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| Cardiff teacher Gareth Williams had indecent child images | Cardiff teacher Gareth Williams had indecent child images |
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| A teacher from Cardiff had more than 16,000 indecent images of children on his computer, a court heard. | |
| Gareth Williams, 47, admitted 31 charges including nine of voyeurism, 20 of making indecent photos and two of possessing indecent photos. | |
| He also admitted possessing 679 indecent moving images of children of a voyeuristic nature. | He also admitted possessing 679 indecent moving images of children of a voyeuristic nature. |
| Williams appeared at Newport Crown Court via video link from Parc Prison, Bridgend. | |
| The charges included three he had previously admitted of voyeurism in a house. | The charges included three he had previously admitted of voyeurism in a house. |
| Williams looked down throughout the hearing as he pleaded guilty 31 times to the charges that were put to him. | |
| The offences took place between 2006 and January this year when Williams was arrested, the court heard. | |
| He had more than 16,000 indecent images of children in his possession and more than 600 files of voyeuristic images. | |
| The court was told that figure was a "conservative estimate". | |
| He will be sentenced next month. Judge Rhys Rowlands told Williams it would be a custodial sentence of some length. |