October 2014 New Forest man to take part in programme after police find indecent images of children A NEW Forest man is to undergo a sex offenders treatment programme after being caught with more than 200 indecent pictures of children. Nigel Holt, 57, was arrested following a tip-off from Canadian police that he had been buying sordid videos, and the images were found on his laptop. He admitted to police that he had been attracted to boys aged between 10 and 15. Holt, of Clarendon Park, Lymington, admitted ten charges of making indecent images. Chris Gaiger, defending at Southampton Crown Court, said Holt had fully co-operated with the police and attended eight counselling sessions. “He is extremely ashamed and remorseful.” Judge Gary Burrell QC described the offences as “abhorrent” but said that rehabilitation instead of prison was a better way of protecting the public. He gave Holt a 12-month suspended sentence with a two-year community order incorporating supervision and a direction to attend an Internet sex offenders’ treatment programme. Holt was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years. Holt was said to be of previous good character.