A prolific child porn viewer who downloaded more than 1,000 images has pleaded for leniency because he was stabbed in the London Bridge terror attack.

Adam Harris, 38, was caught with the images along with more than 100 videos of children on his phone and computer.

Prosecutor Patricia Deighan, told Blackfriars Crown Court that the images "include moving images and they include very young children - a boy of eleven or twelve, a girl nine or ten and an indecent image of an infant."

In total the police recovered 225 category 'A' images, 345 category 'B' images and 719 of category C images which were downloaded sometime before 24 January.

Neil Fitzgibbon, defending, said: "This gentleman, born in 1979, has limited convictions but he was involved in the London Bridge terrorist attack and was stabbed twice in one of the bars where the waitress was stabbed in the back and he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.