Locations
Outing Close, Southend-On-Sea, SS1
Description
More than 110,000 indecent images of children were discovered on a rape suspect’s mobile phone following a thorough and complex investigation by our specialist officers.
On Tuesday 11 February Daniel Taylor was jailed for 20 years after admitting numerous serious sexual offences.
In April 2022 we received reports of rape and sexual assault involving two victims.
Forty-two year-old Taylor, of Outing Close, Southend, was arrested and questioned. He initially denied all the allegations put to him and refused to hand over the pin to his phone.
Tenacious officers used forensic techniques to access the phone and were able to download the contents after months of work.
overwhelming evidence
It was clear why Taylor did not want to allow access to his phone as officers discovered 110,718 indecent images (including Category A, B and C) and videos of children, alongside evidence linking him to the rape allegations.
He was charged with 15 offences including five counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, two counts of indecent assault, three counts of possession of indecent images of children, one count of making indecent images of children and one count of distributing indecent images of children.
He continued to deny the charges, but the overwhelming evidence left him with little option and when he appeared at Basildon Crown Court on Monday 2 September 2024 he admitted to 12 offences with one charge of rape and two charges of indecent assault left to lie on file.
And at the same court he was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but will remain on licence for 24 years. He was also placed on the sex offender’s register for life and is subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.