report and your letter to me and the background involving the stress you were dealing with at the time. But that doesn’t even begin to excuse your behaviour.
“You admitted these matters and were candid with the police as to why you did this.”
Rawaid Javed, prosecuting at Nottingham Crown Court, said police received information that an account linked to Cutts had been downloading the images and videos through the ‘Kik’ app.
He said on November 3, 2022, they went to his home in Cox’s Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse: “They then saw the defendant get in a car and so they stopped him.
“He denied having a mobile phone but one was found.
“That was examined and was found to contain seven (of the most serious) category A images of both boys and girls aged three to 12; 11 category B images of videos of girls and boys aged three to 14 and seven images and videos of category C which were boys aged seven to 10. They had been downloaded between July and October 2022.”
Cutts pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children. As part of the community order, the judge ordered the defendant to attend a 43-day programme designed to steer child sex offenders away from that type of offending.