September 2020 Paedophile with half a million child abuse images had so many police gave up counting A depraved paedophile caught with nearly half a million child abuse images and videos had such a large collection that police gave up counting. Sentencing Craig Cooper, 44, Judge Simon Carr said that he believed him to be as guilty as those who actually abused the children. Cooper, of Enys Road in Camborne, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence having pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing indecent images of children and the possession of extreme pornography. Prosecuting the case, Ramsay Quaife described how police executed a search at Cooper’s address in May last year and seized a laptop and hard drive. In total they found 514 Category A images – the most serious – of which 384 were movies, 120 Category B with 59 movies and 2,645 Category C including 59 movies. However, due to the sheer number, the police stopped categorising the material. In total Cooper had more than 400,000 indecent images of children. When interviewed he admitted using peer to peer software to access the material. The sick collection showed girls aged three to five being digitally penetrated, girls six to eight being forced to perform oral sex and girls aged eight to 10 being raped. He also had footage showing a woman having sex with a dog. Sentencing Cooper, Judge Carr said: “In April 2019 police searched your house and computer and found a staggering number of child abuse images. There were so many that eventually the police stopped counting and some films were of considerable length. Sentencing Cooper, Judge Carr said: “In April 2019 police searched your house and computer and found a staggering number of child abuse images. There were so many that eventually the police stopped counting and some films were of considerable length. July 2005 Pervert caught with indecent images of kids A 29-year-old Camborne man who kept more than 2,000 indecent images of children. Craig Alan Cooper, of Enys Road, Camborne, now faces sentence at the Crown Court in Truro following his conviction for 17 offences including possession of and making of indecent images of children by computer. He has already been registered as a sex offender and could face a term in prison. Cooper, a maintenance engineer, pleaded guilty when he appeared before magistrates in Truro and was given bail with conditions pending his crown court appearance.