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A man who was caught with child abuse images on his computer tried to pin them on his innocent dad.

Matthew Wright, 26, had done "everything possible to wriggle off the hook," a judge told him.

And that included trying to deflect the blame onto his ill father.

He initially entered not guilty pleas but came to his senses and admitted what he'd done.

Wright, of Vyrnwy Close in Summerhill, Wrexham , had been due to go on trial.

But he pleaded guilty to making four Category A images, eight B and 98 C ones.

The National Crime Agency and North Wales Police had searched his home on June last year after a tip off.

They found the pictures, of girls aged between 18 months and 15 years.

Judge Niclas Parry said it was "despicable" that he had at one stage tried to deflect the blame onto his hard-working and poorly dad.

Defending barrister Oliver King said Wright was a man of good character.

But like others in his position he'd dragged his feet and had not wanted to admit what he'd done because of the stigma that went with it.

Mr King said he'd made no secret of being sexually aroused by the images, but wanted help.

His job was at risk, and he had "gone off the rails". Mr King said taking cocaine may have lowered his inhibitions and broken down the barriers that might otherwise have stopped him looking at such images.

He was given six months in prison, suspended for two years, and sent on a course designed to put right his problems.

Wright was also ordered to carry out 80 hours unpaid work, and go on the sex offenders register for seven years.

He will also be subject to restrictions on his internet use for that time.