July 2014 Ystalyfera man accessed indecent pictures of children A MAN struggling to come to terms with his sexuality downloaded indecent images of children, a court heard. Richard Williams told police he had been intending to find pictures of “young men” but when intelligence led officers to search his computer they found images and videos of children, including some as young as three-years-old. Williams, aged 25, from Allt y Grug Road in Ystalyfera, admitted eight counts of making indecent images and one of possessing indecent images. The judge sentencing him, Keith Thomas, said: “Offences of possession and downloading of indecent images are very disturbing. “My personal experience is that those who possess such images fall into two groups; those who are predatory paedophiles and those who are lonely men who don’t have the maturity to deal with their sexual issues in an up front way. I believe you fall in to the latter category.” Local police were tipped-off by the child exploitation team about activity on Williams’s computer. They went to his home on January 9 and searches of his computer revealed 57 photographs and 13 films. In interview Williams, who works for a fast food chain, told police he had accessed the images by mistake after making a typing error and he had not intended to look for images of children. Giles Hayes, representing Williams at Swansea Crown Court, said his client had led an insular life. He said Williams was supported by his partner and mother in court and that his accessing such images was in the past. Judge Thomas made him subject to a three year community order and told him he will have to complete a sex offender group programme. Williams will also have to pay £535 in costs.