In 2014, the Offender Database reported that Philip Rees, the Swindon Paedophile Child Molester, received a life sentence following his conviction for egregious offences related to the sexual exploitation of a minor and the possession of several indecent photos of youngsters.
In September 2009, the event emerged, exposing Philip Rees’s alarming conduct, documented on his cell phone, where he videotaped and photographed himself perpetrating abuse against a girl under the age of 10.
Philip Rees, then 43 years old and residing on Graham Street in Swindon, appeared before Swindon Crown Court to answer for his offences.
The gravity of his actions was exacerbated by a previous conviction for the indecent assault of a minor, and detectives discovered an extensive archive of child exploitation photographs on his devices.
Subsequent enquiries uncovered a disturbing collection of data on Philip Rees’s computer and other electronic devices—an extraordinary total of 8,261 indecent photos of children.
The court discovered that Philip Rees possessed a criminal record originating from 1990, when he was convicted of indecently abusing a girl under the age of 14 in North East England.
At that time, he received a probation order, but since this occurred before the establishment of the sex offender registry, he was never officially listed as a sex offender.
Philip Rees admitted to several charges, comprising three counts of sexual assault and three counts of producing obscene photos of minors.
He acknowledged 13 charges of producing such photos and possessing obscene material both before and after March 15, with further possession occurring on March 31.
Besides the life sentence, Judge Field prohibited Philip Rees from any future employment involving minors and mandated his lifelong registration as a sex offender.
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