Locations
Howard Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15
Description
Ashman downloaded more than 18,000 indecent images of children during lockdown, Southampton Crown Court was told.
The 42-year-old of Howard Road, Southampton was caught with 140 category A images, the most severe type, 123 category B images and 18,365 category C images of children.
It was said that there was “distress in some of the children’s actions” in the images that were all found on one single hardrive.
Ashman later admitted to downloading the images saying: “I did download some dodgy [stuff] during lockdown".
He was handed a three-year community order, ordered to do 15 rehabilitation activity days and complete 200 hours of unpaid work.
He is now also subject to a five-year sexual prevention order and was ordered to pay £300 costs and a surcharge.