London: A twenty-year-old man from Liverpool was sentenced to jail for two years and eight months after police found images of him sexually abusing a baby in a pram and a young toddler.
The youth was also convicted for possessing over 3,000 sexually explicit images that were deemed illegal, containing child pornography, extreme porn and bestiality.
According to The Mirror, John Long was arrested after police raided his home on a tip off that he was downloading thousands of pornographic images featuring children.
When confronted, Long admitted to viewing these images for 'sexual satisfaction' but claimed that he never acted on the impulse, and that he was attracted to girls.
But police officers came across images of Long sexually abusing two toddlers when they scrolled through the vast collection of images in his hard drive.
When confronted again, Long made a full and frank admission, and confessed that he has been collecting sexually explicit images of children for years now and that he 'was messed up in the head'.
Long's lawyer said that Long was relieved that he has been apprehended as it releases him from the guilt that he has been enduring since these offences were committed and is now finally able to get help, which he always needed but could not bring himself to ask.
He also said that Long has had an unpleasent childhood, suffered from severe malnutrition at four, and was taken away from his mother, after which he was fostered. Long was not a part of mainstream society and education as he had behavioural difficulties, and was later diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
He has also been asked to sign the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
