A 22-YEAR-OLD man who downloaded pictures of young boys performing sex acts has avoided jail.
Thomas Hayes, of Montana Building, Deals Gateway, Lewisham, stored the images on his laptop, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
After his arrest last July, he admitted downloading similar images for around four years, the court heard.
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Maria Dineen, mitigating for Hayes, said her client felt "deeply ashamed and truly
remorseful".
Judge Andrew Collender was shown six pictures found on Hayes' machine, including two young boys performing sex acts on one another and a paedophile showering with a youngster.
On March 19, he sentenced Hayes to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.
Hayes, who admitted two charges of making an indecent photograph of a child, was
ordered to sign the Sex Offenders' Register for seven years.
He was also banned from working or living with anyone under 18 and was ordered to attend a sex offenders' treatment programme.
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