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An 82-year-old from Lynn who was caught with more than 1,000 illegal images of children has been placed on the sex offenders’ register. Brian Butterfield, of Blackford in Reffley, appeared at Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to be sentenced. At a previous hearing on November 9, he had pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of a child. Butterfield, who is retired and receives a pension, made 82 Category A photographs and 84 Category A videos of children – the most serious – between March 11, 2017 and March 29, 2021. He also made 323 Category B photographs and 533 Categ…

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