February 2016 Man jailed for two-and-a-half years for distributing images of child sexual abuse A POOLE man aged 19 has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for distributing images of child sexual abuse. Tyler Keen told police he had a sexual interest in children when he was interviewed after his arrest last year. Detectives searching his computer late last year found hundreds of still images and videos of teenagers and young children subjected to sexual abuse. Some of which included babies. Bournemouth Crown Court heard Keen had exchanged his images with other paedophiles over the internet, and he admitted using them for sexual gratification. Prosecuting, Simon Jones said: “He was frank with police, he was to say that he has a sexual interest in children, that his preferred age was young teenagers, but he said he also has a sexual interest in young toddlers and babies.” The court heard Keen, of Tyneham Avenue, had been cautioned by police in 2014 for a sexual assault on a child. He admitted six counts of making indecent images, one of possessing indecent images, one of possessing extreme pornography and one of possessing indecent images for distribution. The judge, Recorder Adam Feest, ordered an immediate jail term, as well as a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. “I have seen a description of just some of these images, you will understand as the public will that that they depict serious harm being caused to vulnerable, innocent, helpless victims,” he told Keen. “In my judgement the offences are so serious I would not be fulfilling my public duty if I pass a sentence of any other kind.”