KATHMANDU: A pedophile has been arrested after he took child abuse images to the UK following a trip to Nepal.
Subarna Bura, 31, from Cwmbran, Wales, UK had pictures and films of girls and boys aged between 10 and 12 having sex.
Police found the material on Bura’s USB memory sticks, South Wales Argus reported.
“The defendant told the police he went to Nepal a few years ago and took USB devices with him”, prosecutor Nuhu Gobir said, adding, “he said he had asked friends for some pornography which they then transferred on to the devices for him.”
According to Gobir, the defendant said he returned to the UK with the devices but was not interested in the images and intended to delete them.
There were 14 category A images, depicting the most serious types of child abuse, made up of four still and 10 moving images.
Bura also had three category B and 13 category C images.
The defendant, of East Road, Oakfield, admitted three counts of possession of indecent images of children.
He also pleaded guilty to possession of 334 extreme pornographic images involving bestiality.
The offenses were committed on June 1, 2020.
Tom Roberts, representing Bura, said that the defendant has found himself in a very difficult position.
“He pleaded guilty at the very first opportunity.” “This is, however, in my submission, an utterly isolated aspect of his character and he’s otherwise a productive and industrious member of society and he supports his parents,” Roberts said.
The judge, Recorder Lucy Crowther, told the defendant she believed there was a “realistic prospect” of him being rehabilitated.
Bura was sentenced to a three-year community order.
He must attend 35 sessions of the Horizon sex offender program, complete a 30-day rehabilitation activity requirement and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
The defendant must register as a sex offender for five years and be made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for the same period.
(With inputs from South Wales Argus)
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