A man has been jailed for making and distributing indecent images of children after 50,558 pictures and videos were found on his electronic devices.

Charles Moore, 57, of Oulton Road North, Lowestoft, was jailed for 27 months at Ipswich Crown Court after pleading guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children, possession of prohibited images and a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Moore, a registered sex offender, was convicted in 2018 for making and distributing indecent images of children, as well as possession of prohibited images and possession of extreme pornography.

He received a custodial sentence and, upon release, was being managed by the Public Protection Unit.

After his release from prison, police paid a routine visit to his home address in November 2021.

Part of the visit saw officers scan his devices for any content which may be related to child abuse material, and it returned positive results on his desktop computer, indicating child abuse material was present. 

His electronic devices were seized for further analysis.

It was established they contained 5,260 category A images and 583 unique category A videos.

Police also found 6,786 category B images and 693 category B videos, as well as 36,980 category C images and 236 category C videos on his devices.

He was also found to be in possession of 20 prohibited images of a child.

Moore was subsequently charged in June 2022 in relation to these offences.

At court, on Wednesday, February 8, he was given a SHPO, placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years and an order enforced for the destruction of his electronic devices.

PC Nicola Flack of, Suffolk police's Internet Child Abuse Investigation Team, said: “Internet crimes such as these are far from victimless, and every image depicts the very real abuse a young child has suffered.”