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Old June 19th 07, 04:23 AM posted to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.liberalism,talk.politics.mideast,misc.kids,uk.politics.misc
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Default "Son of God" Exposed:- Global child abuse ring broken up

Global child abuse ring broken up

By John Steele, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:42am BST 19/06/2007

A British man known by the online alias "Son of God" was exposed
yesterday as the ringleader of a global internet paedophile ring from
which police have rescued at least 20 children in Britain alone.

Timothy Cox, 28, ran a chatroom called "Kids the Light of Our Lives"
with more than 700 members worldwide, 200 of whom were based in
Britain.

Police disclosed yesterday that more than 30 children, at least 20 of
them British, had been rescued from the clutches of the vast
paedophile network as a result of a 10-month operation in 35 countries
to smash the ring. Some of the victims had been abused in films
swapped and traded between gang members. Others were in danger because
suspects had direct access to them.

Cox led a double life, working in the family brewery by day and -
unbeknown to his parents, sister and 26-year-old girlfriend, with whom
he lived near Stowmarket in Suffolk - obsessively "hosting" the site
during his time off.

He was given an indeterminate prison sentence yesterday after being
convicted of possessing more than 75,000 images of abuse, some
involving knives. Cox will stay in prison until psychiatric experts
decide it is safe to release him.

Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) said
about 200 suspected members of the gang were based in Britain. They
took part in a "file-sharing" ring in which some paedophiles abused
children "live" while being watched and egged on by other gang members
via cameras linked through the internet.

Previous operations into commercial "pay-per-view" sites have
suggested many of the images were "produced" in areas such as Russia
and the Far East.
advertisement

Children from as young as two months to "young teens" were seen in the
images being subjected to appalling sexual abuse, most of it recent.
Ceop said the severity of the abuse should dispel forever the
description of such violent images as "child pornography".

Ring members did not pay to see images but were allowed to join
because they were trusted - in most cases because they were abusers.
Cox, of Buxhall, near Stowmarket, admitted nine offences of possessing
or distributing indecent images of children.

He was jailed yesterday at Ipswich Crown Court for "hosting" the site
from the farmhouse where his parents ran a "micro brewery", Cox &
Holbrook. Imposing an indeterminate sentence, Judge Peter Thompson
said he was a danger to the public. There was, however, no evidence
that he abused children himself.

"These are shocking images which involve very young children," the
judge told him. "In the worst cases being subjected to sadistic,
painful abuse which you, for some distorted reason, appear to take
enjoyment from. You are obsessed with images of children being
sexually abused."

He had seen a "gap in the market" after a similar American website was
closed down by police, the court was told. Cox possessed more than
75,000 indecent images, including more than 1,000 films which amounted
to two weeks of continuous viewing, the court heard.

He was arrested last September after an undercover Canadian policeman
found the chatroom during an investigation into paedophile websites.

After detaining him, investigators swiftly took over his role as
"host" before his computer could encrypt his files. For 10 days, while
he was in custody, they infiltrated the chatroom posing as Cox and
gathered evidence on other members of what Ceop described as an
"online trading ground for indecent images of children and live
exchanges of abuse".

The British branch of the investigation centres around 200 suspects,
the majority of whom are the subject of active police inquiries,
according to Ceop.

In September last year, Gordon Mackintosh, a computer analyst from
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, also emerged as a key suspect. The 33-year-
old attempted to resurrect "Kids the Light of our Lives" following
Cox's disappearance as its host.

Mackintosh's computer was found to contain 5,167 indecent and explicit
images of children, in addition to 392 indecent film files. He pleaded
guilty to 27 charges of making, possessing and distributing indecent
images and films and awaits sentence.

More than 100 suspects have been brought before the courts, some for
physical abuse of children and many for offences relating to viewing
and downloading images.

Jim Gamble, the chief executive of Ceop, said yesterday: "The belief
that the internet provides anonymity is unfounded, and for Cox and
Mackintosh it has proved to be a costly misconception."

