A Meltham man accused of making indecent images of children insisted he was blameless.

Roy Stobbs, 63, told Leeds Crown court said he had not loaded images on to computers and that he had got the two machines from other people.

Stobbs, of The Hollow, Meltham, was asked why he replied “No comment” to some police questions, including if he had found indecent images, searched ‘nude boy’ and if he had installed the specialist software to delete files.

He said: “I have no idea. I had just got used to saying it, was also advised to do so by my solicitor and during the interviews I lost power of thought. I thought some of the questions were a trap.”

Prosecuting lawyer, Howard Shaw, has told the court Stobbs was responsible for downloading a total of 82 images of children aged under 16 onto two computers in between January 11 2006 and July 20 2011.

Stobbs, who had previously worked as a self-employed electrician, denies all 25 charges and one additional charge of breaching a sex offenders’ order.

The court heard one of the computers seized from Stobbs had been given to him by a friend. It was later found to have 68 deleted images of very young and partially and fully naked girls and boys aged between around three to 14 and details of an internet search for ‘nude boy’.

The jury heard he was subject to a sexual offences prevention order, which was placed upon him in May 2010.

As part of the order he was not allowed to possess any image of a child under 16, unless inadvertently.

Mr Shaw said: “This man has a previous conviction of making indecent images of children. It’s too much of a coincidence that two computers, which were obtained after he was charged in 2010, were found with them.

“He can’t give an explanation regarding who made the internet search, which was made at a time when it was in his control”.

The case continues.

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