A 51-year-old man jailed for 24 years after admitting child sex abuse offences has been called a "very dangerous individual" by police.Andrew Thorne, from Bristol, used online platforms to message children aged between six and 16 to ask them to engage in sexual activity on camera, with an investigation finding there were 182 victims.Police found he had downloaded hundreds of sexual abuse images, some showing children as young as 18 months old, and recorded himself upskirting more than 200 women and children in public.Thorne was also given a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order during sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on 25 October.He will serve a minimum of 18 years in prison before being eligible for parole. The judge said the court "had not seen a case like this" and the "sheer number of victims was more than the court had ever seen".Thorne was arrested on 10 August 2023 and the scale of his offending was uncovered when police seized his electronic devices.'Repeatedly targeted children'Investigating officer Lucy Hartill stated: “Thorne is a very dangerous individual who has repeatedly targeted children, the most vulnerable members of society, both online and offline.“He has encouraged children to engage in harmful sexual behaviour, which will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on them, all for his own selfish desires.This investigation was difficult and complex, but the sentencing demonstrates how seriously such crimes are taken and our ongoing commitment to bringing offenders like this to justice.”