A Patrington man found to have more than 110,000 indecent images and videos of children across dozens of devices has been sentenced at Hull Crown Court.
Daniel Greaves, 35, of Station Road, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children and appeared before the court on Monday, September 28.
He was given a two-year suspended sentence and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days.
Greaves will also be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Humberside Police launched an investigation in March 2024 after its Police Online Investigation Team received information that Greaves was suspected of possessing multiple indecent images of children.
He was arrested at his home address later that month and officers from the Police Online Investigation Team and Digital Forensics Unit seized 76 devices, including phones, computers, hard drives and servers.
Police said more than 110,000 images and videos of children were uncovered, which had been collected over a period of nine and a half years.
Because of the volume of material, officers developed a digital strategy to prioritise which devices should be examined.
Seven devices were examined in detail, with more than 100,000 images and videos submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service as part of the case.
Police Constable Sophie Newbon, of the Police Online Investigation Team, who led the investigation, said: “The sheer volume of images and videos that Greaves had collected of young children using the dark web in an attempt to get away with his disgusting behaviour, was absolutely appalling.
“Greaves went out of his way to scour the internet and download thousands of indecent images from across the web all for his own perverse gratification.
“Investigations of this nature are extremely complex, and I commend the POLIT and DFU officers for their patience and determination in developing the most comprehensive digital strategy to put a stark amount of evidence before the courts, leading Greaves to decide to plead guilty. The extremities the team were exposed to whilst reviewing them all cannot be underestimated.”
Humberside Police said it took all reports of sexual offences seriously and would continue to seek justice against those responsible.
Anyone with concerns or suspicions about an individual, or who believes they have been a victim of or witnessed such offences, is asked to contact police on the non-emergency number 101.
Always call 999 in an emergency or if a crime is ongoing.