Graphic Design Graduate's Child Porn Shame

Blackfriars Crown Court

An “embarrassed” graphic design graduate, caught with thousands of child porn images when National Crime Agency officers raided his and his family's home, has received a suspended prison sentence.

Amu Humayun, 31, of Herbert Road, Plumstead downloaded such titles as 'Young Angels' and 'Lolita Sexy' on two computers, which were seized.

He appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court yesterday where he was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, and was ordered to complete 80 hours community service work.

Humayun must also sign the sex offenders register for five years, comply with a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and complete a 16-day activity requirement.

He pleaded guilty to four counts of making indecent photographs of children between July 18, 2010 and May 23, 2014.

Prosecutor Mr. Gary Ponds told the court a warrant was executed at Humayun's family's home in Woodville Street, Plumstead on May 22, 2014.

The defendant was at his new address, but his family said he did pay for the internet service and his bedroom was searched.

Officers travelled the short distance to Herbert Road, where Humayun was on his laptop and told them: “It's just a bit of porn.”

An electronic storage device was seized, which contained 148 still images of children and a CD, which contained 3 stills.

On Humayun's IBM laptop police detected 23,698 suspicious images and counted over 3,000 at Category C; 12 at Category B and one Category A – the most extreme – had been deleted.

On an Acer computer there were over 83,000 suspicious images, but police stopped counting after discovering 3,000 of them were Category C child pornography, with 20 Category A images deleted.

Humayun's lawyer told the court: “An explanation is an obsessive escalation with pornography. He is a very embarrassed young man.”