Patrick Wayne Devaney, 62, pictured, admitted 10 counts of making indecent images of children when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court.
Such images are graded on a C to A ascending scale in terms of their seriousness.
The total numbers in this case were 72, 30 and 33 respectively, which were found across three devices.
It was established that Devaney was using specialised software which is used to mask IP addresses and prevent tracking.
The court was told how officers had executed a search warrant in November at the home the defendant then shared with his former partner. He said that she knew nothing about the images.
Defending, Advocate Sam Maindonald said letters had been submitted to the court from her client’s GP and his mother.
She said that Devaney needed and was willing to take help.
While he had made no comment in interview, he had taken responsibility for what he had done from the start.
Deputy Judge Russell Finch said such cases were always ‘remarkably unpleasant’.
The defendant got credit for his guilty pleas and lack of previous convictions, but this was not an insignificant number of images and included categories A and B.
The victims were young children and the market for such images was driven by people like the defendant. It was not a victimless crime.
‘This offending had been wholly disgusting and wicked’, he said.
‘You should be ashamed of yourself,’ he told the defendant.
Devaney was jailed for a total of two years.
A probation order was put in place for three years.
He was made subject to notification requirements for five years.