April 2014 Former RAF sergeant from Cheltenham speaks of his child abuse images shame FORMER RAF sergeant Colin Andrews has told a judge of his shame after he was caught with child pornography. The 60-year-old grandad, of Stansby Park, The Reddings, downloaded and distributed the images – and also had extreme pornography involving a dog on his computer. He had registered himself in several female names with online sites to get access to the illegal material and to have “fantasy chats” about children, Gloucester Crown Court heard on Thursday. As Judge Jamie Tabor QC was about to pass sentence, Andrews asked if he could speak and then said he could not understand why he had committed the offences and was sickened by them. Standing in the dock, he said: “I don’t understand it myself, I really don’t. I never want to be that person again.” The court had been told Andrews, who spent 24 years in the RAF, had suffered abuse as a child and had not spoken to anyone about it before his arrest. He said: “When this all blew up in my face I spoke to my GP and she was tremendously helpful. It seemed to unblock like a bung and she set me up with counselling.” He added: “I honestly believe I am a changed man.” He added: “I am more free with my emotions and more understanding of what happened to me. “I totally understand that these things are horrible. They feel horrible to me now and they make me feel sick. “I never want to go there again. I love my children and my grandchildren and I am at a loss to explain what I was doing and the depression I was in.” Andrews pleaded guilty to six offences of making indecent photographs of children between January 2009 and July 2013, two offences of possessing extreme pornography, and seven offences of distributing indecent movie files of children. Judge Jamie Tabor QC sentenced him to two years in prison, suspended for two years, and placed him under supervision for 18 months. He also ordered him to do 200 hours of unpaid work and pay £300 costs. Prosecutor Janine Wood told the court police received intelligence on May 29 last year from an anti child exploitation agency that someone registered as Sally Brown was downloading illegal pornography in Gloucestershire. Police traced the person to a T Mobile account at an address in Longlevens, however when police went there they found Andrews had moved. He was then tracked to his new address and arrested. Computer equipment was seized from his camper van.