Stephen Paddock, who was jailed in 2013 for indecent images offences as well as breaching a court order, was arrested in in Norfolk in June 2024.

Norwich Crown Court heard it was after the 59-year-old was found to be "championing sexual abuse of children" and distributing images online via a KiK account.

Norwich Crown Court (Image: Peter Walsh, Newsquest)

Police executed a warrant at the address of Paddock, whose Facebook page shows he was affiliated to the RAF Regiment's Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC).

Martin Ivory, prosecuting, said indecent images of children were found on a phone belonging to the defendant.

He said children in the images were "very young indeed" with females aged between four and six and seven and nine identified.

In all, 1,072 images and 485 videos of Class A -........

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