March 2016
Paedophile caught with huge stash of child sexual abuse images/movies
A paedophile has walked free from court with a comminity order after police found over 21,000 indecent images and movies on his computer
Andrew Dodds (38) of Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne was charged with possessing, making and distributing indecent images & videos of children ranging from category A (the most indecent) to category C
He pleaded guilty to all charges.
After the police inspected his computer, they found and seized 42 DVD discs which contained:
- 250 category A pictures.
- 500 category A videos.
- 500 category B pictures.
- 20,000 category C pictures.
Dodds was sentenced to 8 months which was suspended for 2 years.
He was given a 2 year community order and told he must register as a sex offender for a period of 10-years
