Rawtenstall Paedophile Anthony Rusden possessed perverted and sadistic indecent pictures of children over a four-year period.
Police officers acting on intelligence visited his home in Rawtenstall where they found nine Category B still pictures of children on a computer belonging to him.
Anthony Rusden, 67, obtained the images over the period of February 20, 2015 and February 9, 2019.
Anthony Rusden pleaded guilty to a single charge of making indecent pictures of children.
Anthony Rusdenwas made the subject of a community order for 18 months with 20 days of rehabilitation work with probation services.
He was also given a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order on which severely restricts any internet use and allows police to examine any devices and check the search history.
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