November 2013 Pervert disgusted with himself for downloading indecent images A MAN who felt disgusted over viewing child porn images deleted them from his computer – only to download more of them a day or two later. And a judge at Warwick Crown Court heard that James Spencer kept repeating that cycle after setting up different user names on his computer. Spencer, aged 48, of Abbey Green, Nuneaton, had pleaded guilty to six charges of making indecent images of children, one of possessing an image of extreme pornography and one of possessing a prohibited image of a child. He was given a community sentence with three years supervision and a condition of taking part in a three-year sex offender treatment programme. In addition Spencer was ordered to register as a sex offender for five years and made subject to a sexual offences prevention order for the same period imposing conditions under which he can access the internet or live in a household where there are children. Prosecutor Philip Gibbs said the case arises out of a search of an address in St Lukes Road, Coventry, where Spencer was living at the time. They found cannabis plants which he admitted cultivating, and for which he has since been given a community order by Coventry magistrates. But the officers also seized two laptop computers and a hard drive on which they found a number of indecent images of children, the majority of whom were just nine or ten years old. Of the images, 338 were classed as level one, the least serious category showing children in naked or indecent poses, and eight level two images of children engaging in sexual activity. But 40 were of levels three and four, showing adults engaging in sexual activity with children; and there was also an image of extreme pornography with an animal When he was questioned, Spencer said he had been looking at adult porn for 12 to 15 years, spending up to 12 hours at a time accessing it on the internet. He said that when he had started downloading indecent images of children, from which he obtained sexual gratification, he felt disgusted and deleted them straight afterwards. But he would download them again a day or two later, again deleting them after he had viewed them. Spencer said he even set up different user profiles to view images, then deleted the profile and set up a new one. Paul Mytton, defending, said Spencer, who had convictions for dishonesty in the 80s and 90s, spent some time confined under the Mental Health Act following his arrest. Sentencing Spencer, Judge Robert Orme told him: “I’m going to deal with you in the way suggested in the pre-sentence report. You by now, I hope, understand that the offences you committed are serious offences. “The children who are depicted cannot give their consent at the age they are, and they are being systematically abused for the purpose of exploitation by a wide number of people, including you when you view those images. “The continuation of people viewing images like this is feeding into the exploitation of children. “On the other hand, there are a number of factors in your background which must have contributed to your distorted thinking. “The best way of dealing with that is by way of the sex offender programme.”