75-year-old Redcar man jailed for making indecent images of children.

A 75-year-old man has been jailed for 32 months after being charged with making indecent images of children after nearly 850 of the most serious category of pictures were found on his computer.

Nigel Stephen Collins’ actions were discovered after officers from Cleveland Police’s Management of Sexual or Violent Offenders Unit (MOSOVO) made an unannounced visit to his home address in Redcar to check he was complying with court orders from two previous convictions for making child sexual abuse materials.

A review of his computer showed he had again been accessing child abuse images so he was arrested, interviewed then charged and remanded until his court appearance last Friday (24^th January)

Officer in the Case PC James Sexton of the MOSOVO Unit said: “Collins is clearly still a dangerous individual with an enduring interest in making or accessing child abuse images.

“We work tirelessly to ensure everyone subject to restrictions and conditions is monitored so that any breaches like this are detected and dealt with.

“I’d like to thank my colleagues from the force’s Digital Forensic Unit for working so quickly on this case; their assistance ensured we were able to return a high-risk offender back to prison.”