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'Evil' teacher jailed over child porn
Last updated at 00:00am on 28.05.04An infant school teacher who was caught with almost 100,000 images of child pornography was jailed for seven years today.
Martin Taylor, 39, of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, was described as a "genuinely evil" paedophile, who was leading a double life.
His stash of indecent photographs was only discovered when police were called to investigate a blaze at his home in Florence Street.
Taylor, who taught at Butlers Hill Infant School in Hucknall, pleaded guilty to numerous offences relating to the possession of child pornography.
A judge at Nottingham Crown Court heard officers investigating a fire on November 20 last year discovered incriminating pictures in his bedroom.
He was arrested and while he was in custody, two computers were seized from his home and searched.
A total of 95,227 images were found, including 16 images of the most serious level of child pornography, Tracey Kirwin, prosecuting, told the court.
Judge Dudley Bennett, sentencing, said: "You are an example, in my view, of a genuinely evil paedophile.
"This case is about as bad as it gets. In your job as a primary school teacher you were in a position where parents imagined they could trust you."
He was jailed for seven years and disqualified from working with children for life.
