Sick grandad insists he only viewed thousands of child abuse images to cure erectile dysfunction
Depraved pensioner amassed huge stash of bestiality and child abuse pics
A PERV pensioner caught with a sick collection of child abuse images says he only looked at them to try to cure his erectile dysfunction.
Robert Sibley, 67, was found to have more than 146,000 pornographic pictures including depraved photographs featuring animals.
Along with sordid Sibley's twisted porn stash was 127 child abuse photographs, reports.
He scoured the internet searching for terms like "Paedo girl" and "bestiality", York Crown Court heard, before he was arrested in August.
Defending, Peter Minnikin said: "He has suffered from erectile problems for a considerable period of time and started looking for legal pornographic images in order to try and combat that (condition) in some way.
"In essence he started seeking out more extreme material to see if it would have a reaction upon him.
"He is insistent that it did not."
Sibley, of Harrogate, North Yorks, admitted possessing indecent images of children and was handed a 12-month jail term, suspended for two years.
He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and had his internet use curbed.
"It’s a concern that he’s developed this substantial interest in young children, who suffered appalling abuse", Judge Andrew Stubbs QC said.
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