May 2015 Russian and American authorities combine to help snare British man with 18,000 indecent images of children Thanks to the international co-operation, Gloucestershire police were made aware that David Perry was downloading illegal images and videos of children. They raided his home in Birdwood, last October. Among the images found on his computer and hard drives were 989 videos – enough for a week of non-stop viewing, said prosecutor Julian Kesner. Judge Jamie Tabor QC said it was the greatest number of videos accumulated by one offender that he had ever heard of. Perry, a 55-year-old engineer, pleaded guilty to six charges of making indecent images of children and six of possession of indecent images. He was jailed for a year. The total number of images in the charges was almost 18,000, the court heard. Mr Kesner said: “The Russian law enforcement agency got in touch with their counterparts in America and they got in touch with Gloucestershire Constabulary.” He said he had never heard of the Russian authorities taking such action before. Judge Tabor said he had not either but he was aware that many indecent images of children came from the East. Mr Kesner said when police raided Perry’s home he did not seem surprised and he was full and frank, admitting that any indecent images the police found were his responsibility. Judge Tabor said: “He has been very frank about his homosexuality. But he doesn’t appear to understand the devastation that the children who are being abused will suffer.” Alan Lewis, defending, said: “He has spoken about things he experienced in his childhood and the way that has perverted his attitude. “His marriage is now at an end. “Since his arrest he has paid for seven sessions of counselling and has been connecting with two separate sex addiction support groups.” Judge Tabor told Perry: “You have been married for a very long time, you have held down a good job for a very good time and you have never been in trouble with the police before. Those are all positive features I take account of. “You also owned up and that is the most important thing I take into account. “But this was a vast quantity of images and videos. It shows that for at least two-three years you were harbouring the darkest secret and that is that you are a person who gains sexual gratification from seeing little children, particularly boys, suffering at the hands of adults. “There is no alternative to immediate imprisonment in this case because of the quantity of images.” As well as the 12 months jail term the judge imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order on Perry.