"You have a serious problem... but you won't face up to it": Police cyber forensics expert caught with stash of 'horrific' child abuse images - he blamed his marriage being on the rocks
26.03.2024 - 10:49
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A cyber forensics expert has been branded a danger to children after he was caught with a 'horrific' stash of child pornography on his computer.
Iain Nash, 46, was only caught after he accidentally handed in a hard-drive device when he gave his notice at work, a court heard. Suspicions were raised when the dad-of-one sent a frantic message to a colleague pleading 'If you’ve already imaged it, I’d be obliged if you would delete the image. I'll be in the office in two hours'.
But the vile images of youngsters being abused by paedophiles were uncovered on the device and Nash, a cyber forensics expert who sold IT software to UK police forces, Interpol and the FBI, was arrested. Officers seized his phone and 35 other devices and found 1,123 horrific pictures - some including a 12 month baby - plus others featuring girls aged between four and six being raped.
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When quizzed Nash, from Cheshire, said he only took a sexual interest in children for a brief time in 2013 when his marriage was on the rocks. But officers found a poem he had written in 2006 in which he confessed his desires for underage girls.
At Chester Crown Court, a judge said he had a 'serious problem he would not fully face up to' and 'refused to accept he was attracted to children'. The court heard how when the device was uncovered, Nash had been working for MD5 Ltd - a digital forensics company which provides Virtual Forensic Computing software to law enforcement agencies.
As well as Interpol and the FBI, clients also included the National Crime Agency, Homeland Security, the Australian Federal Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.