A sex offender suspected of downloading images showing children being sexually abused immediately showed remorse as he was being arrested.
Brett Alexander Watson was already monitored by police after receiving a suspended prison sentence in 2016 for downloading indecent images of children.
A risk management officer visited his home in Lanchester and confiscated a mobile phone and a tablet on July 2.
Durham Crown Court was informed that during his arrest on suspicion of reoffending, Watson said: “I don’t know why I did it.” An examination of his devices revealed seven videos depicting children as young as three years old being abused, with six of these videos stored in a password-protected application.
Watson, 24, of Holmside Avenue, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
His lawyer, Jane Waugh, stated that Watson had made ‘full and frank’ admissions to police and anticipated an immediate custodial sentence.
The judge, James Adkin, sentenced Watson to ten months in prison and told him he seemed unaware of the harm caused to the children in these videos.
Additionally, Watson will be required to register as a sex offender for ten years.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first name
63.8%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
63.8%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
45.3%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
made 'full and frank' admissions to police and anticipated an immediate custodial sentence. The judge, James Adkin, sentenced Watson to ten months in prison and told him he seemed unaware of the harm caused to the children in these video...
Suspended sentence
Brett Alexander Watson was already monitored by police after receiving a suspended prison sentence in 2016 for downloading indecent images of children
Prison sentence
ten months
The judge, James Adkin, sentenced Watson to ten months in prison and told him he seemed unaware of the harm caused to the children in these videos
Sex Offenders Register
ten years
Additionally, Watson will be required to register as a sex offender for ten years
