Convicted sex offender hoarded over 35,000 child porn images

A CONVICTED sex offender who hoarded over 35,000 child pornographic images and movie files after downloading the material in internet cafes has been given a two-year jail-term.

Adrian Savage, aged 48, of Millward Terrace, Meath Road, Bray, Co Wicklow, who has a master’s degree in philosophy, was attending a clinical psychologist when he continued to access the material. He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three charges of possessing child pornography on dates between September 15, 2007, and May 19, 2009.

Savage received a three-year suspended sentence in June 2004 after he pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of child pornography on February 9, 2002. He was also caught by a garda, who had investigated him the previous year, downloading child pornography in an internet café after the officer followed him into the premises.