The Witheridge Paedophile, Alain Collings, who orchestrated the assault of toddlers and other children in the Philippines while observing online has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, back in 2017.
Alain Collings compensated women he was acquainted with in Manila to maltreat newborns and infants as he documented the acts at his residence near Tiverton, Devon.
The judge at Exeter Crown Court described the behaviour as “abhorrent” and “among the worst I have ever encountered.”
The girls that were mistreated by Alain Collings ranged in age from two to fifteen years.
The court was informed that Alain Collings typed messages while observing on Skype, instructing the women on his desired actions.
He compensated the women £33,000 to exploit up to 46 victims.
Authorities discovered 102 hours of documented torture across 261 recordings and nearly 2,000 photographs.
Alain Collings was apprehended as a result of police surveillance of websites accessed and from which photos were downloaded using his IP address.
Two photographs from 2011 depicted Alain Collings mistreating a two-year-old child.
Detectives called in an anatomy professor to compare his hands and were also able to identify him through jewellery he wore and a tattoo on his arm.
Alain Collings, 39, of Chapple Road, Witheridge, near Tiverton, Devon, admitted two offences of sexual assault on a child, five of causing a child to engage in sexual activity, three of arranging sexual offences against children and seven of making or possessing indecent images of children.
Sentencing on Friday, the judge, Recorder Mr David Bartlett told him: “This is if not the worst then one of the worst cases I have ever come across.
“For you to take sexual delight from watching the abuse of children in the Philippines seems to be quite dreadful.
“It is behaviour that is abhorrent to a civilised society for which you must be punished.
“It is quite clear these girls suffered physical pain and psychological harm which will affect them in the future.”
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