NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MAN JAILED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL AND DISTURBING SEXUAL OFFENSES

Police discovered a disturbing collection of documents and images stored online by Ashley Holmes, a Nottinghamshire sex offender. Among the recovered items was a 'paedophile manual' that detailed methods of sexually abusing infants and children. Analysis also revealed that Holmes had viewed horrific images and videos depicting babies being tortured and raped by adults. After his arrest, Holmes was remanded into custody and a search of his cell uncovered a diary containing chilling statements such as 'I rape toddlers' and 'babies love sex.' In one particularly disturbing entry, he wrote 'Goals out of prison - kidnap a toddler.' Prosecutor Sam Lowne stated that Holmes was found to have a Samsung Galaxy S7 with a PIN that was his birthday followed by 24, which he remained silent about when asked. The device was examined and found to contain numerous concerning search terms related to teen sex and child pornography. Further investigations uncovered that Holmes had an online cloud storage account based in New Zealand, containing over thousands of indecent images and videos of children, including infants, with many showing signs of distress. The images ranged from babies to teenagers, with the majority under 10 years old. Holmes pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children and extreme pornography. Despite having no prior convictions, he was sentenced to nine years in prison—five years custody plus four years extended for dangerousness. Additionally, Holmes was placed on the sex offender register for life and was issued a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.