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JAILED: West Bromwich pervert found with nearly 10,000 child images

Indecent images featuring children as young as five or six were found on computer equipment belonging to a 41-year-old man, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.

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Police forced entry into the flat of Henrique Silva on December 10, 2014.

They confiscated a computer tower, a tablet and a hard drive from the address before taking his mobile phone when he reported to a police station, said Mr Stuart Clarkson, prosecuting.

Analysis of the devices revealed a total of 9779 indecent still images and 89 movies with 720 of the overall total being classified in the worst category of pornography, the court was told.

Silva from Beaconview Road, West Bromwich admitted 18 charges relating to the possession of indecent images and extreme pornography.

He was jailed for eight months, put on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years.

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