Police found a huge secret stash of more than 12,300 indecent images of children after they went to the home of the Molescroft Paedophile, Lawrence McKee, and carried out a search of his internet devices.
Lawrence McKee, 38, of Copandale Road, Molescroft, Beverley, admitted three offences of making indecent images of children.
Maya Hanson, prosecuting, said that police received information on July 23, 2023 that indecent images of children had been linked to an IP address for Lawrence McKee. They went to his home on September 28 of that year and seized a number of items.
They were examined and a “high volume” of 12,334 images of children, including videos, were found. They included 457 in the most serious Category A, 231 in Category B and 11,646 in Category C. At least one of the children featured was as young as between one and two years old. Some of them were shown in pain from what was happening to them.
Lawrence McKee had already registered as a sex offender and he had pleaded guilty at a hearing before Hull Magistrates’ Court. He had no previous convictions.
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