Some of the judges responsible for passing sentence at Sheffield Crown Court urged defendants convicted of such offences to try and understand that the children whose sexual abuse is documented in the vile pictures and videos they procured online are real children, and their interest in such content fuels the sickening, and illegal, trade.
During a December 14, 2022 hearing Judge Rachel Harrison said such offending contributes ‘to children being abused by supporting a market that produces such indecent images’.
Recorder Gurdial Singh told defendant, David Fowler, who downloaded more than 7,000 images and videos showing babies and children being sexually abused, during a hearing held at the court on April 1, 2022: “The appalling abuse suffered by these victims, and they are victims of your behaviour because you viewed these images, creating the market for this abuse. This is not a victimless crime.”
Most of the defendants included on this list have been made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order, in a bid to curb further offending; and they have also been placed on the sex offenders’ register.
The full court reports for the defendants included in this list can be found below:
- Craig Robinson: 15 months’ custody for man who merged prohibited images of children into a computer game
- Blain Allott: 22 months' jail time for Sheffield man who admitted being 'obsessed' with child abuse images
- Emilio Calderon: Jailed paedophile caught with indecent images of children hopes to open restaurant
Recorder Gurdial Singh told defendant, David Fowler, who downloaded more than 7,000 images and videos showing babies and children being sexually abused, during a hearing held at the court on April 1, 2022: “The appalling abuse suffered by these victims, and they are victims of your behaviour because you viewed these images, creating the market for this abuse. This is not a victimless crime.”