A paedophile who hoarded more than 280,000 child abuse files along with thousands of books, gemstones and vinyl records, has been sentenced to almost 10 years behind bars.
A judge found Michael Stanley Cooper's depraved compulsion in "collecting, sorting and catergorising" child abuse material was "causally linked" to an autism diagnosis.
"The attractiveness of collecting and organising the material has been contributed to by his disability," Justice David Mossop said when handing down Cooper's sentence on Monday.
