Pervert who claimed he was ‘paedophile hunter’ caught with child porn

Pervert who claimed he was a ‘paedophile hunter’ was found with a catalogue of sick abuse images of children as young as four

• Carl Robinson, from Runcorn, Cheshire, used dark web and Russian websites
• One of the photos he downloaded showed a girl no older than four being raped
• He previously set up two stings to meet suspected paedophiles at his home
• But judge blasted him for actions, saying demand for pictures caused abuse
• Gave him three-year community order and a 35-day rehabilitation requirement

A pervert who claimed he was a paedophile hunter was found with a vile collection of sick abuse images involving children as young as four.

Carl Robinson, from Runcorn, Cheshire, used a dark web browser to build up his catalogue of 342 sickening photos – including 15 in Category A, the worst type.

His search terms included ‘pre-teen’ and ‘young teen’, and after he downloaded the images – some from a Russian website – he used ‘cleaning’ software to cover his tracks.

One of the photos showed a girl ‘no older than four’ being raped, while another showed a rape involving a female victim aged 10-12 years old dressed as a nurse.

Judge Patrick Thompson blasted his actions at Chester Crown Court, telling him it was the demand created by paedophiles such as himself that led to children being abused. 

Instead of sending him to jail, the judge gave him a three-year community order and a 35-day rehabilitation requirement as a prison stint would not qualify Robinson from the programme that could help stop him from re-offending.

Carl Robinson, from Runcorn, Cheshire, used a dark web browser to build up his catalogue of 342 sickening photos – including 15 in Category A, the worst type

Prosecutor Mandy Nepal told the court Robinson, 32, had been a supposed ‘paedophile hunter’, having set up two stings to meet suspected paedophiles at his own home and at an Asda in Widnes.

After his arrest on June 14 last year, he claimed he had sent an image of young girls he had found on Google to someone else because he wanted to be caught.

Jamie Baxter, defending, said his client had wanted to be arrested because he did not have the courage to hand himself in – but the judge said Robinson had been ‘caught red-handed’. 

Robinson pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images, one of possession, and one of distribution.

The news comes after a paedophile hunter who downloaded over 1,700 images of child abuse over two years after becoming attracted to the sickening photographs was arrested.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Cameron Battisson, 21, initially accessed the twisted websites to snare paedophiles before becoming increasingly attracted to what he saw. 

He was been handed a three-year community order and made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order. 

Judge Patrick Thompson blasted his actions at Chester Crown Court, pictured, telling him it was the demand created by paedophiles such as himself that led to children being abused

On top of Robinson’s community order and rehabilitation requirement, he was handed a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, with the defendant to be placed on the sex offenders’ register for the same length of time.

The judge compared the punishment to a suspended sentence because any further offending will result in Robinson going to prison.

Judge Thompson said: ‘What on earth a 32-year-old man is doing viewing this sick material is just beyond me.

‘I don’t accept you are a paedophile hunter, we’ve heard you say that. What you are is a paedophile, viewing material of very young children being raped.

‘That child wouldn’t be being raped if it wasn’t for men like you so people can make money out of the abuse and exploitation of children.

‘You should feel thoroughly ashamed. You deserve to go to prison, but it seems to me what’s going to save you is your early guilty plea and your acceptance you’ve got a problem.’

He added: ‘I’ve got to protect the public from men like you. Sending you to prison for a very short time probably won’t protect the public in the long term.

‘What will protect them I hope is if you’re placed on the sexual offender treatment programme.’

Robinson, of Raleigh Close, Warrington, must also pay a victim surcharge. 

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