In 2021, the Offender Register confirmed that a paedophile, Christopher Behn, from Colchester, had been sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing very young boys following a cycling excursion in Myanmar.
In November 2016, Christopher Behn, a resident of Mersea Road, travelled to the south-east Asian country for a guided cycling excursion. Subsequently, he proceeded to the Ngapali Beach region.
Before returning to the United Kingdom, the 66-year-old pursued vulnerable local boys with the intention of sexually abusing them during his four-night stay at the resort.
Behn, a retired engineer, captured posed naked photographs of 11 Burmese boys under the age of 13 who were unidentified.
Additionally, he subjected one of the boys to sexual violence and captured the incident in a sequence of photographs.
In February 2020, Behn was apprehended by officers at Gatwick Airport, where he was a subject of interest in a broader National Crime Agency investigation.
Both his laptop and Garmin GPS device were confiscated, which forensic analysts employed to establish that Behn was present at the locations where the boys’ photographs were captured.
Officers discovered a total of 265 indecent images of children on Behn’s laptop, which he had personally taken.
He had instructed the lads to pose either partially clothed or naked in some instances. In other instances, it was evident they were oblivious to the fact that the photograph was being taken.
Behn was indicted on eight counts of causing a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity, one count of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13, and two counts of capturing indecent images of children.
On Thursday, he was sentenced to six years in prison, with an additional six years on extended licence, after pleading guilty to all charges last month at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Additionally, Behn will be subject to a sexual harm prevention order.
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