A paedophile found with 222 images of child abuse, some showing victims as young as one year old, has received a suspended sentence.

Adam Wyles, 36, appeared remotely from custody before Judge Richard Kelly at Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday.

Wyles, of King Edward Quay in Colchester, was answering three counts of making indecent images of a child in categories A, B and C.

He had also breached the terms of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO), which is active until 2030, by owning a Samsung Galaxy mobile phone in addition to his iPhone 8 which he had not declared.

He had also failed to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders register by not informing police of a change in his address between June 1 and September 25 of 2022.

Wyles pleaded guilty to each offence before magistrates on March 8, and was remanded in custody.

The court heard that officers visited the defendant’s address on September 22, 2022 after receiving a referral from police in Norfolk after Wyles uploaded a number of indecent images to his Dropbox account.

The delay in his appearance at crown court was due to the fact that Wyles did not initially admit the offences, Judge Kelly explained. This meant that his devices had to be analysed, creating a delay of 18 moths.

Officers found that Wyles’ devices contained 56 category A depictions of child abuse, which are the most serious, 41 in category B, and 125 in category C. These included still images and videos.

Judge Kelly said that these images showed “young children suffering horrendous sexual abuse”. The court heard that some of the victims were aged as young as just one year old.

Some of the victims were blindfolded during the abuse, and Judge Kelly said that some victims were clearly in pain and distressed.

For the category A images, Judge Kelly sentenced Wyles to 18 months in custody. He reduced this sentence by one third in light of Wyles’ guilty plea, to 12 months.

For the category B images, he sentenced Wyles to nine months reduced to six, and for the category C images, six months reduced to four.

For both the breach of the SHPO and failing to comply with the sex offenders register, Wyles received 12 months, down from 18. These sentences will run concurrently.

Judge Kelly added 12 weeks to Wyles’ sentence from a previous, suspended sentence, creating a total of 15 months.

He suspended this sentence for two years.