In 2023, John Thorogood, the Hornsey Paedophile, who journeyed to Morocco to perpetrate sexual abuse against toddlers, was incarcerated.
John Thorogood, 75, perpetrated abuse on boys as young as one and subsequently recounted the incidents to fellow sex offenders with similar inclinations.
John Thorogood, residing on Middle Lane in Hornsey, was apprehended in December 2021 following the confiscation of pictures from an individual convicted in the Netherlands.
It was revealed that John Thorogood was involved in a Europe-wide network that spanned the globe to exploit minors.
In August, John Thorogood admitted guilt to one charge of sexual conduct with a minor, one charge of inducing a child under 13 to participate in sexual behaviour, and two charges of sexually abusing a minor.
He additionally admitted to collecting over 200,000 obscene photographs of minors.
John Thorogood is scheduled for sentencing in mid-November.
Christopher Behn, 68, from Colchester, Essex, was affiliated with the same network of offenders.
On Friday, November 3, at Chelmsford Crown Court, John Thorogood received an 11-year prison term and a further six years on licence for sexually assaulting young boys in Vietnam over a decade.
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