Fareham man admits having 200,000 child abuse images
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David Smith, 51, of Carberry Drive, Fareham, admitted three charges of making indecent images, three of possession and a final charge of having 3,721 prohibited images of children.
Smith will be sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on April 5.
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Hide AdCharges reveal he made 182,687 still images of children rated at category C - the least severe rating issued by police. He had 1,623 videos at that category.
Smith also made 8,015 moving and still images at class B, and 7,991 at category A - the worst rating.
At Portsmouth Magistrates' Court last week he was ordered to sign the sex ofefnders' register.