A man who works with kids was found with sickening videos of young girls on his phone was unable to accept he's attracted to children, a court heard.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Merseyside Police went to the home of Andrew Serridge, 55, after a vigilante group had been monitoring his messages on Snapchat. Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, said officers arrived on July 29, 2021 and seized his mobile phone and tablet.
When his Samsung mobile was examined a total of 90 indecent images were found. These included five videos in the most serious category and 64 more. It was found they were downloaded between January 15, 2020 and July 16, 2021 and a bestiality image was downloaded on October 26, 2019 and there was evidence that it had been sent to another WhatsApp user, said Ms Nemat.