In 2019, the Offender Database confirmed that Nicholas Gain, then 36, of Ingleton Road on the Hardwick estate, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, was sentenced to 28 months in prison at Teesside Crown Court. Nicholas Gain was found in possession of a vast and “disgusting” collection of illegal material, which included over 4,000 indecent images of children. Of these, 807 were classified as Category A, the most serious legal level, depicting the rape and torture of minors.
The court heard the most disturbing aspect of the case was that Nicholas Gain had accessed and possessed a specific “paedophile manual.” This video provided detailed advice and guidance on how to groom and abuse children, highlighting a calculated and predatory interest beyond merely collecting images. During the investigation by Cleveland Police, it was revealed that Gain had also downloaded extreme pornography, demonstrating a deep involvement in the consumption of prohibited and violent sexual content.
Nicholas Gain pleaded guilty to making and possessing indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornography, and possession of a prohibited manual. Judge Howard Crowson noted that the nature of the material, particularly the manual, indicated a high level of risk to the community. Gain was handed a 28-month custodial sentence, with the judge emphasising that a prison term was the only appropriate response to the possession of such “appalling” instructional material.
As a result of his convictions, Nicholas Gain was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for ten years. Nicholas Gain is also subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) lasting ten years, which strictly prohibits him from accessing unmonitored digital devices and places legal barriers between him and children. The Cleveland Police conduct official monitoring, and any breach of these conditions in the Stockton-on-Tees or Hardwick areas will result in immediate arrest and return to prison.
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