Lowestoft man jailed for having indecent images of children
The 57 year old admitted to multiple offences at Ipswich Crown Court
A Lowestoft man has been jailed for 27 months after thousands of indecent images of children were discovered on his computer.
57 year old Charles Moore, of Oulton Road North, admitted to three charges of making indecent images of children, possession of prohibited images and a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Moore was already a registered sex offender at the time of his arrest, having been convicted of similar offences in 2018. He was jailed and was being monitored by police after being released.
During a routine visit to his home in November 2021 officers scanned his computer, finding child abuse material.
All of his electronic devices were then seized and after analysis approximately 50,000 child abuse images were discovered.
Moore was charged in June 2022 and has been handed a new Sexual Harm Prevenion Order as part of this sentencing.
He will also be on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years.
PC Nicola Flack, of Suffolk Constabulary's Internet Child Abuse Investigation Team said: “This conviction and sentence demonstrates after an initial sentence for similar offences is served, we will not be afraid to prosecute re-offending and persistent online criminality. "
"Internet crimes such as these are far from victimless, and every image depicts the very real abuse a young child has suffered.
"The prohibitions imposed through this new Sexual Harm Prevention Order allow the police to monitor his online behaviour for the next 10 years, reducing the risk to the public.”