A teenage paedophile who wore a chastity belt 'to stop himself from abusing children' has been jailed after filming himself performing a sex act on a dog.
Sam O'Connell, 19, also hoarded pictures of children being sexually abused and confessed to a psychologist how he fantasized about boys and girls under the age of five.
The Scarborough teenager, who also had a sexual interest in horses, was found in possession of more than 6,400 indecent images - some of which showed children as young as just two being raped.
Forensic analysis of O'Connell's phone resulted in the discovery of an 'extreme pornographic' image of him 'performing' a sexual act on a dog, a court heard, while he also kept 'paedophile manuals' for guidance on how to attract and sexually abuse children'.
He was jailed for two years and four months and placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years at York Crown Court on Wednesday.
Sam O'Connell, 19, was jailed for two years and four months and placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years at York Crown Court on Wednesday
John Holby, prosecuting, told the court: 'He told the psychologist he had a sexual interest in animals.
'He said he had gone to the beach and unsuccessfully tried to film children and also viewed child pornography.
'He said he wore a chastity belt "to prevent himself from abusing children".'
A search of O'Connell's house resulted in police seizing 48 electronic devices, as well as the chastity belt.
Some of the devices, which included an iPhone, laptop and hard drive, were examined and O'Connell was brought in for questioning.
He confessed to detectives that he had downloaded thousands of indecent images of children, which would be found on his laptop and phone.
The teen even categorised the types of pictures police would discover on the devices as 'Category A, B and C', to which he was
