East Sussex man convicted in online paedophile ring
John Denham, formally known as Benjamin Harrop, 49, from Wiltshire, was found guilty of conspiring to commit sexual assault against a child and possessing and distributing indecent images of children in court yesterday (April 21).
Matthew Stansfield, 34, from Hampshire, was found guilty of conspiring to rape a child under 13.
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Hide AdMatthew Lisk, 32, from East Sussex, Adam Toms, 33, from Somerset, Christopher Knight, 35, from Manchester, Robin Hollyson, 30, from Bedfordshire, David Harsley, 51 from Hull, all pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
The NCA said it would only provide the counties the defendants lived in “to protect their families”.
The men shared indecent images and videos of children being abused, communicating via social networking forums. Evidence shows that the group’s victims were mainly babies and infants, with at least one victim given stupefying drugs to enable offenders to carry out sexual abuse.
Chat logs obtained corroborate this, with some members offering advice and guidance to others regarding how much drug to administer to a child, depending on their age.