POLICE found more than 2,500 images of children posing naked or in underwear on a man’s computer, Bradford Crown Court was told.

Richard Vogel, 50, was given a community order after the court heard it had taken the prosecuting authorities seven years to bring the case to court.

Prosecutor Michael Greenhalgh said police executed a search warrant at Vogel’s then home in Wyke, Bradford, after intercepting a package delivered to his parents’ address in North Shields.

They seized computer equipment, CDs and DVDs from the Wyke address which contained 2,582 indecent images, all of which were in the lowest level of seriousness.

Mr Greenhalgh said the original case was dismissed because court committal papers were not served in time.

Vogel, now of North Shields, admitted making and possessing indecent photos of children. He was given a three-year community order with supervision and a requirement to complete a sexual offenders programme. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender for five years.

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