WOMAN FINDS GARDEN PHONE WITH HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE IMAGES; OFFENDER JAILED FOR 44 MONTHS
A woman was left horrified after finding a discarded phone in her garden which was packed with a sickening trove of child abuse images.The woman, from Cleethorpes, found a mobile phone in her garden which had no activation lock - meaning the vile files were immediately accessible.
What she found were some of the most horrific videos, including clips of babies being abused.
She did the "proper and sensible thing" and took the phone to her nearest police station, said Judge Gurdial Singh at a sentencing hearing of the phone's owner, 29-year-old Cameron Dyke.
The judge told Grimsby Crown Court: "One can imagine the horror at what she saw." The woman, from Cleethorpes, found a mobile phone in her garden which had no activation lock - meaning the vile files were immediately accessible.
What she found were some of the most horrific videos, including clips of babies being abused.
She did the 'proper and sensible thing' and took the phone to her nearest police station, said Judge Gurdial Singh.
The phone was registered to Dyke and he had not told Humberside Police, reported Miss Hanson.
Digital forensic analysis of the phone revealed 765 images of children with 232 of the most extreme category.
There was also an image of bestiality.
A total of 84 files had been distributed from the phone.
Dyke admitted making and possession of indecent images of children and distributing them.
He also admitted being in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed at Hull Magistrates' Court in 2020.
That order was initially imposed for 10 years and required Dyke to inform police of any electronic device with internet access he obtained.
Prosecutor Maya Hanson said Humberside Police were made aware of a Snapchat account named "Hot Fuzz" in April last year, traced back to Dyke's mother in Immingham.
When police visited his address in Brereton Avenue, Cleethorpes, in May, they seized a laptop.
Dyke told police he had only bought the device the day before.
The following day, his neighbour found a phone in her garden, which displayed a gallery of indecent images.
The phone was registered to Dyke and he had not reported it.
Her discovery placed him in breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Digital analysis confirmed the phone contained 765 images of children, including 232 of the most extreme kind, and an image of bestiality.
Additionally, 84 files had been distributed.
Dyke expressed remorse through a letter, claiming he only has himself to blame and does not want to return to this behaviour.
His father is in hospice, and Dyke had 'turned to the dark corners of the internet'.
Judge Singh emphasized that Dyke posed a high risk to children and stated, "This is not a victimless crime.
By viewing this you create a marketplace and children are being raped for your pleasure.
There was a high volume of images, with many victims as a result." Dyke was sentenced to 44 months in prison and a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order was imposed.
