A child porn offender has been jailed for four months by Selby magistrates.

Simon Limbert, 22, who admitted downloading indecent photographs of children from the Internet, was said to have shown no remorse for the child victims.

As Limbert was led away to the cells in handcuffs, his mother, who was sitting at the back of the court, cried out "no" and broke down in tears.

He is the second Selby man this year to be jailed for child porn offences and to be registered as a sex offender.

In February, Martin Shergold, 51, of Palmer Grove, Selby, was also sentenced to four months after police found 466 images of children and adults engaged in sexual acts on his personal computer.

This case led to Selby solicitor Michael Bebb branding the Internet a "beast", giving anyone with a PC access to pornographic material.

Limbert was caught after Customs and Excise officials intercepted a CD ROM addressed to him at his home in Wand Lane, Hensall.

The court heard the CD ROM had been mailed by an American company, which was known to be involved in obscene and erotic material.

Customs and Excise audit officials then contacted police, who seized Limbert's home computer.

Jane Chadwick, prosecuting, said the computer was found to contain 43 pornographic images of young girls.

The defendant admitted he had downloaded and saved the images from the Internet.

Keith Haggerty, mitigating, said his client did not find the images sexually stimulating.

He did it out of interest, as he did with other topics while searching the Internet.

"He is not obsessed with this sort of thing and it was done in the privacy of his own bedroom," said Mr Haggerty.

"He is horrified about the possible consequences.

"He is a quiet, withdrawn, vulnerable young man who would suffer a terrible time in prison."

Senior magistrate Geoff Morley told Limbert he had deliberately selected the websites and had shown no remorse for the child victims.

Magistrates also ordered that his computer be destroyed.

Mr Haggerty said later that he was "very strongly" considering an appeal against sentence.

Updated: 15:18 Friday, June 22, 2001