January 2015 Newton Abbot pervert with 200,000 indecent images of children walks free from court A NEWTON Abbot man found with 30,000 indecent images and movies of children on his computer has walked free from court after telling the judge he was motivated to change his ways. Self-confessed ‘porn-addict’ James Crowder, 58, had so many images on his computer that police stopped counting when they had enough to prosecute him. Exeter Crown Court was told that a further 192,000 images were not analysed. Crowder used file software which allowed other users to view and contribute images to his computer. The court was told that police used a warrant to search Crowder’s house on April 1, last year. Prosecutor Emily Pitts said they found the file sharing software and an ‘incredibly high’ number of illegal images. Of those examined 5,418 were put in Category A (the most serious); 7,196 were in Category B; 16,663 were in Category C. There were also 87 movies – 61 in Category A; three extreme images and 300 prohibited images. Police examined searches on the computer and found terms relating to children and pre-teen sex. Children in the images were aged between two and 13. Crowder admitted 13 counts of making indecent images of children, having a prohibited image of a child, and possessing extreme pornographic images. In mitigation, William Parkhill, said a pre-sentence report showed Crowder to be a low level risk of re-offending. He said he admitted his problem and wanted to get help for it. Judge Philip Wassall told the defendant: “You were found when your home was searched to have, and even in the experience of this court this is considerable, 192,000 images on your computer which on the face of it had an indication were unlawful images of children. “A section of these images were analysed. There were a very large number of the most serious images. “You are of good character but people in these types of cases often are. “What is different is that I am used to seeing people downplay their interest in children. You have admitted this full-on and accept you have a problem and have set out to do something about it. That is very unusual with offences as serious as this.” Crowder of Kittersley Drive, was jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years. He was made the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, put on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years, and told to complete a sex offender internet programme