December 2007 Paedophile behaviour followed mother’s death A SOUTHALL man turned back to downloading child pornography following his mother’s death from cancer a court heard. Former tube driver, Simon Mott, 43, of Endsleigh Road, admitted 65 charges of making indecent images of children and one count of possession and has been sentenced to four years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court. He was busted when he failed to sign the sex offenders register, which he had been ordered to do for similar offences in 2001. This led to a visit from police in January 2004, during which the indecent images were found. Mott was charged with a number of offences and bailed. A second raid in April, while he was on bail, produced thousands more images on hard drives and equipment locked in secure garages, some of which were judged to be level four or five, the most serious classification for such material, typically involving penetrative sex between adults and children. He was subsequently charged with Prosecutor John Hulme said: “One individual depicted in some images, was identified and traced. He was somebody who was spoken to and indicated to officers he was aged 15 at the time the photographs were made.” Mott’s counsel, Clive Smith, said Mott met a gay man in a chat room, who knew all about computers, and who offered to set him up. He said: “This man built him a computer and introduced him to the images he was convicted of in 2001. Before that he was a man of good character.” “He had a close relationship with his mother and unfortunately she died of cancer recently and he returned to that behaviour. “He was with London Underground for 19 years and that was a happy time. Later he joined Safeways and then became involved in the latest allegations. “ “But while in prison on remand he has learned his lesson and intends to get his life back on track.” Sentencing him to four years, Judge Sam Katkhuda, said: “A large number of images as were found in your possession on two occasions – images which depict children in explicit sexual activity. “Such images involve the indirect exploitation of children in an abusive and degrading way and the courts take a serious view of these offences of child pornography. “People who commit offences of this nature must expect to go to prison, because such images mark the general public revulsion against child pornography and it is a serious matter. “It is damaging to the children involved and they have to live with it for the rest of their lives”. In addition to the prison sentence the judge made an order under the Sexual Offences Prevention Act banning Mott from ever working with children and laying down 12 conditions keeping him away from anyone under the age of 16. Mott was also banned from owning or using computer equipment or accessing the web or internet or acquiring discs containing child pornography. The order will run for 10 years.