A sick pervert who photoshopped climate activist Greta Thunberg’s face onto child phim sex abuse images has avoided jail.Kyle Tumeo was caught with hundreds of ‘pseudo images’ and indecent images of children after police raided his home and seized an Acer laptop, two Samsung phones and an Amazon tablet.Teesside Crown Court heard that the 34-year-old had downloaded 162 category A pseudo images of children – the most serious category of child abuse – as well as a further three indecent images.He was also caught with 146 category B illegal images of children, porn 208 category C images, and 110 prohibited images of children. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg speaking at Festival Park as the UN Climate Change Conference took place in Glasgow, Scotland, November 1, 2021 RELATED ARTICLES
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Prosecutor Jenny Haigh told the court that Tumeo had also superimposed a picture of himself onto some of the images.Tumeo, of Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, pleaded guilty to three counts of making an indecent photograph, or pseudo-photograph of a child and porn to the possession of a prohibited image of a child, at his pre-trial hearing on January 10.However, he managed to avoid a jail sentence and was instead given a two-year community order.
He was also made to sign the sex offenders’ register for the same period of time.The court heard that police became aware of Tumeo’s illegal internet activity after an email from a user with the Gmail address ‘princessfasha94′ had uploaded a pseudo image online. A general view of Teesside Crown and County Court in DurhamJudge Timothy Stead told Tumeo: ‘I think you know what you have been doing is wrong.‘You have been doing something in private and you thought no one would ever find out about it.‘I think you can actually move on from this and not do anything like it again. You’re going to need help with this and I intend to see that you get it.’Tumeo was also ordered to attend an accredited sexual offending programme which involves 44 days of work, as well as 55 rehabilitation days.
