A man who made thousands of indecent still and video images of children has been jailed.
After he was arrested, Keah Gibbs told police he used images he had created and downloaded on social media in order to flush out people with a sexual interest in children.
Officers found more than 9,000 images on Gibbs’ computer. Of those, 1,733 were graded as category A – depicting the most severe kinds of abuse.
In addition, 2,474 category B and 5,085 category C images were discovered on his device.
Gibbs, aged 25, went on to plead guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, between 27 December 2019 and 14 October 2020.
He also pleaded guilty to possessing 427 prohibited images of children and seven extreme pornographic images, between 27 December 2019 and 14 October 2020, and distributing 25 indecent photographs of children, between 17 July 2023 and 16 January 2024, including seven category A images.
Gibbs, formerly of Pelham Road, Sherwood, was jailed for three years when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court for sentencing on Friday (16 August).
He was also made subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and must sign the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely.
Detective Sergeant Adam Taylor, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We take these types of crimes very seriously and we will always do everything we can to protect vulnerable young people and ensure that individuals involved in this sort of criminality are brought to justice.
“I hope it serves as a warning to other sex offenders who are thinking of engaging in this type of activity that they will be caught and will face the full consequences of their actions.”
