January 2021
Stoke-on-Trent mechanic downloads 168,381 indecent images of children
Pervert mechanic Andrew Hillman has been jailed – after downloading 168,381 indecent images of children.
The 50-year-old downloaded the sick images on eight separate devices. They showed young children, including babies, being sexually abused and tortured.
Now Hillman has been jailed for nine months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
A search warrant was executed at the defendant’s home on February 26, 2019.
Prosecutor Ben Williams said: “The defendant was interviewed on the same day and answered ‘no comment’ to all questions. He was interviewed again on January 7, 2020 regarding the results of the forensic examinations of the devices and he again answered ‘no comment’ to all of the questions.”
Police recovered:
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5,618 indecent images at category A – the most serious;
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7,096 at category B;
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155,667 at category C;
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Plus 2,501 extreme pornographic images.