Kyle Riley had more than 600 videos or stills on his phone
Martin Naylor Courts and legal affairs correspondent
13:46, 15 Jan 2026
A young paedophile who was sent vile abuse images of children tried to claim he had no sexual interest in viewing them.
But a judge told Kyle Riley he refuted that suggestion as “the sheer number and period of time he viewed them” indicated otherwise.
Nottingham Crown Court heard how the 23-year-old was arrested at his workplace in Beeston after officers failed to find him at his home in Long Eaton.
On the phone they seized from him were the videos and stills mostly of youngsters aged 10 or under being sexually abused by adults.
Handing him an eight-month prison term, suspended for two years, Judge Steven Coupland said: “Back in 2022, a number of indecent images of children were found on your phone, over 600 in total.
“122 of them were the most serious category A, and 50 of those were videos rather than still images.
“Those images were appalling; they involved children, often young children, engaged in sexual activity.
“Your account in your pre-sentence report is that you were sent those images by others, and I agree with that.
“You went on to say you did not request them, deleted them and were not interested in them.
“I’m afraid I don’t accept that.
“The sheer number of them and the period of time you viewed them shows me you did have a sexual interest in children.
“These are real children suffering real abuse, which is perpetuated by people like you viewing them.”
Luc Chignell, prosecuting, said police executed a warrant at Riley’s home address on November 16, 2022, having received information that an internet address there was viewing the abuse images.
He stated that the defendant was not present, so the officers went to his place of work in Beeston, where he was subsequently arrested, and his mobile phone was seized.
The prosecutor stated that other devices were also seized, but all the images were found on the phone.
Mr Chignell said: “There were 128 category A, 107 category B, 270 category C and 133 prohibited images of children (typically anime or cartoons).
“Most of them were of children under the age of 10 being sexually abused and had been sent through social media sites such as Twitter (now X) and others through Telegram and Pornhub.
“In the interview, he answered ‘no comment’ (to the questions he was asked).”
Riley, of Tewkesbury Road, pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children and prohibited images of children and has no previous convictions of any kind.
Bianca Brasoveanu, mitigating, said her client is on Universal Credit, having lost his job as a result of the criminal proceedings.
She said: “His life has stayed on hold pending the outcome of these proceedings, but he is seeking in time to return to retail.
“The probation service supports his management in the community, his mother is in the public gallery who he resides with and who is supportive of him.”
As part of the suspended sentence order, the judge ordered the defendant to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and to attend 35 rehabilitation sessions.
He also ordered him to pay £500 prosecution costs, placed him on the sex offender register for 10 years and handed him a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.