A paedophile who was repeatedly stabbed by jihadis in the London Bridge terror attack has walked free after a court heard how the atrocity helped him overcome his perversion. Adam Harris, 38, was severely injured in the incident that left eight people dead and 48 injured on June 3 last year.
Five months before he had been caught with over 1,000 still images and more than 100 videos of children on his phone and computer, Blackfriars Crown Court heard. His defence lawyer, Judith Benson, told the judge how the criminal had received counselling after the the terror attack which helped him to address his sick behaviour.
Ms Benson had asked for a reporting restriction to be made, as she said press reports had worsened Harris' PTSD and caused great distress to his mother, who he now lived with in Northumberland.
Judge Deva Pillay refused the application.
Ms Benson said: 'In June 2017 he began to take steps to address the behaviour that lead to this, in short he was abused as a child.
'He began to receive counselling for the PTSD from being stabbed during the London bridge attacks
'He has been left with extreme anxiety, depression and as a result of that was provided counselling and in the course of that dealt with the sexual abuse.'
Prosecutor Patricia Deighan said 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.
Harris had been out celebrating getting a new job on the night of the London Bridge attack, but he was never able to take up the position. <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
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