WATH UPON DEARNE MAN JAILED FOR CHILD ABUSE IMAGES
A man who paid a woman in the Philippines to send him indecent images of her nine-year-old daughter has been jailed.Richard Green, 49, was arrested following an investigation by authorities in the United States into a sex trafficking network in the island nation.
Sheffield Crown Court heard he first contacted the woman in 2019 before making repeated requests for further images and live streams.
Green, from Wath upon Dearne, was jailed for four years and six months after pleading guilty to arranging the sexual exploitation of a child and three counts of making indecent images of children.
He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order.
The court heard Green, who had been living in Thailand during some of the offending, sent 350 messages and made 10 phone calls to the woman about the images and their content and expressed a desire to visit the Philippines.
When he was arrested in February 2024, nine multimedia files linked to their exchange were found on his devices, which included two Category C images of children.
In total, 28 indecent images were found on Green's devices – seven in Category A, seven in Category B, eight in Category C, and 13 classed as extreme.
A further account was used to send money to the woman in the Philippines, who requested payment in the form of mobile phone top-ups.
As a result of the investigation, seven children were rescued from sexual exploitation in the Philippines, and the Filipino woman is now serving a lengthy prison sentence.
Prior to sentencing, Green attempted to take his own life in November.
