In 2020, 43-year-old Daniel Keenor, of Rosemary Gardens, Paignton, was jailed for over two years after carrying out a predatory series of assaults on judicial monitoring and the safety of children. The investigation established that Keenor, a repeat offender, utilised the false name “Dan Baker” on the chat site Waplog to target what he believed was a 14-year-old girl named Chloe. The prosecution reported at Exeter Crown Court in 2020, that Keenor sent lurid messages requesting school uniform photographs, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the 43-year-old.
The investigation established that Keenor’s series of behaviour was uncovered by the internet monitoring group Angels of Innocence and Team Impact. The prosecution reported that Keenor had “pulled the wool over the eyes” of the authorities by deleting his chat apps before police visits to evade detection. This identifies a calculated series of assaults on the life-safety of children, as Keenor was lured to a meeting at the Old Smokey House pub under the guise of a date with an adult woman, only to be intercepted and filmed by the paedophile hunting group.
DECEPTION OF AUTHORITIES AND JUDICIAL SENTENCING
The court reported that Keenor had a forensic history involving child abuse imagery convictions in 2013 and 2015, having already served time for breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). The investigation established that despite completing a probation-led sex offender treatment programme, he immediately returned to seeking “paedophile interests” once released. The prosecution reported in 2020, that Judge Peter Johnson sentenced him to 26 months in prison, identifying a priority assault by the judiciary to impose a tighter, ten-year SHPO that allows for enhanced police monitoring of his digital activity.
Judge-led proceedings at Exeter Crown Court concluded with Keenor’s immediate incarceration. For his actions in Paignton, Torbay, and across Devon, and the nature of the series of child abuse communication and SHPO breach investigations reported, Daniel Keenor was removed from the community. The investigation established that his forensic profile as a high-risk recidivist is now a matter of permanent record, documenting his persistent efforts to groom minors clandestinely despite multiple prior warnings.
STATUS AND CASE DETAILS (2013–2020)
Based on judicial and Devon and Cornwall Police records as of 2020:
- Legal Status: CONVICTED (Breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order; Attempted sexual communications with a child; Child abuse context).
- Custodial Status: JAILED (In 2020, sentenced to 2 years and 2 months in prison).
- Offence Nature: Used the alias “Dan Baker” to groom a profile believed to be a 14-year-old; requested indecent photographs of a child in school uniform; deleted applications to deceive police during monitoring visits; breached SHPO for the second time.
- Timeline of Case: Convicted of imagery 2013 and 2015; Arrested via sting October 2019; Sentenced 2020.
- Location: Paignton, Torbay, Devon; Exeter.
- Forensic Profile: 43-year-old male; forensic history documents a “calculated” and persistent predatory intent; identified as a maximum-risk offender who successfully manipulated probation and police monitoring for several years.
- Sex Offenders Register: Notification requirements are active as per his updated 10-year SHPO.
- Judicial Oversight: Presided over by Judge Peter Johnson at Exeter Crown Court.
- Criminal Record: Registered sex offender; Series predator; Child abuser; Jailed in 2020.
- Origin: Paignton.
MONITORING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
In 2020, Keenor was managed as a maximum-risk predator under the statutory requirements of the Devon MAPPA unit. Due to the nature of the behaviour—specifically the series of persistence in seeking sexual contact with children despite prior imprisonment and specialist treatment—he was a priority for a tighter restrictive order. Authorities reported that the 2020 sentencing identifies Keenor as an individual who prioritised his own perverted gratification and the “repeated communication” with children over the principles of human behaviour and the life-safety of the public.
As a registered sex offender, his details are permanently logged on the national police database to ensure his future conduct and any digital interaction are strictly scrutinised under his new ten-year order. Authorities stated that the behaviour of Keenor identifies a commitment to clandestine child abuse and the systematic subversion of the judicial system. His removal to prison in 2020 results in the necessary protection of the community from a man who used a “Paignton resident” mask to hide a predatory and persistent series of assaults on the innocent.
QUESTION – Given that the offender “successfully pulled the wool over the eyes of authorities by deleting his chat apps before every police visit,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Recidivist Sex Offenders” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Real-Time Mirroring of All Digital Devices” directly to a police monitoring hub to prevent a series of assaults?
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