Locations
Watford, Hertfordshire, WD
Description
Prosecutors are seeking jail terms totalling 220 years for Ben David, 32, who is accused of targeting more than 30 children in a complex "web of deceit"
A paedophile teacher who changed his name to cheat background checks has been accused of targeting more than 30 children.
Ben David also allegedly changed the numbers on one of his two passports to worm his way into the lives of more than 30 seven and eight-year-old girls he is accused of abusing at one school alone.
Prosecutors are seeking jail terms totalling 220 years for the 32-year-old pervert over the complex web of deceit said to have led to photos of youngsters ending up on dark web child sex sites.
Convicted in the UK as Ben Lewis, he was given a suspended jail term in 2016, after admitting downloading indecent images of children.
He then changed his name by deed poll online a 15-minute process and moved to Zaragoza and then Madrid, Spain.
It is claimed he continued to reoffend after tricking the parents of three children into hiring him as their au pair.
Prosecutors also allege he filmed an act which targeted one of the unsuspecting youngsters in his care.
They say he acted with contempt for child dignity and the most elemental norms of respect for infancy.
The Hertfordshire-born deviant is also accused of taking indecent pictures of 31 schoolgirls.
He has been charged with making child abuse images, privacy offences, forgery and a crime of degrading treatment between 2016 and 2019.
His trial date has not yet been confirmed.