Tom Binns says he has 'no sexual interest in children' and had been 'under the influence of an overdose of prescription drugs for ADHD which induced obsessive-compulsive disorder'.
A comedian who had more than 35,000 indecent images of children has been spared jail.
The 53-year-old, whose full name is Christopher Thomas Binns, admitted five counts of making indecent images of children and one of possessing a prohibited image.Prosecutor Lauren Fisher said 104 category A indecent images - the most serious - were discovered, along with 411 in category B and 34,946 in category C.
Binns has said he took an overdose of prescription drugs for ADHD which induced obsessive-compulsive disorder.In an earlier statement to the comedy news website, Chortle, he said that while"under the influence" of the drugs he"downloaded and deleted a very large amount of adult pornography over a short period of time".He added:"Within those downloads, it appears there was some child pornography which I had not sought out nor wanted.
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