A 71-year-old man has been jailed after admitting making thousands of indecent images of children.

Philip Wood, of Westgate Street, Gloucester, was sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court after pleading guilty to eight counts of making images and nine counts of breaching a drug prevention order. sexual harm (SHPO).

Wood was awarded the SHPO in 2020 when he was convicted at the same court for a number of previous sexual offences.

On October 23, he was sentenced to three years in prison and will remain a registered sex offender for the rest of his life.