Jamie Martin 37

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A paedophile caught with child rape videos and extreme porn involving a dead dog also shared twisted files online.

Jamie Martin collected 129 indecent images of young sex abuse victims, which he amassed over a six-year period.

Liverpool Crown Court heard the 34-year-old lost his job as a result of the ECHO reporting his sickening convictions.

Martin had pleaded guilty to three counts of downloading and one count of possessing indecent images of children.

He also admitted one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child and one count of possessing extreme pornography.

According to the latter charge, the extreme porn portrayed a person "performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely a dog", which was "grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character".

Martin, of Eastbank Street, Southport, wasn't charged with distributing indecent images of children.

But at a previous hearing, the court was told Martin was "active" in a "network" of sex offenders and "candidly admits to having shared images".

At his sentencing hearing last week, prosecutors said Martin readily admitted he was a paedophile and that he had exchanged files online.

Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, said the indecent images of children included 22 Category A images - the most serious category, involving child rape - of which nine were videos.

She said there were 13 Category B images, of which four were videos, and 90 Category C files, of which nine were videos.

Ms Nemat said aggravating features of his case included that the Category A collection included videos and the long period of time over which they were possessed, with Martin having downloaded the files between January 14, 2014 and May 12, 2020.

Martin's case was twice adjourned because he was unrepresented, to give him the opportunity to obtain legal representation, after he told the court he couldn't "afford" a solicitor or barrister.

When he appeared in the dock for sentencing he was represented by Stella Hayden, who highlighted his lack of previous convictions and the prospect of him being rehabilitated in the community.

Judge Brian Cummings, QC, said because of the "extensive" aggravating features in the case, sentencing guidelines indicated a starting point of two and a half years in prison.

Giving him full one third credit for his early guilty pleas, he then reduced the sentence to 20 months in prison.

Judge Cummings said he had considered whether Martin's sentence could be suspended, following guidelines on whether offenders can be spared jail.

However, he concluded that despite the prospect of rehabilitation, because of the risk Martin posed to the public, only an immediate prison sentence was appropriate.

The judge ordered Martin to sign on the Sex Offenders Register and to comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely.