Leeds paedophile who shared abuse images on Snapchat tried to cover his crimes with phone reset

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A paedophile who shared abuse images with other perverts tried to cover his sick crimes by wiping his internet devices when police closed in.

James Oates completed a factory reset of his phone to hide the evidence after sending the sick images and making sexual references about children as young as five. Leeds Crown Court heard that West Yorkshire Police received intelligence in May of 2022 that an IP address linked to Oates’ home on St Anne’s Rise in Leeds had uploaded images through the social media app, Discord. Further images were uploaded to Snapchat in August 2022.

He admitted three counts of making indecent images, one count of distributing images, and one of possessing prohibited images. The 37-year-old, of The Vale, Meanwood, has no previous convictions. No mitigation was offered by his barrister after Judge Robin Mairs said he would not lock him up. Judge Mairs said: “You had reset your phone and were investigating how to reformat the computer equipment you had. They were fairly young children involved.

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