May 2014
Married man hoarded 27,500 child abuse pics
married Black Country man built up a sickening collection of more than 27,500 indecent photographs and films of young children after becoming “obsessed” with pornography.
Stuart Fleming, of Carrington Road, Friar Park, Wednesbury, was arrested when police raided his home after receiving a tip off from officers in the United States.
Police seized several computers from his home and found sick images at all levels, including the two most serious.
The 29-year-old was jailed for two years and ordered to register as a sex offender for life at Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday.
Judge Martin Walsah said Fleming became involved in the receipt and distribution of a “substantial” amount of pornography. But he said he had not been involved in the production of the images.
The judge also accepted Fleming made no personal financial gain from distributing the “extremely distressing” images over the internet.
Fleming said he had become “obsessed” by adult pornography, and because he had downloaded so many items the images of children slipped into his system. But it was found he had 27,636 indecent images of children, including 429 indecent films.
Fleming admitted 15 charges of making indecent images of children and one of distributing the images and was made the subject of a Sexual Offenders’ Protection Order.
