A pervert is facing jail after being caught with more than 2,800 vile child sex abuse images.
Neil Roberts amassed his sick collection, which included one photo in the most serious category, over an eight-year period between 2010 and 2018. A court heard that the 50-year-old's sordid secret was discovered by police in 2018.
Roberts, of Warrington Road, in Fawdon, Newcastle, appeared at the city's magistrates' court to plead guilty to two counts of making an indecent image of a child and one of possessing a prohibited image of a child. Jonathan Straughan, prosecuting, said Roberts's disgusting collection included 2,822 category C photos and one category A, which is the most serious kind and involves penetrative sexual activity.
