A man has pleaded guilty after police found USB devices in his shoes containing indecent images of children.

Martin Sparks, 47 (06.06.73), of Maldon Walk, Redbridge, pleaded guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday (June 26) to five counts of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), making indecent images of children (category A) and making indecent images of children (category B).

He will be sentenced at the same court on August 26.

Officers from the Met's Specialist Crime Command executed a search warrant on June 18 at Sparks' home following intelligence that indecent images of children has been downloaded at the same address via peer-to-peer software.

Sparks' was previously convicted on June 26 2018 for making indecent images of children.

He received two years' imprisonment, which was suspended for two years, and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) until "further order" on this date.

Officers said Sparks committed five SHPO breaches.

During the search, officers seized a computer tower, which Sparks used to download the illegal images – this related to three of the breaches.

Officers also found an electronic tablet, which was a breach due to it not being declared to his Public Protection Unit manager.

The remaining breach was for connecting to the home’s router to use the internet when he downloaded the images

Sparks was taken to an east London police station.

Officers said when he was searched in custody, two USB digital storage devices were found in his shoes.

A total of 233 category A child abuse videos and 17 category B ones were found on the USBs.

Sparks told officers that when he heard officers enter the address, he went to hide the USBs and decided to put them in his shoes and put his shoes on.

Sparks admitted all the offences during his interview and he was charged on June 19.

He was convicted as above.