Spared jail : Amy Hickson had more than 600 indecent images of babies and children and pornographic images of animals . A woman has been spared jail despite being caught with more than 600 indecent images of babies and children and pornographic images of animals when she was just 17 . Amy Hickson , now 20 , of Alresford , Hampshire , pleaded guilty at Winchester Crown Court to 13 offences which involved many of the sick images being stored as a Powerpoint presentation . She had also made Google and Youtube searches for child abuse images , the court heard . Judge Susan Evans said : 'There are babies in these images , two-year-olds , three-year-olds , four and five-year-olds . They are not all young children , but there are some very young children so it does make it very serious indeed . ' She added : 'Theses children are the victims and people do not know what happens to them . But I know for sure they suffer serious physical and emotional damage from what they suffer in these appalling pictures . ' The offences are made up of eight charges of making indecent photos of a child , one charge of a pseudo image of a child and two counts of possessing prohibited images of children . Hickson also pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing 16 'extreme , disgusting or obscene ' pornographic images involving animals - including dogs , being abused and tortured . She was sentenced to a 12-month prison sentence , suspended for two years . She was also ordered to carry out 200 hours community service and attend a women 's group . She was also made subject of a sex offences prevention order for five years and ordered to sign the sex offenders ' register for 10 years - and pay £750 costs and a £100 victim surcharge . Dawn Hyland , prosecuting , said that the indecent images of children included 219 of category A seriousness , 185 at category B and 199 at category C. The prohibited images included 523 cartoon images portraying child abuse , Ms Hyland said . She explained that Hickson 's computer was examined by the UK police in February 2013 after they were tipped off by the American authorities . Andrew Turton , defending , said that Hickson , who is unemployed , was 'naive and immature ' for her age and that she had left her university course following the police investigation and now remains living at home with her parents . Speaking at Winchester Crown Court , above , Andrew Turton , defending , said that Hickson , who is unemployed , was 'naive and immature ' for her age . He said : 'It is unusual to have someone who is a child , who is a youth , being involved with this type of offending . ' He also described how she had cut and paste some of the images and added text in a 'childish ' way - and the offences were committed using a computer which had been bought for her sixth form studies . He added : 'There is no suggestion that Amy Hickson is a danger to anybody - and certainly not a danger to animals , babies or children . '
Amy Hickson , 20 , collected stash of sick images when she just 17 years old . Included 16 'extreme , disgusting or obscene ' porn images of animals . Defence lawyer said Hickson , of UK , was 'immature ' for her age . She had to quit her university course when the investigation began .