Man with over 110,000 indecent images of children avoids jail
Daniel Greaves has been given a two year suspended sentence, ordered to complete unpaid work, and put on the Sex Offenders Register
A man from East Yorkshire who had over 110,000 indecent images of children across 76 devices has been given a two-year suspended sentence.
Daniel Greaves, 35, of Station Road in Patrington, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children at Hull Crown Court.
The court heard the images had been collected over around nine and a half years.
An investigation started in March 2024, when officers received information that Greaves was suspected of being in possession of multiple indecent images of children.
He was arrested in his home that same month.
Officers found 76 devices at his address, including phones, computers, hard drives and servers.
Specialist officers examined the devices and more than 100,000 images and videos were submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service for review.
He's now been given a two-year suspended sentence, and ordered to conduct 200 hours' unpaid work, and 20 days rehabilitation.
He will also be on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years and has been been handed a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Police Constable Sophie Newbon from our Police Online Investigation Team, leading the investigation said: "The sheer volume of images and videos that Greaves had collected of young children using the dark web in an attempt to get away with his disgusting behaviour, was absolutely appalling.
“Greaves went out of his way to scour the internet and download thousands of indecent images from across the web all for his own perverse gratification.
"Investigations of this nature are extremely complex, and I commend the POLIT and DFU officers for their patience and determination in developing the most comprehensive digital strategy to put a stark amount of evidence before the courts, leading Greaves to decide to plead guilty. The extremities the team were exposed to whilst reviewing them all cannot be underestimated.”