Sex offender jailed for hundreds of child abuse images

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 16:03 · Archive

Aaron Nobbs, 37, was jailed for three years and eight months after being caught with over 1,000 child abuse images for the third time.

Aaron Nobbs, 37, of Yarmouth Road, Norwich, has been jailed for three years and eight months after being caught with over 1,000 child abuse images for the third time. Norwich Crown Court heard he downloaded 289 category A images—the most serious classification involving penetrative sex, pain, torture or severe humiliation—along with 184 category B and 37 category C images between September 2024 and June 2025.

The discovery came less than six months after police found 863 similar images on his electronic devices in March 2024, when an unannounced visit by public protection officers uncovered an undeclared Nokia phone and Novo tablet. Prosecutor Carolyn Gardiner told the court that WhatsApp messages showed Nobbs engaging in online chats with other users discussing the rape of toddlers.

Nobbs pleaded guilty to six counts of making indecent images and admitted multiple breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by creating cloud accounts, deleting online search histories and failing to make devices available for inspection. Recorder John Hardy placed him on the sex offenders' register for life, noting that the indecent images involved real victims, some as young as six months old.

How it is being reported

• Paedo who discussed raping babies jailed for hundreds of child abuse imagesAaron Nobbs was found to have downloaded a large stash of photos and videos involving sexual activity against children as young as six months.Eastern Daily Press · 23 Oct, 15:45
• Paedo who discussed raping babies jailed for hundreds of child abuse imagesAaron Nobbs was found to have downloaded a large stash of photos and videos involving sexual activity against children as young as six months.Norwich Evening News · 23 Oct, 15:45

In this story: Aaron Nobbs · Norwich Crown Court · Carolyn Gardiner · John Hardy · Norwich

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