Following a similar term a few years prior, Eastbourne paedophile Daniel Graham Turner, 33 of Longstone Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on March 2. having entered a guilty plea to a number of charges involving the creation and dissemination of obscene photographs of children as well as to breaking a previously imposed Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
Daniel Graham Turner will spend the first four years of his sentence in incarceration; the next three years will be under prison release licence supervision. He will remain registered sex offender for life and the subject of the SHPO, therefore severely limiting his access to digital communications equipment and children.
None of the pictures, all taken on the Internet, were thought to be of local youngsters.
Daniel Graham Turner’s fresh offending came to light after Sussex Police Paedophile Online Investigation Team (POLIT) agents discovered intelligence showing he had been viewing obscene photos of youngsters online.
Daniel Graham Turner had been downloading obscene images of young girls including some of the most severe type, had exchanged images with others and engaged in online chat about his desires in relation to them. They went to his address in Eastbourne, arrested him and seized various digital devices from detailed examination.
Daniel Graham Turner had already been imprisoned at Hove Crown Court in September 2016 for four-and- a-half years following his guilty plea to causing or encouraging a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity; and to nine counts relating to making or distributing indecent images of children, all while he was living in Polegate between 2004 and 2014. He was also made subject to the indefinite SHPO and entered on the registry for life of sex offenders.
“This investigation shows our dedication in aggressively seeking information about this type of offending, and to monitor sex offenders in the community,” stated Detective Inspector Andy Harbour from POLA.
“Everyone who downloads or shares offensive photographs of children runs the danger of having us arrive on their door at any moment, each one of which is by definition proof of a child being harmed. They will be taken before the courts, and this case demonstrates how methodically offending like this may draw a particularly heavy jail sentence.
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