Paedophile Ian Wynter from Loughborough, who confessed to being “sexually attracted to babies and toddlers,” has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for financing the exploitation of young children in Asia.
Investigators from the National Crime Agency determined that Ian Wynter, 59, exploited financially weak persons in nations including the Philippines and Indonesia. He would provide them with precise instructions and compensate them for live streaming the abuse they perpetrated.
Ian Wynter was apprehended by the NCA in January 2020 upon his arrival at Gatwick Airport from Shanghai, China, where he had resided and been employed.
Authorities confiscated many electronic gadgets, including mobile phones, a laptop, and an external hard drive from him at the airport, as well as from his residence in Loughborough, UK.
They recovered thousands of online chat logs which showed Ian Wynter speaking with offenders based all over the world.
In the chats, Ian Wynter describes himself as a “paedophile” who is “sexually attracted to babies and toddlers”. As well as discussing raping them among other horrific ‘fantasies’, he also advised others on how to carry out abuse without getting caught.
While on a trip to Thailand in 2020, he engaged in an online conversation with another paedophile about potentially finding a local child to abuse.
The chat logs and financial records showed that Ian Wynter had paid a man in the Philippines to abuse a two-year-old boy for him via video call, on multiple occasions in 2019. Video recordings of these calls made by Wynter show him directing the abuse throughout, as well as requesting specific sexual acts in the chat box.
Additional messages show the man telling Ian Wynter he is in financial difficulty and needs money for “milk and diapers”. Ian Wynter later passed on the contact details of the Filipino facilitator to another online user, who he said was willing to pay “$125 up front for a show”.
The facilitator has since been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Philippines and local authorities safeguarded the child.
Ian Wynter also paid another male facilitator in Indonesia for several video calls of him abusing two-year-old boy in 2018. In this case, the man said the money would help pay for his diploma.
17,000 indecent images of children (6,000 in category A) were stored across Ian Wynter’s devices, many of which he had also shared online. Within these was a naked image of a child that he had taken himself.
In June this year, Ian Wynter pleaded guilty to 13 charges including multiple counts of encouraging the sexual assault & rape of a child under 13 and the possession and distribution of indecent images of children.
He was sentenced today (09/11/2022) at Leicester Crown Court to 25 years in prison.
He will also be subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and has been placed on the Sex Offender Register.
Tony Smith from the National Crime Agency said:
“Ian Wynter is a prolific sexual offender who caused very young children to suffer the most horrendous abuse at the hands of willing facilitators, giving them specific direction and financial reward.
“Ian Wynter spoke with thousands of other predators online with whom he openly discussed his horrific sexual fantasies, and offered advice on carrying out abuse while avoiding detection.
“This case is a key example of how predatory sexual offenders are using online platforms to target vulnerable children overseas, as well as to connect with other like-minded individuals. Ian Wynter’s sentence reflects the gravity of his worldwide offending and our commitment to bring him to justice.
“The NCA works with law enforcement partners across the globe to ensure we are identifying and disrupting offenders, and safeguarding children, wherever they are.”
Bethany Raine, CPS Specialist Prosecutor, said:
“Ian Wynter demonstrated sickening depravity by paying adults to sexually abuse children in video calls and exploiting innocent children in other parts of the world.
“This conviction sends a clear message that the CPS, working alongside the NCA and international partners, will work to bring to justice those who sexually abuse and exploit children, wherever that abuse takes place.
“Working with our international partners we have also been able to help the Filipino courts jail one of the abusers Ian Wynter encouraged in his appalling search for sexual gratification.”
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