June 2015 Wife reports child abuse images husband to police A Shrewsbury woman reported her husband to the police after discovering a picture of a naked young girl on his mobile phone. Iain James Lewis, 47, of Waincott, , admitted two charges of making indecent images of children when he appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court. Judge Peter Barrie heard that Lewis’s phone had been found to contain 42 deleted images in category B, and 3,180 in category C. Kevin Jones, prosecuting, said the images had contained children who were eight years old at the youngest and 13 at the oldest. Mr Jones said: “The circumstances of the offences are somewhat unusual because his wife reported the matters to the police. “She first noticed some images on his computer about three years ago and challenged him about them. Nothing came of that and then in November 2014 she again saw images on his mobile telephone. “On December 2, 2014, when borrowing his telephone to make a call she noticed there was a naked picture of what she described as a little girl.” Mr Jones said the woman then reported Lewis to the police. When they arrived, police heard Lewis say: “Why have you done this? I have not done anything wrong for ages.” Mr Jones added: “The children in those images are from eight at the youngest to 13 at the oldest.” The court heard that Lewis first gave a no comment interview to the police but then in a second interview accepted he was responsible for the images but believed there were “only 2,000”. Lewis told the police he had gained sexual gratification from the images. He also told police that he had been searching for “teen girls” and because of a content block on his phone it meant he could not access adult pornography sites. Sentencing Lewis, Judge Peter Barrie said he would go along with recommendations from the probation service to impose a community order. He said: “I have come to the conclusion that the best way to deal with this matter, the best way to protect children who might in future become victims of the making of images of these kind, is to follow the recommendation of the probation service that I should couple a supervision requirement with a requirement to complete the Community Sex Offenders’ Programme.” Lewis was given a three-year community order with a requirement to sign a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years and to complete a Community Sex Offenders’ Programme.