Information appearing on telegraph.co.uk is the copyright of Telegraph
Media Group Limited and must not be reproduced in any medium without
licence. F

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Old June 19th 07, 11:25 AM posted to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.liberalism,talk.politics.mideast,misc.kids,uk.politics.misc
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Global child abuse ring broken up

By John Steele, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:42am BST 19/06/2007

A British man known by the online alias "Son of God" was exposed
yesterday as the ringleader of a global internet paedophile ring from
which police have rescued at least 20 children in Britain alone.

Timothy Cox, 28, ran a chatroom called "Kids the Light of Our Lives"
with more than 700 members worldwide, 200 of whom were based in
Britain.

Police disclosed yesterday that more than 30 children, at least 20 of
them British, had been rescued from the clutches of the vast
paedophile network as a result of a 10-month operation in 35 countries
to smash the ring. Some of the victims had been abused in films
swapped and traded between gang members. Others were in danger because
suspects had direct access to them.

Cox led a double life, working in the family brewery by day and -
unbeknown to his parents, sister and 26-year-old girlfriend, with whom
he lived near Stowmarket in Suffolk - obsessively "hosting" the site
during his time off.

He was given an indeterminate prison sentence yesterday after being
convicted of possessing more than 75,000 images of abuse, some
involving knives. Cox will stay in prison until psychiatric experts
decide it is safe to release him.

Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) said
about 200 suspected members of the gang were based in Britain. They
took part in a "file-sharing" ring in which some paedophiles abused
children "live" while being watched and egged on by other gang members
via cameras linked through the internet.

Previous operations into commercial "pay-per-view" sites have
suggested many of the images were "produced" in areas such as Russia
and the Far East.
advertisement

Children from as young as two months to "young teens" were seen in the
images being subjected to appalling sexual abuse, most of it recent.
Ceop said the severity of the abuse should dispel forever the
description of such violent images as "child pornography".

Ring members did not pay to see images but were allowed to join
because they were trusted - in most cases because they were abusers.
Cox, of Buxhall, near Stowmarket, admitted nine offences of possessing
or distributing indecent images of children.

He was jailed yesterday at Ipswich Crown Court for "hosting" the site
from the farmhouse where his parents ran a "micro brewery", Cox &
Holbrook. Imposing an indeterminate sentence, Judge Peter Thompson
said he was a danger to the public. There was, however, no evidence
that he abused children himself.

"These are shocking images which involve very young children," the
judge told him. "In the worst cases being subjected to sadistic,
painful abuse which you, for some distorted reason, appear to take
enjoyment from. You are obsessed with images of children being
sexually abused."

He had seen a "gap in the market" after a similar American website was
closed down by police, the court was told. Cox possessed more than
75,000 indecent images, including more than 1,000 films which amounted
to two weeks of continuous viewing, the court heard.

He was arrested last September after an undercover Canadian policeman
found the chatroom during an investigation into paedophile websites.

After detaining him, investigators swiftly took over his role as
"host" before his computer could encrypt his files. For 10 days, while
he was in custody, they infiltrated the chatroom posing as Cox and
gathered evidence on other members of what Ceop described as an
"online trading ground for indecent images of children and live
exchanges of abuse".

The British branch of the investigation centres around 200 suspects,
the majority of whom are the subject of active police inquiries,
according to Ceop.

In September last year, Gordon Mackintosh, a computer analyst from
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, also emerged as a key suspect. The 33-year-
old attempted to resurrect "Kids the Light of our Lives" following
Cox's disappearance as its host.

Mackintosh's computer was found to contain 5,167 indecent and explicit
images of children, in addition to 392 indecent film files. He pleaded
guilty to 27 charges of making, possessing and distributing indecent
images and films and awaits sentence.

More than 100 suspects have been brought before the courts, some for
physical abuse of children and many for offences relating to viewing
and downloading images.

Jim Gamble, the chief executive of Ceop, said yesterday: "The belief
that the internet provides anonymity is unfounded, and for Cox and
Mackintosh it has proved to be a costly misconception."

