bosshogg01
June 18th, 2007, 05:30 PM
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2675745.ece
This made me sick to my stomach, how the *uck could someone do this!
:gun_bandana::gun_bandana::gun_bandana:they need to be shot! :gun_bandana::gun_bandana::gun_bandana:
Police have rescued at least 15 British children from horrific sex abuse after launching an audacious "sting" on a UK-based paedophile ring, it was announced yesterday.
The kingpin of the vile internet chatroom - where perverts queued up to download images of children being raped - was handed a jail sentence which could see him stay behind bars for the rest of his life.
Suffolk-based brewer Timothy David Martin Cox was handed an indeterminate sentence at Ipswich Crown Court after one of the biggest ever crackdowns on online child abusers.
The minimum jail term set by the judge was just one year and seven months but he will only be released when he is no longer a danger to the public.
Cox hosted the website known as "Kids the Light of Our Lives", and masqueraded behind the online identity "Son of God".
Judge Peter Thompson said some of the shocking images showed very young children being subjected to "sadistic" abuse.
In one case a girl aged about five was shown being raped, and in another a girl aged about three was being abused with a knife.
Obsessive paedophile Cox was found to have nearly 76,000 images of children on his computer plus 1,100 videos which would have taken 316 hours to watch back-to-back.
There was also evidence that the 28-year-old bachelor had supplied nearly 11,500 images to other paedophiles.
Cox sent an average of 200 images a day from his bedroom at the family farm at Buxhall, near Stowmarket.
He lived with his parents, sister and 26-year-old girlfriend, working in the family's microbrewery Cox & Holbrook, which brewed real ales with names such as Uncle Stan and Goodcock's Winner.
Prosecutor Simon Spence said Cox led a double life, adding: "Some of these films are of users of the chat room actually abusing their own children and filming themselves, then posting it in the chat room."
Ceop's Ian Robertson said outside court: "The amount of data that came out was massive."
Immediately after arresting Cox last September, undercover officers continued running the website to snare other users.
They placed a message that he had gone for his tea and would be back in 30 minutes to stop other members of the paedophile site becoming suspicious.
Then they ran the chatroom under Cox's online identities for 10 days to gather evidence on 700 other members of the ring around the world.
Mr Robertson said about 200 of the suspects are based in the UK, and 31 children in all have been rescued from abuse.
Ceop chief executive Jim Gamble said: "This is the biggest co-ordinated, collaborative approach on the online environment ever.
"It sets the standard we will have to follow forever.
"These children ranged from the very, very young - babies - right up to those who were in their early teens."
He added: "From the apparent 'safety' of his home, Cox spent hours each day planning, promoting and encouraging the abuse and exploitation of innocent young victims.
"In doing so he provided a service to hundreds of like-minded individuals, enabling those with a sexual interest in children to share indecent images and discuss further plans for abuse.
"Anybody who thinks they can carry out such horrific activities undetected is in for a very rude awakening."
Police believe Cox alters his name to create confusion, and is known as Timothy, Martin and Martyn.
The complex investigation exposed another member of the Kids The Light of Our Lives website, who is also due to be sentenced later this month.
Gordon Mackintosh from Hertfordshire attempted to resurrect the website after Cox's arrest.
Mackintosh, 33, used the user names "silentblackheart" and "lust4skoolgurls", and his PC was found to contain more than 5,000 images of children and 392 indecent movie files.
He admitted 27 charges of making, possessing and distributing the material and is due to be sentenced on June 29.
Mr Gamble said Cox had been a member of a US-based online paedophile ring which was closed down by US authorities in March last year.
The host of the "Kiddypics" and "Kiddyvids" site adopted the username "G.O.D.", and Cox's online identity "Son of God" was believed to be a reference to this earlier case.
Cox admitted nine offences of possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
The judge said he would stay in prison until experts decide it is safe to release him.
Prosecutor Mr Spence said: "He was running a chat room on the internet which paedophiles from all over the world could access.
"He lived with his parents and 26-year-old girlfriend in a farmhouse.
"In reality he was living a double life. For what must have been hours at a time he was online either viewing these images of children, arranging the chat room or communicating with other paedophiles.
"His involvement must have been to a degree which can only be properly described as obsessive."
