SICK SHREWSBURY PAEDOPHILE PAID FOR ONLINE ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES
John Rowell, 55, from Vane Road in Shrewsbury, was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to five charges.
He admitted arranging or facilitating a child sex offence, distributing a category C indecent image of a child, and three counts of making indecent images of children - in categories A, B, and C.
Simon Parry, prosecuting, said that in February 2021 police had become aware of a Facebook user with the name 'Joh.rowell3' who had uploaded category A images of children following a messaging exchange with a user in the Philippines.
Police enquiries attributed the Facebook account to Rowell.
Officers visited his home in April 2021, and he agreed to attend the police station after being at work.
During the investigation, police seized a number of electronic devices, discovering two Category A indecent images, with files indicative of indecent images of children.
The devices also contained Facebook messenger chats with four other users, which discussed child sexual abuse, and included offers of rewards for sexual abuse to be carried out.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first and surname
46.1%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
39.3%
Surname region
UK
United States
52.8%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
John Rowell, 55, from Vane Road in Shrewsbury, was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to five charges. He admitted arranging or facilitating a child sex offence, distributing a category C indecent image of a child,...
