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A convicted pedophile who filmed himself repeatedly raping two young girls boasted about committing "the worst sex crimes imaginable."
Daniel Wolfe, 40, waged a months-long "campaign of rape" against the victims in north Sefton, sharing the footage with other pedophiles online.
Wolfe also conspired via Telegram with two unidentified accomplices to abuse one girl further. He was exposed after confiding his interest in children to an undercover officer on a Reddit forum.
At Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, Wolfe was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to 35 offenses, including 28 counts of rape. Judge Simon Medland KC told him: "You robbed them of their innocence and you robbed them of their childhood."
Prosecutor Frances Willmott said Wolfe told the officer in late November 2024 about his "shared perversions," specifying interest in children aged three and up, with a "sweet spot for girls between eight and 14." Arrested on December 4, 2024, Wolfe's devices revealed child sexual abuse images; he was rearrested on May 29, 2025, at his parents' home in Skelmersdale.
Wolfe raped his older victim over 20 times, forcing her to "perform" for the camera and sometimes film herself. He also raped the younger victim multiple times. Telegram chats from July 18 to August 14, 2024, showed Wolfe plotting abuse, telling his co-conspirators: "Look at us planning one of the worst sex crimes imaginable and getting horny about it." The meeting was canceled due to illness.
Wolfe took "several thousand images" of the victims, distributed some, and showed interest in bestiality. Devices had gaps in conversations with "closest paedo mates," suggesting self-deleting messages.
The victims suffered profound psychological harm: the older was "quiet, withdrawn [and] refused to speak about the defendant," fearing threats like "shave my skin or hair off but I still did things to please him." The younger appeared "upset and appears frightened about her life."
Wolfe had no prior convictions but a 2012 caution for indecent child images. Defense counsel Oliver Saddington noted the case's "utmost gravity" but highlighted Wolfe's "admissions and candour," remorse, and efforts to address "unhealthy sexual behaviours."
Judge Medland described Wolfe as outwardly "quiet-living, bland, maybe even boring" but inwardly a "vicious, determined, repeatedly active child abuser who revelled in it." Calling it the "most serious case of this type" he'd seen, the judge said the victims' impact would be "profound and lifelong... at the front or back of their mind until the day they die."
Wolfe must serve at least 14 years before parole eligibility, register as a sex offender indefinitely, and comply with a lifelong sexual harm prevention order.