The investigation involved agencies from 35 countries around the world.
This made me sick to my stomach, how the *uck could someone do this!
:gun_bandana::gun_bandana::gun_bandana:they need to be shot! :gun_bandana::gun_bandana::gun_bandana:
Police have rescued at least 15 British children from horrific sex abuse after launching an audacious "sting" on a UK-based paedophile ring, it was announced yesterday.
The kingpin of the vile internet chatroom - where perverts queued up to download images of children being raped - was handed a jail sentence which could see him stay behind bars for the rest of his life.
Suffolk-based brewer Timothy David Martin Cox was handed an indeterminate sentence at Ipswich Crown Court after one of the biggest ever crackdowns on online child abusers.
The minimum jail term set by the judge was just one year and seven months but he will only be released when he is no longer a danger to the public.
Cox hosted the website known as "Kids the Light of Our Lives", and masqueraded behind the online identity "Son of God".
Judge Peter Thompson said some of the shocking images showed very young children being subjected to "sadistic" abuse.
In one case a girl aged about five was shown being raped, and in another a girl aged about three was being abused with a knife.
Obsessive paedophile Cox was found to have nearly 76,000 images of children on his computer plus 1,100 videos which would have taken 316 hours to watch back-to-back.
There was also evidence that the 28-year-old bachelor had supplied nearly 11,500 images to other paedophiles.
Cox sent an average of 200 images a day from his bedroom at the family farm at Buxhall, near Stowmarket.
He lived with his parents, sister and 26-year-old girlfriend, working in the family's microbrewery Cox & Holbrook, which brewed real ales with names such as Uncle Stan and Goodcock's Winner.
Prosecutor Simon Spence said Cox led a double life, adding: "Some of these films are of users of the chat room actually abusing their own children and filming themselves, then posting it in the chat room."
Ceop's Ian Robertson said outside court: "The amount of data that came out was massive."
Immediately after arresting Cox last September, undercover officers continued running the website to snare other users.
They placed a message that he had gone for his tea and would be back in 30 minutes to stop other members of the paedophile site becoming suspicious.
Then they ran the chatroom under Cox's online identities for 10 days to gather evidence on 700 other members of the ring around the world.
Mr Robertson said about 200 of the suspects are based in the UK, and 31 children in all have been rescued from abuse.
Ceop chief executive Jim Gamble said: "This is the biggest co-ordinated, collaborative approach on the online environment ever.
"It sets the standard we will have to follow forever.
"These children ranged from the very, very young - babies - right up to those who were in their early teens."
He added: "From the apparent 'safety' of his home, Cox spent hours each day planning, promoting and encouraging the abuse and exploitation of innocent young victims.
"In doing so he provided a service to hundreds of like-minded individuals, enabling those with a sexual interest in children to share indecent images and discuss further plans for abuse.
"Anybody who thinks they can carry out such horrific activities undetected is in for a very rude awakening."
Police believe Cox alters his name to create confusion, and is known as Timothy, Martin and Martyn.
The complex investigation exposed another member of the Kids The Light of Our Lives website, who is also due to be sentenced later this month.
Gordon Mackintosh from Hertfordshire attempted to resurrect the website after Cox's arrest.
Mackintosh, 33, used the user names "silentblackheart" and "lust4skoolgurls", and his PC was found to contain more than 5,000 images of children and 392 indecent movie files.
He admitted 27 charges of making, possessing and distributing the material and is due to be sentenced on June 29.
Mr Gamble said Cox had been a member of a US-based online paedophile ring which was closed down by US authorities in March last year.
The host of the "Kiddypics" and "Kiddyvids" site adopted the username "G.O.D.", and Cox's online identity "Son of God" was believed to be a reference to this earlier case.
Cox admitted nine offences of possessing and distributing indecent images of children.
The judge said he would stay in prison until experts decide it is safe to release him.
Prosecutor Mr Spence said: "He was running a chat room on the internet which paedophiles from all over the world could access.
"He lived with his parents and 26-year-old girlfriend in a farmhouse.
"In reality he was living a double life. For what must have been hours at a time he was online either viewing these images of children, arranging the chat room or communicating with other paedophiles.
"His involvement must have been to a degree which can only be properly described as obsessive."
The investigation involved agencies from 35 countries around the world.