Paedophile dad caught with sick stash of almost 200 photos and 'kiddies' folder is spared jail

A twisted paedophile who had a folder on his laptop named 'kiddies' has walked free from court.

Christopher Faulkner, 35, also said he would fly to the south east Asian country and see if a poor family had a 'young daughter' who they wanted to 'make some money from'.

He had a flight booked to the country, scheduled for a few weeks after he was arrested.

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Prosecutors said they had no evidence that he had committed any 'contact' offences with children.

Faulkner, a father from Stockport, narrowly avoided jail after admitting the possession of almost 200 indecent images.

A judge told him that his chats about the Philippines showed he had a 'real, deep seated and twisted interest in sexual relationships with children'.

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"You talked about going to the Philippines and f****** everything, taking girls back to your hotel and preying on poor families to see if they can make some money from their young daughters," Judge Bernadette Baxter said.

"That is the sort of thing that strikes fear in any decent person."

Police went to Faulkner mother's home in Stockport in September 2019, where he was also living.

They seized his laptop and other electronic devices.

On the computer they discovered three Dropbox folders, two which had been sent to him by other paedophiles, and one he'd created himself named 'kiddies'.

In total Faulkner had 46