April 2015 Indecent images offences leads to jail term for Bristol man A Bristol man was found in possession of more than 2,300 indecent images and videos of children after he voluntarily handed a memory card over to police in connection with an unrelated matter. Benjamin Nash, 31, of Bishopsworth, was spotted by officers deleting images from a memory card before handing it over in connection with a separate inquiry. Examination of the memory card and another phone found on arrest revealed found thousands of images of child abuse, the majority of which were in the most serious category and many featured children as young as two. Nash was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court earlier today (22/4) to two years and four months’ imprisonment after admitting 17 charges at an earlier hearing, including offences of contacting teenage girls on social media and encouraging them to engage in sexual activity. He was also given a 10 years Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and will have to sign on to the Sex Offenders’ Register for the next 10 years. The charges he admitted were: Two counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity  Five counts of distributing indecent images of children  Three counts of making indecent images of children  Three counts of making indecent videos of children Three counts of possessing indecent images of children One count of possessing an extreme pornographic image Investigating officer Det Con Russell Saunders said: “Benjamin Nash had amassed a collection of indecent images and videos of children that were of the most vile and extreme kind.   “Our subsequent investigation found he was actively making contact and exchanging those same images with like-minded offenders both in the UK and abroad. “Nash had also contacted two girls, aged 13 and 15, through social media; as well as sending explicit pictures of himself he was able  to manipulate one into sending him explicit images, preying on her vulnerability to achieve this.” “There is currently no evidence of any direct contact offences but there’s no doubt that Nash has a pronounced sexual interest in young children and the progression in his offending represents a significant risk in the community.