February 2016 Police found indecent photographs on man’s computer POLICE found more than 770 images of child abuse images after searching a man’s computer equipment, a court heard. Andrew Smith, 29, of Jackson Road, Scunthorpe, admitted two offences of making indecent photographs of children between August 11, 2013 and March 17 last year. Andrew Bailey, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that police searched Smith’s home on March 16 last year. A laptop and an iPod were searched and 776 indecent images of children, including young girls, were found. He told police: “I have seen some when they popped up” but it was found that he had repeatedly searched for such images. Richard Lunn, mitigating, said Smith pleaded guilty, made admissions and had no previous convictions. Judge David Tremberg told Smith: “The children who are subjected to this sort of indecent behaviour, or who are encouraged into it, tend to become depraved and corrupted by it. They are robbed of their innocence. It sometimes takes years before the full effects of this sort of experience comes to fruition.” Smith was given 15 days’ rehabilitation, a sex offenders’ treatment programme and a five-year sexual harm prevention order. He was ordered to register as a sex offender for five years.