An Australian internet sexual predator, Brett Allford Edwardstown Paedophile, whose victims comprised eight children from North Worcestershire, has been incarcerated due to the collaborative efforts of police on an international scale.
Brett Allford, a 42-year-old male from Edwardstown, Adelaide, requested sexually explicit material from ten foreign minors using social media platforms.
Brett Allford received a 23-year prison sentence, of which he is required to serve a minimum of 17 years, due to the collaborative investigation conducted by West Mercia Police and the South Australian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET), which includes personnel from the Australian Federal Police and South Australia Police.
He interacted with his victims—eight from Redditch and one from Canada—on Snapchat and Instagram, where he urged them to participate in sexual activities and transmit obscene photographs of themselves.
The SA JACET Team commenced an investigation in 2022 following a report of a teenager interacting online with a male believed to be located in South Australia.
During a warrant at Brett Allford’s home in October 2022, Australian officers seized a phone that contained sexually explicit communications with 10 victims – aged 11 to 16 at the time of the offending – from the UK and Canada, along with numerous files containing child abuse images.
Brett Allford pleaded guilty last December to 14 online child abuse offences.
Brett Allford had manipulated the victims and taken advantage of their personal circumstances to satisfy his deviant sexual desires, an Australian judge heard on Monday 3 June. The man induced victims to send photos and videos by offering money to spend on clothes or food.
Detective Senior Constable Jordan Dowling, of SA JACET, said: “This is a fantastic result, and it couldn’t have been achieved without the significant efforts of DI Laura Douglas and the North Worcestershire Child Exploitation Team.”
Thanks to this collaborative work, the man received a total of 23 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 17 years, and he will not be eligible for parole until 2039.
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