Locations
Waters Road, Catford, South East London, SE6
Description
A repeat Lewisham sex offender who uploaded child pornography of an extreme nature online despite being under supervision has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
Police traced the upload to Aron Mortlock, 37, of Waters Road, a registered sex offender previously convicted of making indecent images of children in May 2018.
Bromley Magistrates' Court heard that in September 2019, officers received intelligence that a Category A indecent video of a child had been uploaded to the internet.
Research showed it had been uploaded by Mortlock, who was arrested at his home on suspicion of making and distributing indecent images of children.
A number of items, including a phone and hard drive were seized from the property, and a large amount of indecent images of children found on these devices.
Mortlock pleaded guilty to three charges of making an indecent image, distributing an indecent image and attempting to arrange the commission of a child sex offence on Wednesday February 12.
He was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday, 4 March. He will remain on the sex offenders' register for life.
Detective Constable Katie Slee, from South East Safeguarding, said: Mortlock is a repeat offender and despite being under supervision continued to download horrific images of children.
He has never shown any remorse for his behaviour and did all he could to stop police gaining access to the items seized from his address.
"We are pleased he is now behind bars and will have no access to any devices which allow him to facilitate any further crimes.
An spokesperson for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said: Mortlock has committed a number of appalling offence that typify the horrific trade in child abuse images currently taking place online.
Law enforcement cannot solve this problem alone.
"Big tech must also be made to use their expertise and resources to quickly remove this terrible content from their platforms and identify who put it there in the first place.