February 2014
Scunthorpe man had indecent images of children
A SCUNTHORPE man was caught in possession of indecent images of children as young as two, a court heard.
Vincent Stubbs, 50, of Moorwell Road, admitted seven offences of possession of indecent images of a child and one of possessing extreme pornographic images.
Prosecuting at Grimsby Crown Court, Craig Lowe said police executed a search warrant at Stubbs’s address on November 7, 2012.
He said a computer was seized and sent for analysis, which revealed a number of images on two drives.
Mr Lowe said a total of 244 images were recovered, 168 of which were categorised as level one – the lowest level. Of the remainder, nine were at level two, with 33 at level three and 34 at level four. None were level five, which is the highest category.
Mr Lowe said: “The people in the images in relation to level four were aged approximately two and the other levels were up to eight or nine.”
Defending, Mark Watterson said Stubbs was a person of good character with no previous convictions.
Sentencing, Judge Paul Watson said he had been helped by a pre-sentence report on Stubbs.
He told Stubbs: “It tells me a great deal about you and your background.
“I have also read an impressive letter about you which adds significantly to the content of that report.
“I have also got to bear in mind what I know about you from the psychiatric report.
“I take the view that in the long term, the public is better protected by making you the subject of a lengthy supervision order.”
Stubbs was given a three-year community order with a three-year supervision requirement.
He will be on the sex offenders’ register for five years and was given a five-year sex offences prevention order.
