The “librarian” of a global internet child abuse ring has been jailed.Philip Anthony Thompson, 27, of Stockton-on-Tees, was handed an indefinite sentence for public protection at Teesside Crown Court.He will serve at least three years and nine months – but the judge warned it could be much longer.The website Thompson was involved with used “borderline-legal” images to bring together “like-minded” people. Police have so far pinpointed 360 suspects.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7561915.stmPhilip Thompson admits he is child porn ‘librarian’
One of the leaders of an international paedophile ring, who called himself “the librarian” due to his extensive collection of child pornography, could be freed after less than four years despite admitting 27 charges today.Philip Thompson, who lived at home with his mother, was responsible for a website that catalogued around 250,000 images of child abuse. The 27-year-old’s arrest prompted one of the biggest ever seizures of pornography in the UK.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4557517.ecePaedophile who had 241,000 child porn images is jailed indefinitely
A paedophile who acted as a “librarian” for a global internet child abuse ring was handed an indefinite jail term yesterday after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online child abuse.Philip Thompson, 27, collected almost 250,000 indecent pictures of children as part of a global ring that reached 33 countries, Teesside crown court heard. More than 3,000 of the images found on Thompson’s computers were in the worst category of child abuse images.
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