In 2019, the Offender Database recorded that Alan Bloy, then 53, of Pittneys, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, was jailed for nearly three years for commissioning international child abuse and grooming. On appearing at Peterborough Crown Court for sentencing, the defendant admitted to paying hundreds of pounds to individuals in Ghana and the Philippines in exchange for indecent images. The court reported that Bloy had been the subject of a dual investigation involving both specialist police units and an online activist group.
The investigation established that Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team (POLIT) raided Bloy’s rented room in November 2017. Police reported seizing several devices and discovering Post-it notes containing explicit search terms. The prosecution reported that forensic analysis uncovered 32 indecent images, including Category A material, alongside messages with children as young as 11 detailing the defendant’s sexual fantasies and his transfer of £490 to overseas predators in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Judicial Findings and Investigative Detail
The court reported that while under investigation, Bloy continued his predatory behaviour. Peterborough Crown Court heard that in May 2018, police in Wales received evidence from an Online Child Abuse Activist Group (OCAG), who had engaged Bloy using a decoy account of a 12-year-old girl. The prosecution reported that Bloy sent the “girl” indecent images and researched Cardiff, South Glamorgan, with the intent of arranging a physical meeting to teach her about “sex and puberty.”
The judge noted that Bloy’s persistent actions, even after a police interview, demonstrated a high level of risk to the public. For his actions in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and his grooming activities directed toward Cardiff, the defendant was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison. The judge noted that his guilty pleas to three counts of making indecent images and attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity reflected a depraved and calculated pattern of offending.
Sentence and Statutory Requirements
For his crimes in England and Wales, Alan Bloy was handed:
- Custodial Sentence: Two years and ten months in prison.
- Sex Offenders Register: Notification requirements are now in effect indefinitely.
- SHPO: A ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
- Judicial Oversight: Sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court.
- Criminal Record: Convicted of making indecent images, encouraging crime, and inciting sexual activity.
Monitoring and Public Protection
Bloy is managed under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) by Cambridgeshire Constabulary and the prison estate. Due to the “international and persistent” nature of his offending in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and Cardiff, his management is subject to the highest level of oversight by the Public Protection Unit.
As a member of the Sex Offenders Register, Bloy must comply with notification requirements regarding his identity and residence in Peterborough for the remainder of his life. Authorities state that his ten-year SHPO is a vital tool that enables them to closely monitor his internet activity and financial transactions post-release. Any breach of his registration conditions or any further attempts to contact minors in Cambridgeshire, Wales, or elsewhere will result in immediate arrest and a return to the court system.
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