Paedophile had 161 indecent images of children as young as three on his PC
A Shropshire paedophile who had been found to have more than 160 indecent images of children on his computer has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work.
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Police found 161 images on the computer belonging to Samuel Rolfe of Lydbury North, following a raid at his home address in November last year, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard on Tuesday.
Prosecuting Rolfe, Ms Alexa Carrier told Judge Peter Barrie that the images found on the 35-year-old's home PC, included 68 of the most serious category A images and featured children as young as three.
She told the court that on November 7 last year, West Mercia Police called at his home address after Rolfe had been conducting internet searches for terms such as 'Lolita' and 'pre teen' on his home desktop PC.
