article_snippet: Traumatised sons (Thomas, 25, left, and Adam, 22, right) had no choice but to confide in mother,
article_snippet: Adam’s happy memories of weekends at Adam dad’s in nearby Merthyr Vale include learning to shoot an air rifle, trips to the cinema and theme park outings.
article_snippet: Nothing was too much trouble,’ Adam remembers.
article_snippet: I loved Adam, and I wouldn’t have done half the things I’ve done if it hadn’t been for Adam.
article_snippet: But that love was destroyed one night two years ago when Adam was confronted by the awful truth that dad hoarded sick images of child pornography downloaded from the internet.
article_snippet: Adam recalls: ‘It was late at night and dad had already gone to bed.
article_snippet: Adam was too horrified to tell Adam family, carrying the burden of what Adam had found,  and endured three weeks of torment before Adam finally broke down .
article_snippet: The next morning, Adam concealed Adam horror and spent the rest of the day with dad before returning home.
article_snippet: Wrestling with Adam emotions, Adam knew Adam had to share Adam discovery – but couldn’t bring Adam to tell Adam mum what his mum found.
article_snippet: Adam was suddenly full of rage,’ says Nicola.
article_snippet: Adam had violent outbursts and fought with Adam brothers all the time. '
article_snippet: Adam refused to talk to me about what was going on
article_snippet: After three weeks of torment, Adam could no longer bear Adam secret alone and Adam finally broke down, revealing all to Nicola.
article_snippet: Adam came in and plonked Adam down
article_snippet: – Adam obviously had something Adam wanted to get off Adam chest.
article_snippet: Adam told me Adam'd found things on dad's computer, things that weren't very nice. '
article_snippet: Sitting bolt upright, I asked Adam what Adam meant, and then Adam admitted Adam'd found pornographic images of children.'
article_snippet: The conversation was overheard by Thomas who revealed Adam, too, had been wrestling with the discovery of vile photos on his dad's computer for the past six weeks.
article_snippet: Adam hadn’t said anything before, but at the same time relieved I wasn’t alone,’ Adam says.
article_snippet: ‘the boys insisted Adam’d never laid a finger on the boys.