Locations
Odsey, Hertfordshire, SG7
Description
Roger Vye, 55, of Odesy, Hertfordshire was sentenced on Friday (June 19) at Woolwich Crown Court after confessing to crimes which included the sexual assault of a child under 13, and making indecent photographs of children.
Vye was arrested on October 22, 2019 in London after arranging to sexually abuse a young child, before a search carried out at his home found a large presence of indecent images of children.
The images confirmed that Vye had a long standing interest in the sexual abuse of children, and Vye had distributed images to other offenders online.
There was also evidence recovered that linked Vye to the historic sexual abuse of a child who had been subjected to a period of abuse in Kent in 2009 and 2010.
At an earlier hearing on Wednesday, January 8 at Inner London Crown Court, Vye pleaded guilty to:
- The attempted rape of a child under the age of 13
- Two counts of assault of child under 13 by penetration
- Sexual assault of a child under 13
- Arranging or facilitating the commission of child sex offence
- Distributing indecent photographs of child/children
- Making indecent photographs of children
- Possessing extreme pornographic images
- Possessing prohibited images of children
In addition to 16 years' imprisonment, there is a further five years on extended licence. Vye will also be issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) which includes preventing him with associating with any child under the age of 18, and he will be subject to Sex Offender Registration for life.
Detective Constable Jonathan Booty, of the Met’s Online Child Abuse and Exploitation team, said: "Firstly I would like to thank the victim for speaking with us, and their bravery and fortitude shown throughout. Roger Vye is a dangerous and repugnant individual who will now face a significant period away from the general public.
“Vye used social media to enable him to obtain thrills, discussing with other people around the world the horrific abuse of children. He was also partaking in the abuse and was clearly an active offender. The Met will continue to relentlessly pursue online offenders.
"Vye may have more victims, and I would urge any other potential victims to come forward and contact police as soon as possible.’’