A SICK pervert was caught with hundreds of child sex abuse pictures and videos - after his phone was discovered by a work colleague.
When the workman tried to identify who owned the phone he opened it up to find a video of child being sexually abused and called the police.
The phone was later traced to David Wilson and he was arrested on September 9 last year, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Chris Baker, prosecuting, said a search of his two digital devices revealed hundreds of child sex abuse images, some of which the defendant had shared with other perverts, and sexual communication with two young girls.
The judge heard how Wilson persuaded one young girl to send him a video of her performing a sex act on herself and sent her a photograph of his genitals in return.
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Mr Baker said: “The phone was unlocked and an indecent video began to play, as a result of that, the owner of the company repairing the vehicle contacted the police.
“On September 9 last year, Wilson was arrested after contacting the police about threats being made to him because of the contents of the phone.”
Wilson, Essexport Road, Stockton, pleaded guilty to possession of 95 images and 197 videos, totalling almost four hours of footage, in category A; possession of 119 images and 118 videos, totalling one hour and 36 minutes of footage, in category B; and possession of 113 images and 43 videos, totalling 32 minutes of footage, in category C.
The 36-year-old old also admitted three charges if distributing indecent images of children and a further three charges of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
Paul Green, mitigating, said his client was embarrassed and ashamed of his behaviour and pleaded guilty at the first opportunity.
He added: “He expresses his remorse and is ashamed in relation to this offending. He has expressed he wants to work with probation services to move his life forward upon his eventual release from prison.”
Judge Paul Watson QC, the Recorder of Middlesbrough, jailed Wilson for a total of five years and eight months and ordered that his two mobile phones be destroyed.
Dealing with the offence of inciting a teenage girl send sexual images of herself to the defendant, the judge said: “It is clear that you communicated with her, in your own mind, as she was a 14-year-old girl.”
Wilson was made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign on the sex offenders’ register for life.
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