Ex-child sports coach who sent on indecent images keeps freedom
A former children's sports coach who uploaded and passed on indecent images of youths has kept his freedom.
Peter Langley was caught uploading a photograph to an online chat platform before doing the same again a few months later.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that police traced the IP address on the images to the 36-year-old's grandmother's address, where he was living.
Mr Recorder Keir Monteith QC told him: "The police received information from the
National Crime Agency telling them a category A image had been uploaded on October 18, 2018.
"The police received further information that the same image had been uploaded on May 29, 2019.
"Through their good efforts they were able to track the person whose username it was to the person who was doing it to an address in Washington where you lived with your grandmother."
The court heard that when interviewed by officers, Langley was open with them and made further admissions.
The 36-year-old told police that he joined chat rooms on the app that contained paedophiles where he would receive further images that he passed on to other like-minded users.
The judge added: "You pretended to be a child to perversely attract attention of these paedophiles.
"The prosecution couldn't see how many category A images were distributed but they believe you sent no more than 50."
The court heard Langley, who used to work as a sports coach at holiday parks, admitted it was the "disgust" that "turned him on."
However, he told the probation service he had no sexual interest in children.
Langley, of Waskerley
Road, Barmston, Washington, pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children and distributing indecent images of children.
Sean Routledge, mitigating, said his client was previously of good character, and that he lived an isolated existence following the breakdown of a relationship.
The judge said Langley had contributed to the abuse of children by sharing the images, but added: "there has been some delay in this case and in that time you have not offended."
Langley was sentenced to 22 months imprisonment, suspended for two years and 60 days rehabilitation.