Leeds paedophile downloaded child sex images six days after being bailed by court

A paedophile downloaded indecent sexual images of children less than a week after being released on bail after pleading guilty to similar offences.
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David Lake was jailed for 18 months after a court heard how he continued to defy court orders designed to prevent him from offending.

Leeds Crown Court heard Lake has two previous convictions for accessing indecent child images and extreme images dating back to 2014 and 2017.

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The 37-year-old's latest offending came to light while he was the subject of a sexual offences prevention order.

David Lake was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to possessing indecent images of children and breach a sexual offences prevention order.David Lake was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to possessing indecent images of children and breach a sexual offences prevention order.
David Lake was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to possessing indecent images of children and breach a sexual offences prevention order.

Brian Russell, prosecuting, said officers from the public protection unit went to Lake's home in Leeds in November 2018 to check on him.

A Samsung Galaxy device was found in the property and indecent images were on it.

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A total of 71 images were at category A - the most serious level of offending.

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There were also 39 category B images and 125 category C images on the device.

Mr Russell said Lake had also failed to inform authorities that he had registered a new bank account.

He was charged and appeared before magistrates on September 24 this year where he was released on bail while his case was committed to Crown court.

An officer found another Sumsung mobile phone at the property which also contained indecent child images.

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Lake, of Clark Terrace, Cross Green, Leeds, pleaded guilty to breach of a sexual offences prevention order, failure to comply with notification requirements, possession of prohibited images of children and three counts of making indecent images of a child.

Reed Richard, mitigating, said Lake pleaded guilty to the offences at an early stage and was in poor health but accepted he would be facing a custodial sentence.

Lake was made the subject of a further sexual harm prevention order and was ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years.