July 19, 2011 Paedophile Neil Beckley jailed for 14 months A paedophile who used his neighbour’s internet connection to download child porn has been jailed for 14 months. Neil Beckley, 47, of Princes Avenue, Chatham, had an agreement with a neighbour at his previous address in Herbert Road, Chatham, that they would share the same password to get online. But he was arrested after police carried out a warrant on his home last September, discovering 20 movie clips and 135 still images of child pornography on his computer. Officers also found 64 cannabis plants in the house, as well as evidence of plants being dried out and bagged in the basement of the property. Beckley pleaded guilty to a number of indecent image and drug offences and was sentenced yesterday (July 18) at Maidstone Crown Court. Judge Philip St John-Stevens told him: “The movies run on for some duration. In relation to a clip I have viewed, it is over three hours long. “The child is sexually abused, tied and in terror. She is humiliated and sexually abused. It is an image but with sound also. She is bound around the neck, ankles and wrists. “If people did not watch, purchase or view images, there would not be a market. If there was no market, then children would not be exploited around the world. “Children are being sexually abused in degrading situations.” Beckley was handed a sexual offences prevention order, which will be enforced for 15 years. He must also sign the sex offenders’ register. Det Con Abi Cochrane said: “This case highlights the potential dangers of allowing other people to use your internet connection. “There is no excuse for looking at or downloading indecent images or movies of children. Those who do should feel just as responsible for the suffering of those children as those who perpetuate their abuse. “We are determined at Kent Police to seek out anyone who targets children in this way, and are committed to bringing offenders before the courts.”