Jordan Clarkson amassed a sickening collection of hundreds of indecent images of children, some of which showed babies being raped. The "isolated" pervert was spared an immediate custodial sentence, but was warned by a judge that he would not "get this chance again".
Clarkson - of Almond Drive in Burtonwood, Warrington - had meanwhile downloaded one computer generated image depicting abuse as well as two extreme photographic images which, according to charge sheets, involved dogs. The phones showed "various search terms" including "young", "incest" and "paedo" and "search terms relating to bestiality type images".
"Obviously there is a lack of sexual intimacy. He has come to terms with the fact that his offending is something extremely concerning and needs addressing, and of his own accord he has done that.