November 2020 Paedophile sent horrific child abuse pictures to other perverts A paedophile with a string of previous convictions sent indecent images of children to other perverts. Police found a mobile phone which contained hundreds of vile images from all three categories of seriousness, when they searched the Chesterfield home of Jason McCall, in November 2018. Derby Crown Court heard that the 44-year-old had also sent a number of images to other disgusting people. Judge Nirmal Shant QC, Honorary Recorder of Derby, handed him an immediate custodial sentence for his actions. The court heard police attended McCall’s address on November 5, 2018. Hal Ewing, prosecuting, said: “Police went to his house as they had information he was in possession of indecent images of children and asked if he had any devices. “At first he told officers he had a phone half-a-mile away. He then told officers to take him to custody. He said he had a phone in his flat in the chest of drawers in his bedroom. “He pleaded guilty before the magistrates court to the matters relating to indecent images of children and three charges relating to distribution of images.” The court heard McCall had 148 category A images, the most serious category of indecent images, 219 relating to category B and 812 images relating to category C. Mr Ewing also said he had sent 15 category A images, 15 category B images and 20 category C images to a group chat application on a mobile phone. The court heard McCall had a string of convictions for similar offences, with the first dating back to 2006. McCall, of South Street North, New Whittington, Chesterfield, pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children and three charges of distributing indecent images of children. Judge Shant handed him a sentence of three years and eight months, with an extended licence period of six years and four months. In passing sentence, she said: “It is quite clear there is a significant risk of you causing serious harm.” February 2015 Judge says: Derbyshire paedophile poses ‘a very grave risk to public’ – Then does not jail him A paedo who has previously been locked up for watching young girls through binoculars and looking at indecent images of children has now admitted downloading more illegal photographs. Jason McCall posed “a very grave risk” to members of the public from further offending, Judge Hilary Watson told Derby Crown Court. She said she had “a very stark choice” to make in sentencing the 38-year-old, who admitted having more than 800 images on his mobile phone in the latest set of offences. She concluded that the best way of protecting young girls would be to put McCall, who has been locked up since November, on a three-year community sex offender group work programme and to give him a suspended sentence so if he breached the order he would be back behind bars. Laura Pitman, prosecuting, told the court that McCall was first convicted for sex offences in September 2006, when he was jailed for two years with a four-year extended licence period for possessing more than 10,000 indecent images of girls. He was released in May 2007 but recalled to prison in September 2008 for using a pair of binoculars to watch girls playing. While in custody, clippings from magazines of young girls were found in his cell. In June last year, he was given a three-year community order and put on the sex offenders group work programme, but was locked up in November after police seized his phone and found the images of 10- to 16-year-old girls either naked or in indecent poses. In sentencing, Judge Watson said: “He has used binoculars on two occasions to look for young girls in the community and on one occasion was found to have young girls in his vehicle. “It’s this escalation from viewing to involving young girls in the community that indicates aspects of dangerousness.” Clive Stockwell, for McCall, said: “He is undoubtedly a risk. He has openly expressed a sexual interest in young girls and has not tried to conceal it.” McCall, of Chesterfield Road, Alfreton, must sign the sex offenders register for 10 years and obey a sexual offences prevention order indefinitely, which includes not possessing binoculars or a telescope. He was given an eight-month jail sentence suspended for two years.