Information appearing on telegraph.co.uk is the copyright of Telegraph
Media Group Limited and must not be reproduced in any medium without
licence. F



All of which provides a fascinating insight into the situation in the middle
east....
--
Osric





THE BORDERS OF MY COUNTRY
RUN AROUND THE SOLES OF MY FEET



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Old June 19th 07, 01:14 PM posted to talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.liberalism,talk.politics.mideast,misc.kids,uk.politics.misc
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Default "Son of God" Exposed:- Global child abuse ring broken up

On Jun 18, 8:23 pm, wrote:
Global child abuse ring broken up

By John Steele, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:42am BST 19/06/2007

A British man known by the online alias "Son of God" was exposed
yesterday as the ringleader of a global internet paedophile ring from
which police have rescued at least 20 children in Britain alone.

Timothy Cox, 28, ran a chatroom called "Kids the Light of Our Lives"
with more than 700 members worldwide, 200 of whom were based in
Britain.

Police disclosed yesterday that more than 30 children, at least 20 of
them British, had been rescued from the clutches of the vast
paedophile network as a result of a 10-month operation in 35 countries
to smash the ring. Some of the victims had been abused in films
swapped and traded between gang members. Others were in danger because
suspects had direct access to them.

Cox led a double life, working in the family brewery by day and -
unbeknown to his parents, sister and 26-year-old girlfriend, with whom
he lived near Stowmarket in Suffolk - obsessively "hosting" the site
during his time off.

He was given an indeterminate prison sentence yesterday after being
convicted of possessing more than 75,000 images of abuse, some
involving knives. Cox will stay in prison until psychiatric experts
decide it is safe to release him.

Britain's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) said
about 200 suspected members of the gang were based in Britain. They
took part in a "file-sharing" ring in which some paedophiles abused
children "live" while being watched and egged on by other gang members
via cameras linked through the internet.

Previous operations into commercial "pay-per-view" sites have
suggested many of the images were "produced" in areas such as Russia
and the Far East.
advertisement

Children from as young as two months to "young teens" were seen in the
images being subjected to appalling sexual abuse, most of it recent.
Ceop said the severity of the abuse should dispel forever the
description of such violent images as "child pornography".

Ring members did not pay to see images but were allowed to join
because they were trusted - in most cases because they were abusers.
Cox, of Buxhall, near Stowmarket, admitted nine offences of possessing
or distributing indecent images of children.

He was jailed yesterday at Ipswich Crown Court for "hosting" the site
from the farmhouse where his parents ran a "micro brewery", Cox &
Holbrook. Imposing an indeterminate sentence, Judge Peter Thompson
said he was a danger to the public. There was, however, no evidence
that he abused children himself.

"These are shocking images which involve very young children," the
judge told him. "In the worst cases being subjected to sadistic,
painful abuse which you, for some distorted reason, appear to take
enjoyment from. You are obsessed with images of children being
sexually abused."

He had seen a "gap in the market" after a similar American website was
closed down by police, the court was told. Cox possessed more than
75,000 indecent images, including more than 1,000 films which amounted
to two weeks of continuous viewing, the court heard.

He was arrested last September after an undercover Canadian policeman
found the chatroom during an investigation into paedophile websites.

After detaining him, investigators swiftly took over his role as
"host" before his computer could encrypt his files. For 10 days, while
he was in custody, they infiltrated the chatroom posing as Cox and
gathered evidence on other members of what Ceop described as an
"online trading ground for indecent images of children and live
exchanges of abuse".

The British branch of the investigation centres around 200 suspects,
the majority of whom are the subject of active police inquiries,
according to Ceop.

In September last year, Gordon Mackintosh, a computer analyst from
Welwyn Garden City, Herts, also emerged as a key suspect. The 33-year-
old attempted to resurrect "Kids the Light of our Lives" following
Cox's disappearance as its host.

Mackintosh's computer was found to contain 5,167 indecent and explicit
images of children, in addition to 392 indecent film files. He pleaded
guilty to 27 charges of making, possessing and distributing indecent
images and films and awaits sentence.

More than 100 suspects have been brought before the courts, some for
physical abuse of children and many for offences relating to viewing
and downloading images.

Jim Gamble, the chief executive of Ceop, said yesterday: "The belief
that the internet provides anonymity is unfounded, and for Cox and
Mackintosh it has proved to be a costly misconception."

Information appearing on telegraph.co.uk is the copyright of Telegraph
Media Group Limited and must not be reproduced in any medium without
licence. F


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