Sex offender told 'porkies' after being caught with child images and cannabis plants at his home in West Yorkshire

Christopher Jones was found with more than 1,000 accessible images when police tracked down the computer's IP address and visited his home in April 2018.

When they arrived, they also found 23 cannabis plants in a downstairs room.

Paul Reid, prosecuting, said 30-year-old Jones was growing the cannabis for himself because he was sick of using up his wages on the drug and thought he could save cash by growing his own.

His computer was analysed and officers found more than 532 Category A images of child abuse - the most serious category of offending.

Mr Reid said 346 Category B images and 481 at Category C were also recovered.

Some of the images involved children as young as two years old being abused.

Jones told the police that he downloaded "massive amounts" of adult pornography and said he had no idea why he had the child abuse images.

However, a closer inspection found that he had been searching for them.

Jones pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images and production of cannabis

Jones did not have legal representation at the hearing.

He told the court he would not commit such crimes again. He has no previous convictions.

Judge Mushtaq Khokhar said: "You're of previous good character, but you did tell a few porkies before you admitted the offences.

"They are serious offences and it's not an innocent activity."

Jones, of Albany Street, South Elmsall, was given a community order and told to attend sex offenders' programme.

He was also told he must sign the sex offenders register for five years, and given a five-year sexual harm prevention order, to limit

his internet use.