A “hoarder” paedophile with a collection of more than 11,000 indecent images of children has been spared prison because he looks after his mother with dementia.
Lance Bickerton, 60, of Blundell Road, Widnes, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images across Categories A to C, and possessing indecent images, prohibited computer generated images, and “extreme pornography”, namely bestiality. Paul Blasbery, prosecuting, said “intelligence” obtained by police led officers to execute a warrant at Bickerton’s home address at 6.50am on December 21 last year, where they seized his hard drives and computer towers and arrested him.
Bickerton “immediately” made admissions to downloading indecent images of children. Analysis of his hard drives uncovered a vast hoard of sick pictures and videos - so big his defence barrister questioned whether he’d have seen them all.
