When police examined the mobile phone and computer of Raul Rodriguez Cabazas they discovered he had amassed a collection of indecent images of children.
He had some of the very worst of child sex photos to be found on the internet and the collection also included movies he had downloaded.
On Friday, August 28, 2020, the 29-year-old Spaniard of Selbourne Road, Luton appeared at Luton Crown Court to admit three offences of possessing indecent images of children and one offence of distributing images.
Prosecutor Richard Sedgwick said Bedfordshire Police Officers had received information that an IP address had been linked to the accessing of indecent images of children.
The address was traced to the defendant and on his computer and Samsung mobile phone officer’s found the sickening material.
Judge Lynn Tayton QC hearing the case was told the material had been downloaded between September 17 and December 2018 and in all there were 2019 still images and 101 videos.
Some of the material had been found to have a Category A rating which is given to the very worst child sex abuse material and children as young as five had been involved.
The court was told the defendant had distributed 1073 images to others over a four day period in September 2018 before his arrest by Beds Police at the end of that year.
Rodriguez Cabazas was sentenced to two years imprisonments which was suspended for 18 months and told he must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work as well as complete 35 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days when he will work with probation staff to address his offending.
He was also told he must pay £340 towards the prosecution costs. In addition he was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order to run for the next 10 years which closely monitor his computer and internet use. His name will also go on the sex offender’s register for the same period.
Judge Tayton told him that by accessing the sort of images he had, he was encouraging the abuse of the children by providing an incentive to others to make such material available. She said the children shown being abused had their lives “ruined” by it.
