In December 2021, Jay Hamilton, the Accrington Paedophile, who recorded himself sexually assaulting a youngster and disseminated the footage online, was incarcerated.
Jay Hamilton, 38, clandestinely recorded youngsters disrobing, which he subsequently disseminated to other sex offenders.
Authorities reported that Jay Hamilton, from Accrington, confessed to having an attraction to young girls and expressed deriving excitement from disseminating indecent content online.
Jay Hamilton was sentenced to four years in prison at Preston Crown Court, accompanied by an extended licence period of four years.
Jay Hamilton, having pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a minor, voyeurism, and the creation of indecent photos of children, was additionally issued an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and mandated to register as a sex offender for life.
An inquiry commenced in November when Lancashire Police were alerted by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children over the dissemination of 21 obscene pictures using a social media application.
After tracing the account’s IP address to a location in Accrington, Jay Hamilton was apprehended.
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