A MAN from Cumbria has been jailed for three years and six months for possessing, making and distributing indecent images of children.
Neil Cameron McIntosh, 51, of Stanley Road, Brampton, was sentenced today at Carlisle Crown Court.
He was also sent to prison for possessing extreme pornographic images, including portraying an indecent act a dog.
McIntosh has been placed on the sexual offender register indefinitely and received an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Officers found McIntosh to be in possession of almost 3,000 indecent images which fell into categories A to C - with A being the most serious.
The offences occurred between July 2014 and April 2016 on a number of devices and all took place in Brampton.
Detective Inspector Jenny Beattie, of the Digital Media Investigation Unit, said: "This sentence will hopefully act as a deterrent to those who view and distribute illegal images.
"We will continue to prosecute those who abuse children by engaging in this sort of behaviour. "
"We encourage anyone who has any suspicions of any sort of abuse to contact us so we can investigate.
"By doing this we can continue to protect children by bringing offenders to justice."
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