PRIMARY SCHOOL WORKER SENTENCED FOR CHILD ABUSE IMAGES AND PAEDOPHILE MANUAL
A depraved primary school worker caught with thousands of indecent images and a “paedophile manual” aimed at encouraging children to engage in abuse has been jailed.George Ross was told by a judge the sickening document demonstrated his “deep and profound” interest in “child pornography and child sexual activity” - something the 26-year-old himself continues to deny.
Maidstone Crown Court heard he was employed to care for youngsters in breakfast and after school clubs when the shocking discovery was made by following a police raid at his then home in Chatham, in February last year.
As well as the child abuse guide, titled The Secret Guide To Sex and saved as a PDF on one of his devices, his phones and computers were found to contain almost 9,000 illicit images, with more than 1,000 in video format.
Some of the material depicted children younger than 10 being abused and showing signs of suffering pain and distress.
It was also discovered that Ross had shared three images of uniformed children with others in chatrooms, and was in possession of stills and videos showing people having sex with animals like chickens and dogs.
He later pleaded guilty to three offences of making indecent images of children, three of distributing indecent images of children, one of possessing prohibited images of children, one of possessing extreme pornography, and one of possessing a paedophile manual.
At his sentencing, police categorised the images in categories A, B, and C, with the total tally being 8,661 indecent images (7,577 stills and 1,084 videos), 270 prohibited images, and eight extreme pornographic images.
The images he shared were classed as category C.
Despite the severity of his collection, there was no evidence he had attempted to assault any child or encouraged others to do so.
His lawyer urged for a community-based sentence with help from probation, citing his vulnerabilities and remorse, but the judge imposed a two year and ten months prison sentence, stating that the offences passed the custody threshold.
The court judged that he was not a significant risk of harm to children, and upon release, Ross will be subject to sex offender notification requirements and a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years.
