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Stanley security guard shared sick child abuse image to fellow paedophile on WhatsApp

A County Durham security guard who shared a child abuse image to a fellow paedophile on WhatsApp has avoided jail.

Brian Anderson was found in possession of over 270 sickening indecent images - which he'd amassed over a period of four years - when police went to his Stanley home. The 61-year-old had also distributed a category C indecent image via a WhatsApp message to another like-minded pervert on May 16, 2020.

Anderson, of Teesdale Terrace, Stanley, appeared at Durham Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced for three counts of making indecent images and one count of distributing an indecent image. He pleaded guilty to the charges at a previous hearing.

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