article_snippet.sent: Forensic examination of the abuse images found almost 700 were of the most serious category, with a further 872 at the next level.
article_snippet.sent: Burnley Crown Court heard there were also 17,821 other indecent images with 106 movies.
article_snippet.sent: , Judge Simon Newell said there appeared to be sexually-explicit images of females aged just 10, or younger, which had assembled over a three-year period. '
article_snippet.sent: If it was not for people viewing these images, there would be a chance these children would not be harmed,' Alan Greaves said.
article_snippet.sent: Burnley Crown Court, pictured, heard that almost 700 of the images were in the most serious category .