Married paedophile amassed 'colossal' number of sick child images - a judge has let him walk
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA married paedophile who amassed a 'colossal' number of sick images of children was downloading incident material in his study when police turned up at his house.Stephen Steadman, 57, downloaded hundreds of thousands of obscene images at the home he shares with his wife in Stockport.The recovery of indecent material by police in September 2018 was dubbed one of the 'biggest caches' ever seized by GMP.A judge at Minshull Street Crown Court branded the case 'concerning' and 'rare' due to the vast number of photographs, which are believed to have been downloaded over a period of 15 years.The court heard that on September 21, 2018, police executed a warrant at Steadman's home on Bancroft Close in Bredbury.As officers arrived.
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