August 2014: Now living in Milnthorpe
August 2010
Man had 60,000 images of children on laptops
A man who had over 60,000 indecent images of children stored on computers at his home has been spared jail.
When police raided the home of Matthew Jankowskyj, 24, in Albert Road, Morecambe on April 27, they discovered two laptops, a hard drive, a contract written by Jankowskyj relating to an inflatable doll and two cannabis plants which were being grown in the wardrobe.
Jankowskyj, who has a previous conviction for possessing indecent images dating back to 2005, was arrested and admitted downloading and possessing the images.
He told police he would view around 100 a week to satisfy his sexual urges.
Constable Carter, of Lancashire Constabulary, analysed the computers and discovered 25 folders containing hundreds of imaging, ranging in severity from level one to the most serious level five pictures. The folders had been labelled to give an indication of their contents with titles such as “Naked Baby Girl” and “Baby 1-3 years”.
Jankowskyj admitted making and posessing indecent images of children and asked for a further 63,000 images to be taken into consideration – including almost 200 level five images – at the top end of the scale.
However, the court heard he had not been involved in distributing the images or committed any “contact” sexual offences.
Following his arrest he spent four months on remand before appearing at Preston Crown Court for sentencing.
Judge Robert Brown said: “It is not only in the interests of society at large but also in your interests that rather than simply return you to prison for a few months more where there is no opportunity for you to undergo any kind of therapeutic program it would be better to hold over you for the next two years the prospect of a prison sentence while at the same time offering you all the assistance you need.”
He sentenced the man to a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years and placed him under the supervision of the Probation Service for the duration.
He also ruled Jankowksyj must take part in any sexual offending programs as directed by his supervising officer.
He made a Sexual Offences prevention Order (SOPO) banning him from unsupervised contact with children under 16 and disqualified him from working with children indefinitely. He also ordered the hard drive and cannabis plants be forfeited and destroyed although he ruled the laptops should be returned once the images had been removed.
