A man has appeared in court after he was found to have downloaded more than 200 indecent images of children
Martin Sparks, 47, of Maldon Walk, Redbridge, pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 26 June to five counts of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), making indecent images of children (category A) and making indecent images of children (category B).
He will be sentenced at the same court on Wednesday, 26 August.
On Thursday, 18 June, officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command executed a search warrant at Sparks’ home address following intelligence that indecent images of children had been downloaded at the address via peer-to-peer (p2p) software.
Sparks was convicted on 26 June 2018 for making indecent images of children. He received two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) until “further order” on this date.
When officers carried out the warrant on 18 June, Sparks initially denied any knowledge of illegal online activity, but when he was questioned further he admitted breaches of his SHPO and having downloaded and viewed child abuse images.
