August 2013 Star Trek fan who transformed flat into Starship Enterprise replica jailed for child sex abuse images A Star Trek fanatic who spent countless hours and thousands of pounds turning his flat into a replica of the Starship Enterprise was jailed for almost three years today for downloading and passing on vile child sex abuse images.         Sci-Fi obsessive Tony Alleyne appeared on TV shows to explain his passion, including MTV’s Extreme Cribs and ITV’s May The Best House Win. The 60-year-old was famous among Trekkies worldwide after creating his dream pad and was constantly interviewed about his hobby. Alleyne even installed a computerised flight deck, voice-activated lighting and a set of ‘transporters’ during the decade-long project. He once claimed: “Some people might think I’m a bit of a sad individual, but I’m not. I’m just really into Star Trek – it’s my only vice.” But Leicester Crown Court heard he spent hours downloading disturbing pictures of children – amassing a “massive” collection of over 5,000. Jobless Alleyne, of Hinckley, Leics, also distributed dozens of images, including some at level five – the most serious category. Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said his flat was raided by police in September last year after information was passed on by an internet crime unit. She told the hearing: “Officers commented his whole flat was decked out as the Starship Enterprise.” Miss Rose said a detailed analysis of the equipment revealed Alleyne had stored 5,083 pictures, some of which shockingly featured babies. Two involved pornography featuring animals and enquiries showed he had emailed 135 pictures on to another paedophile. Alleyne admitted ten counts ten counts each of making and distributing indecent images of children, between January 2010 and September last year. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing extreme pornographic images involving animals, and was jailed for a total of 34 months. Judge Philip Head, sentencing, told him: “Over a period of two-and-three-quarter years, you accessed child pornography in massive quantities. “Without people like you consuming such material, there would be no market and these poor, desperate children would not be treated in such a way. “You have shown no insight or remorse, save for being caught.” Alleyne was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register indefinitely. Paul Tubbs, defending, said Alleyne became a recluse after splitting from his wife in 1995, and spent ‘hundreds of thousands of hours’ developing his Star Trek-themed flat. He added: “His whole life revolved around living, sleeping in, and working on his flat. “He was unemployed and lonely at home with nothing to do.” In interviews before his arrest, Alleyne said he began converting his studio apartment after separating from wife Georgina, claiming it helped him deal with the ‘stress’ of the split. August 2013 Nerd with Star Trek flat admits net filth A STAR Trek fanatic who turned his flat into the Starship Enterprise is facing jail over child sex abuse pictures. Divorced nerd Anthony Alleyne, 60, claimed Star Trek was his “only vice” after he spent thousands transforming his studio flat. But the warped Trekkie was arrested after spending hours alone in his sci-fi creation trawling through the images. Alleyne was released on bail by Leicester Crown Court yesterday after his sentencing was adjourned until next Friday. He had previously pleaded guilty to ten counts each of making and distributing indecent images of children, and two counts of possessing extreme pornographic images involving an animal. Alleyne, from Hinckley, Leics, initially decked out his pad as the USS Enterprise from the 1979 Star Trek film. But he found it “boring” and decided to upgrade to the Starship Voyager in the 1990s series, including a copy of the “beam me up” transporter. Even the doorbell was customised to play the voice of actor Patrick Stewart in his role as Capt Picard. Alleyne’s shrine was threatened with destruction when ex-wife Georgina, 52, wanted to sell the flat last year. He said: “I’m gutted — it’s my life’s work and it looks like it’s going into a skip. Some people might think I’m a sad individual, but I’m not. I’m just really into Star Trek — it’s my only vice.” Alleyne’s kitchen pictured above