Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info A paedophile given a chance at redemption after being found with nearly a million sick child abuse images in 2020 has been jailed nearly half a decade on after continuing to make indecent images following his release. Benjamin Frost, 37, was given a community order and a chance at rehabilitation at Truro Crown Court on October 15, 2020. Despite his release, he has since committed four breaches of that order and was found with further indecent images. Frost, of Tregeagle Road in Roche, appeared at Truro Crown Court for a sentencing hearing on Thursday, April 17, having pleaded guilty to one count of making indecent images and four counts of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). The initial order he breached was imposed in 2020 after Frost was found with nearly a million sexual images of children being raped and abused. He then pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images of children. Ramsay Quaife, defending, then told the court: “He’s got to leave the virtual world behind and get into the real world. He could go to prison but society is better served with him getting the help he needs.” A judge agreed that he needed help and wouldn't get it in prison. Want the latest Cornwall breaking news and top stories first? Click here to join CornwallLive on WhatsApp and we'll send breaking news and top stories directly to your phone. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. Today, nearly five years on, the court was told Frost's order was due to expire in October of this year but in January Devon and Cornwall Police was alerted by the National Crime Agency that Frost had been uploading Cat A indecent images of children. Officers attended his home address and seized a mobile phone and took him in for questioning. On examining his mobile phone device there were two apps capable of storing images, one of which was encrypted and Frost refused to provide his fingerprint to unlock it. (Image: Cornish Guardian) At the hearing Frost's barrister said the "penny has dropped" and Frost accepts that he deserves to be punished. He said the defendant would have been "appalled" if the children in the pictures were loved ones of his own. He also put forward that it was a "small" number of images and sought to argue that he could still be a candidate for a community order. Sentencing, His Honour Judge Simon Carr, said a programme attended by Frost "entirely failed to stop [his] offending." "That such a course had such little effect leads me to conclude that you present a very real risk of future offending," he said. He told Frost that his "entrenched sexual interest in children" cannot currently be managed within the community. Judge Carr sentenced Frost to 15 months in prison. He will serve 40 per cent before release.