Member of Parkour Supergroup Spared Prison for Making and Possessing 3,000 Indecent Images of Children A member of the internationally famous parkour supergroup Storror has been spared prison after pleading guilty to making and possessing nearly 3,000 images of sex abuse involving children as young as six years old. Callum Powell, 34, spent more than a decade as a member of the team, which has a following of over 11 million subscribers on YouTube and have featured in two films directed by Transformers director Michael Bay. A member of an internationally famous parkour supergroup was spared prison after pleading guilty to making and possessing nearly 3,000 images of sex abuse involving children as young as six years old. Callum Powell, 34, spent more than a decade as a member of Storror, a team of seven professional freerunners who post weekly YouTube videos of them scaling obstacles. The group has a following of more than 11 million subscribers on the streaming platform and have featured in two films directed by Transformers director Michael Bay.The Daily Mail revealed Powell's conviction in May, where he pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, one charge of possessing a prohibited image of a child, and one charge of possessing extreme pornographic images portraying a sex act with an animal. In total, he was charged at Brighton Magistrates' Court with making or possessing 2,649 category C, 105 category B and 178 category A indecent images or pseudo-images of children.Powell previously denied intentionally seeking the images, which continued for a two-year period, and blamed an AI setting of removing clothes from photographed children without his knowledge. Category C images are those depicting children in non-sex acts but which remain illegal under UK indecency laws. Category B are images showing non-penetrative sexual activity, while Category A images depict children subjected to penetrative sexual activity, bestiality or sexual activity involving sadism.Callum Powell was spared prison after pleading guilty to making and possessing nearly 3,000 images of sex abuse involving children as young as six years old. Powell - described as a popular, well-known face around Brighton - was handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for a year, on Friday at Brighton Magistrates' Court. The court heard he has since been shunned by former friends and colleagues who he worked with for 20 years.Powell, wearing a grey hoodie, fidgeted nervously in the dock as his sentence was handed down. District Judge Amanda Kelly told Powell he had gained international prominence through his online activity. She told him: 'You initially denied knowingly seeking out these sorts of images for your own sexual gratification and suggested you may have inadvertently received them because you used an AI programme that removes clothes from images you have downloaded from Instagram.However, you soon went on to admit that you had obtained sexual gratification from images of children and you pleaded guilty to all offences.' The Category A images were of the 'utmost gravity' the judge said. DJ Kelly told him she accepted his remorse, adding: 'You are genuinely sorry for the harm caused to the children in the images you have looked at.' While Powell did not directly abuse any children, his behaviour contributed to the abuse and exploitation of real children, the court heard. He downloaded truly abhorrent images of very young children being horrifically violated.'Every viewing of such material perpetuates the market for that abuse and contributes to the continuing harm suffered by the children depicted,' DJ Kelly said. Powell demonstrated a sexual interest in children over a significant period of time, the judge added. Amy Fraser, prosecuting, said Powell's bedroom was searched after police were alerted to indecent images of children being uploaded using a Google account linked to him.Powell spent more than a decade as a member of Storror, a team of seven professional freerunners who post weekly YouTube videos of them scaling obstacles The digital files included images of children as young as six. He was arrested in June last year and four devices were seized.Powell used an iPhone, hard drive and two SD memory cards to store 2,649 Category C images, 105 Cat B, 178 Cat A, one image of bestiality and one prohibited image of a child.'This was a large collection of images spread across multiple devices,' Ms Fraser said. Steve Wedd, defending, said Powell had lost everything since admitting the offences, and is making attempts to address offending behaviour. Mr Wedd told the court: 'In May, he pleaded guilty across the board on a full, open basis with no quibbling. It has destroyed his personal life since.He has lost everything. His good name, his friendships, 20 years of friendships in Storror. He was a leading light with 11 million subscribers around the world, $60,000 turnover a year, three billion views online. This pebble in this pond, ripples around the world - far beyond Brighton and Sussex