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Kent Avenue, Ashford, Kent, TN24
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Danny Tiplady has been jailed for sharing the sexual images of children with people all over the world
A Maidstone man has been jailed for sharing extreme videos of sexual abuse, violence and torture.
Daniel Tiplady, 31, of Kent Avenue, admitted possessing more than 150 extreme images and sharing them with people all over the world through chat groups.
Maidstone Crown Court heard Tiplady's behaviour was uncovered when he shared explicit images of a woman on Facebook.
Police were called and later found 15 indecent images of videos of children and 145 videos of extreme pornography.
Further storage devices found at his home contained more indecent images of children, along with numerous videos showing extreme violence.
Many of these images were shared by Tiplady over a mobile messaging application which had recipients all over the world sharing the content.
Tiplady pleaded guilty to six counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, three counts of possessing extreme pornographic images and one count of disclosing private sexual photographs with intent to cause distress.
At Maidstone Crown Court yesterday (July 9), he was sentenced to 20 months behind bars.
Police Constable Edward Stenzil, the investigating officer for this case, told Kent Live: "Tipladys electronic devices were filled with depraved videos and images of the most extreme kinds of violence, which included real life torture and sexual abuse.
"He actively distributed these images and shared them with people around the world.
"He has proven that he has a disturbed mind which presents a very real danger to the wider public and the sentence he has received is entirely justified."
'Awful material is not unique'
An NSPCC spokesperson said: "Sadly the type of child abuse images possessed by Tiplady and the methods used to share this awful material to a wider audience are not unique.
"That's why it's imperative that social media companies and the government continue to work together to rid the internet of these vile crimes against children."