Officers were tipped off in June 2022 and went to the home of Matthew Pilgrim in the Lupset area of Wakefield to seize his mobile phones. They were analysed and 43 images were found. They included 11 category A images - the most serious type - along with 16 category B and 16 category C. The children depicted in the abuse images were aged between three and 12, Leeds Crown Court heard. Pilgrim, 27, had also bookmarked child abuse websites he had found.
Sign up today and get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox, with the YEP’s free newsletter Judge Simon Phillips KC told him: “You were candid with the police. You have been watching for some four to five years. You clearly have a persistent, long-standing and criminal interest. “There was evidence that you used the dark web in order to mask your own identity. You have acknowledged you have a sexual interest in children.
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