

“Clicking on a website in your bedroom is not a harmless act – it generates the market for this type of material.”

They were not abused to your order but they are abused to satisfy the demand created by people like you. Judge Crowther imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. “He accepts these are not victimless crimes and that some of these images are properly described as horrific and depraved images of child abuse.” The defence barrister added: “He accepts there is a dark side to his character that has brought him to this court. He said Murphy pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and showed remorse. Mr Jones said the defendant, who had no previous convictions, had lost his job in the sports and leisure industry.


Police also found 670 Category B images and 1,184 Category C images. Prosecutor Heath Edwards said police searched Murphy’s home in Durham Road on August 17 while he was at work nearby.Īnalysis of his computer revealed 655 Category A images, which show adults having sex with children. The 26-year-old from Newport pleaded guilty to five counts during a hearing at Gwent Magistrates’ Court last month. Sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday, Judge Thomas Crowther QC described the images as “truly horrific”. A man who searched “underage jail bait” has been sent to prison after more than 2,500 child abuse images were found on his home computer.Ĭraig Murphy admitted having 655 of the most serious Category A images on his hard drive, showing adult men abusing children – from babies to 12-year-old girls.
