Blackpool paedophile had collection of teething rings, clothes and baby magazines as well as vile indecent images of children being abused – Blackpool…

Matthew Matthiason, 34, who was staying at a property on Gorton Street, had a collection of indecent images, baby magazines, clothing, teething rings, anime books, a Japanese baby clothing catalogue and drawings depicting the sexual abuse of children.

Matthiason, who has a string of previous similar offences, admitted three counts of possessing indecent images, possessing prohibited images and breaching his order and has been jailed for 28 months.

He was handed an indefinite order and placed on the Sex Offender's Register for life in 2014 after repeatedly flouting court orders intended to prevent him from viewing indecent images of children.

Judge Simon Newell said: "The materials don't in themselves constitute an offence but are indicative of what has been admitted - a substantial, long standing, deeply embedded sexual interest in children

"It does appear you are not deterred by what may be seen as deterrent sentences.

"What that shows is that first of all this is long standing. It also indicates attempts by the courts whether by community sentences or suspended sentences or hospital treatment hasn't resolved the inclination you have, and the criminality that results in."

"These are not victimless crimes.

"Somewhere in the world possibly 2,000 children have been abused here so that those images can be put on the internet and so somebody has been sexually abusing those children - some babies and infants.

"That's an appalling thing to happen to any child and if it wasn't for the fact people like you were watching it, the bulk of this wouldn't happen."

Prosecuting, Kimberley Obrusik said officers carried out an unannounced visit at the hostel on April 18 but found no devices except a Playstation and phone on display.

Four days later they received intelligence he had downloaded indecent images and returned to arrest him, finding the books, clothes, drawings and material in his room, along with a black USB stick in his clothing.

Preston Crown Court was told his devices contained 434 category A images - 54 of them moving videos, 146 category B images including 19 videos, 1,454 category C images, including seven videos, and 345 prohibited images involving the drawings and other material.

Defending, Julie Taylor said he was "realistic" and knew it must be a custodial sentence.

She said: "He realised at 14 that he was attracted to children. He's refreshingly honest.

"He accepts he has a problem, he accepts he's a paedophile.

"He knows it's wrong and makes a valid point that while he understands image cases mean a child somewhere in the world has been abused to make that image, he himself has never tried to touch or harm a child himself."

She added he had lived in nine different hostels and had suffered constant threats to his life.

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