A paedophile has a nine-year custodial sentence after accessing and storing paedophilic material. Ashley Holmes is an example of overuse of illegal media including children.
A detective with Nottinghamshire Police has said Holmes is also guilty of encouraging its distribution by using it. It was downloaded, not made, but supports its production.
“It is rare to find such an extensive amount of footage, and the videos, as well as the images, depicted the very worst abuse of children. We know a real child has suffered appalling physical and emotional abuse to produce every one of these images or videos. Offenders like Holmes may not be committing this abuse in person, but they are certainly contributing to it every time they view, download or share this disturbing material.”
The police were able to analyze devices owned by Holmes and find the location of a data storage facility. He’d collected hundreds of hours of the worst kinds of footage.
