June 2009 JAILED PAEDOPHILE CLAIMS HE WAS VICTIM OF ITALIAN PRIEST An Italian paedophile caught with a vast child porn cache on his home computer was jailed for 12 months. Allesandro Grano, 27, had 12,496 images and movies on his laptop including sickening material featuring bestiality and young children being raped. May 2009 Chef faces jail over child porn An east London chef is facing jail after admitting building up a child porn library containing 12,000 illicit pictures. Allesandro Grano’s 12,295-strong collection was discovered on a computer when officers raided his home. Grano, said by Crown counsel to work in a “prestigious” restaurant in the capital, owned dozens of images belonging to the most serious “level 5” category, London’s Southwark Crown Court heard. The 27-year-old, of Bethnal Green, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of downloading and two counts of possessing pornographic photos and videos of children. At a short plea and case management hearing, Peter Zinner, prosecuting, said the Italian national’s collection contained some images of children as young as six years old. He told the court that the child porn library included 191 videos. Adjourning the case until June 17 for a pre-sentence report, Judge Gregory Stone QC told the defendant he could remain on bail but must hand in his passport.