A loner who viewed more than 10,000 vile images of children has avoided going straight to jail.
Troy Blayney, aged 47, told a judge he did not know why he viewed sick pictures of boys and girls as young as four being abused by adults.
He also had cartoons and extreme pornography depicting people having sex with animals, Plymouth Crown Court heard.
Judge Ian Lawrie said the images were "appalling".
He told Blayney: "You committed these offences without a care for the harm...
