A paedophile who downloaded sickening indecent images and had "cleaning software" on his laptop told police he had no sexual interest in children.
Stuart Nicol was found with the abuse material, the majority of which were videos, when police raided his home in September 2020. The indecent images depicted children as young as three years old and included one video which was almost 10 minutes long.
When arrested, he made "full admissions", but claimed he had no sexual interest in children and suggested he had been gathering the images with the intention of contacting police. The 63-year-old appeared at Durham Crown Court on Monday to be sentenced for three counts of making indecent images of children. He pleaded guilty to the charges at the morning hearing.
