child sex abuse images when he asked a nurse to help him use the WiFi. Andrew Oldham asked for help with the technology when he was admitted to a Birkenhead nursing home in July last year.
It was then a member of staff made the shocking discovery on his phone finding pictures of "prepubescent" boys and girls including naked images, Liverpool Echo reported.
Oldham was a temporary resident at Daleside Nursing home at the time of the offence, Lionel Cope, prosecuting at Liverpool Magistrates' Court, explained.
Mr Cope said he asked a nurse to help him use the WiFi and "handed her a black Samsung".The nurse then saw prohibited images of boys and girls some of which "appeared to be naked".
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