December 2016 Paedophile, 25, who posed as schoolgirl to have cyber sex with children is snared A paedophile who posed as a 15-year-old girl to have cyber sex with children was caught after the FBI took control of his favourite abuse website on the dark web, a court heard. Recluse Alex Glover, 25, posed as ‘Jess’ to access an international online chatroom used by youngsters where he engaged in explicit sexual chats at least ten times. He also downloaded sickening images and videos of children as young as two being abused, the Old Bailey heard. But his interest in young children was only exposed when the FBI took control of the hidden website, which was used to distribute child pornography around the world. Details of British users were passed on to Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and officers tracked down the username ‘Alex345’ to Glover’s Croydon home. Following a raid on April 21 last year, Glover denied a sexual interest in children and claimed he had only accessed the dark web to watch banned Japanese cartoons. But prosecutor Szilvia Booker said he later confessed to downloading child porn, adding: ‘He then admitted creating a false persona on the web. ‘He pretended to be a 15-year-old girl called “Jess” to access an international online chat forum, used predominantly by children, to talk to children. ‘He admitted having cyber sex with children ten times.’ Glover, of no fixed address but from Croydon, south London, pleaded guilty to nine counts of making indecent photographs of children and attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity. The images included the most extreme type, such as bestiality and incest, and Glover could face a lengthy prison term. But Judge Paul Worsley QC adjourned sentence for an assessment of his suitability to attend a ‘sex offender treatment programme’. ‘As you must appreciate, the mischief of making indecent photographs is that some child somewhere is being prevailed upon to behave in an appalling fashion which may well colour the rest of their lives.’ The judge also highlighted how Glover preyed on youngsters online while posing as a 15-year-old. ‘The obvious sentence is one of immediate imprisonment. I’m going to fall back from that today, but it may well be you go to prison for some time.’ he told Glover before explaining how he will be assessed in January.