NORWICH METAL GUITARIST JAILED OVER ‘DEPRAVED’ CHILD IMAGES
A heavy metal guitarist who played in a band called Ain't My Crime has been jailed for possessing thousands of “depraved and appalling” indecent images of children.Lajos Reszegi, 40, who was in several local metal bands, tried to blame a housemate and wipe the memory of his laptop to hide his involvement.
Norwich Crown Court was told that among almost 6,000 images, hundreds were the most serious category, involving children estimated to be as young as six months.
Reszegi searched for ways to access the dark web, peer-to-peer image sharing, and ways to delete image metadata and wipe the laptop’s memory.
The analysis of a seized laptop revealed searches for torrent links with sexual terms and child ages.
Reszegi, a delivery driver, is currently on police bail for alleged offences involving a 13-year-old girl.
He was jailed for 12 months and was made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.
He pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images, including 947 deemed to be the most serious Category A, and also made 1,108 Category B images and 1,625 Category C images between June and July 2020.
The court heard his attempts to blame a housemate for the images, and his efforts to wipe his laptop to avoid detection.
The judge noted his failure to disclose the possession of these images to probation officers and said he could not suspend the sentence after he failed to face up to his actions in any meaningful way.
