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A convicted sex offender was found in possession of one of the worst baby abuse videos "anyone can imagine".
Adam Park had downloaded the sickening clip of an adult man sexually assaulting the one-year-old child, which was then found during a routine police check.
Officers then discovered the 41-year-old had also used a Tor browser to access the dark web.
It meant Park, of Fenton, Staffordshire, was in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for making and possessing indecent images of children.
He was jailed for 20 months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Prosecutor Mark Brookes said Park was made the subject of a-three year community order and a five-year SHPO in 2016 which was due to expire on April 29, 2021.
Mr Brookes said a police risk assessor visited Park's home to carry out a risk assessment on April 18, 2020 , reports StokeonTrentLive.
Officers returned on April 6, 2021 and inspected a computer tower and Park was arrested.
It showed a Category A indecent image - the most serious - had been accessed.
Mr Brookes added: "It involved an adult man sexually abusing a one-year-old child.
"The report concluded he used Tor, a streaming facility enabling online anonymity."
Park pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching a SHPO and making an indecent image of a child. Hamish Noble, mitigating, said Park has had a problem with alcohol.
Mr Noble said: "He was living with his parents. He had no social outlets. He has never had a long term relationship.
"He had a job he found stressful. He felt put upon by colleagues and bosses. He had dyslexia as a child and was bullied at school.
"He used the Tor browser. He accepts accessing the category A image. The opinion of the report is that he can be managed in the community."
Judge David Fletcher said: "You were convicted in 2016 of a number of offences of possession of indecent images of children.
"You were coming to the end of the notification period when there was a visit by the officer overseeing your compliance and that resulted in the information we now have before us.
"There were two breaches of the SHPO. The first related to your deletion of internet history and also utilising the Tor system on your computer. It enabled you to access the dark web.
"It is clear there was an image, a moving image of a child, probably one of the worst images anyone can imagine, placed on the system.
"The real concern I have is the lack of real progress following the order made in 2016. It is a very serious breach."
Park will serve half the sentence in custody and the rest on licence. He was made the subject of a SHPO for 10 years.