A Leeds paedophile with a catalogue of offending has been “given a chance”, despite police finding that he has been searching out child abuse images again.
Michael Slota has been caught downloading the sick images on several occasions including 2004 and 2012, and was jailed for the latter when police found nearly 3,000 images. Placed on the sex offender register, and subject to a sexual harm prevention order , it means officers can demand to see his internet devices. Leeds Crown Court was told that safeguarding officers had visited his home address on Queenswood Heights, Headingley, without warning on November 15 last year.
He has seven previous convictions for 51 offences. Mitigating, Laura Addy said Slota struggled with depression and that loneliness was a “big factor of that”, although she added: “He is an isolated individual, which is perhaps not surprising given his record.” She said he has been targeted by vigilantes in the past due to his offending and had been unable to get work because of a heart condition.
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