Locations
Pelham Road, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5
Description
Jail for man who made thousands of indecent images of children
A man who made thousands of indecent still and moving images of children has been locked up.
After he was arrested, Keah Gibbs told police he used images he had created and downloaded on social media in order to flush out people with a sexual interest in children.
Officers found more than 9,000 images on Gibbs computer. Of those, 1,733 were graded as category A - depicting the most severe kinds of abuse.
In addition, 2,474 category B and 5,085 category C images were discovered on his device.
Gibbs, aged 25, went on to plead guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, between 27 December 2019 and 14 October 2020.
He also pleaded guilty to possessing 427 prohibited images of children and seven extreme pornographic images, between 27 December 2019 and 14 October 2020, and distributing 25 indecent photographs of children, between 17 July 2023 and 16 January 2024, including seven category A images.
Gibbs, formerly of Pelham Road, Sherwood, was jailed for three years when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Friday (16 August).
He was also made subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and must sign the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely.