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A cocaine-dealing paedophile was jailed after police found 10 child-sized bras in a locked metal cabinet which he'd kept as 'trophies' of his sickening abuse.

Samiral Choudhury was first jailed after a kilo of cocaine was found in his car.

But when police in the midst of a major investigation into heroin and cocaine dealers seized a set of keys and combed his house, they found the twisted collection which included several horrendous images of girls.

The victims were thought to be as young as seven, M.E.N reports.

And the evidence which convicted the paedophile was acquired through the latest cutting-edge tech available to police in the UK.

Choudhury wept in the dock today as he was jailed for more than seven years for the abuse, having previously been jailed for four years for supplying a Class A drug - an offence he admitted.

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The drug dealer is "pretty upset and embarrassed in the dock," his defence solicitor said.

His downfall began in 2017 when, as part of a huge investigation into the supply of cocaine and heroin to the North West and Midlands, police stopped a car being driven by in Entwistle Street, Rochdale.

The cocaine was found and he was placed in handcuffs but a set of keys he had on him were also seized. They were later used to open the cabinet in his bedroom.

Inside the cabinet were the bras and a USB stick, on which police found indecent images of the young girls. He also had images on his mobile phone.

It is suspected the bras had been kept as "trophies" of his abuse.

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He refused to answer questions about them, but they are thought to be from one victim.

Also on Choudhury’s mobile phone were videos of an adult woman taking a shower, filmed using a camera cable through a hole in a wall.

Choudhury was today jailed for seven years and two months after admitting sexual assault by penetration of a child under 13, sexual assault of a child under 13 and voyeurism on the first day of a trail.

The sex offender began to cry as the details of the case were read out to the judge.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Choudhury’s crimes came to light in June 2017 when his car was pulled over by police officers in his hometown of Rochdale.

Officers stopped a Mercedes driven by Choudhury at 11pm on June 20 of that year.

No sexual offences were suspected.

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Prosecutor Simon Blakeborough told the court that police seized the defendant’s mobile phone and searched his family home on Entwistle Road in Rochdale.

In Choudhury’s box bedroom they discovered a USB stick locked in a cashbox and a number of small bras in a locked cabinet.

Mr Blakeborough said: “The bras are described by an officer as training bras used by young girls who are just starting to develop breasts during puberty.”

Officers also found a “spyhole camera” device attached to a cable underneath Choudhury’s pillow.

On his phone police found a 48 second long video showing the sexual abuse of a child.

Experts who examined the footage estimated the age of the child as between seven and ten-years-old, the court heard.

The phone also contained two still images of a young girl on a bed with a man’s hand groping her breast.

Choudhury’s was also in possession of a number of videos showing an undressed woman “drying off after a shower” which prosecutors say was filmed using a ‘peephole’.

A number of videos of fully clothed children filmed in public, which appeared to have been taken “covertly”, were also discovered, Mr Blakeborough said.

When quizzed by police in prison, where he was serving time for drug offences, Choudhury denied the offences, instead claiming that the USB stick was used for work and other people had access to it.

Police say Choudhury also claimed he had the ‘peephole’ camera to look for rodents that were behind skirting boards in his house.

But brilliant detective work and technology proved he was a liar.

Specialist officers identified Choudhury's fingerprint from a still image of a hand taken from one of the high definition videos downloaded from his phone.

Police assessing the video took still pictures of his fingers and zoomed in on the ridges and swirls of his finger.

It is believed to be only the second time in Greater Manchester such technology has been used to prove guilt.

On the first day of his trial last month Choudhury changed his plea and admitted the offences.

Police hope to use the technology again as the quality of mobile phone cameras improve.

Defending Choudhury, Ms White said he is willing to take any courses that would address his offending behaviour.

“The defendant is pretty upset and embarrassed in the dock,” she said.

“These offences have had a profound effect on his assessment of himself.

“His mum and dad are here. They don’t excuse his behaviour but stand by him.”

Choudhury was jailed for seven years and two months and made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order, prohibiting him from having unsupervised contact with children under 16.

It will also require him to allow police to inspect any electronic devices capable of accessing the internet.

Detective Constable Adam Cronshaw, of GMP’s Serious Crime Division, said: “Choudhury is not only a convicted drug dealer but now a convicted paedophile too.

“The sentence imposed by the court today highlights the justice system’s commitment to protecting children from predatory and shameful behaviour.

“Sexual offences often have a life-long impact on victims. We are 100 per cent committed to bringing those responsible for these shocking crimes to justice”.