A twisted paedophile was caught with vile pictures of children being abused on his phone during a routine visit by police.

Kristian Fernandez, from Ramsgate, had been subject to a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) imposed on him after he was sentenced for similar sickening offences in 2009.

An officer saw an indecent image of a child when checking a phone Fernandez had at his home in Clements Road on June 6, 2019, and the mobile was seized.

Further investigation uncovered a collection of indecent videos and images, including 16 at category A - the worst kind as categorised by police and the courts.

Fernandez was later arrested and charged with three offences, relating to more than 20 category A, category B and category C images and videos.

He was given a two-year, three-month sentence at Canterbury Crown Court on Wednesday after admitting three counts of making an indecent image of a child.

The police investigator in the case, Jean Farbrace, said: "The children abused in indecent images are real victims of real crimes and anyone accessing such images is complicit in their abuse.

"Fernandez continued to access such images despite being the subject of an order imposed by a court and the sentence imposed on him shows that those who take part in this activity face prison when caught."

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