Roath Paedophile David Llewellyn returned to court four years subsequent to his incarceration for possessing obscene photographs of minors.
A paedophile chef, David Llewellyn, prohibited from concealing his phone history was discovered viewing incest-themed pornography in incognito mode. The police visited David Llewellyn’s residence in Cardiff and discovered him utilising a setting that inhibits the recording of internet history.
David Llewellyn was convicted in 2018 for possessing indecent photographs of children and extreme pornography, resulting in a 16-month prison sentence and a 10-year sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) that prohibits him from using incognito mode. However, the 36-year-old faced court once more following an unannounced visit from the police on March 22 to verify his compliance with the order.
Prosecutor Joshua Scouller told Cardiff Crown Court on Monday: “Police attended his address in Connaught Road, Cathays, and Mr Llewellyn provided his mobile phone to police. DC Jones opened the phone’s Google browser and immediately saw the last site he had viewed was a porn site. He had watched incest titles, but there was no suggestion these were indecent images of children.
“The officer noted the Google page had defaulted to incognito mode. He also checked the internet history and found no record of the site.
“Mr David Llewellyn was interviewed under caution and fully accepted he was in incognito mode. He stated he did not intentionally put it in that mode but accepted it was when police offers arrived.”
The defendant admitted breaching the SHPO. He had accepted a caution in 2021 for a previous breach, which Mr Scouller said had been a “shot across the bows” from police.
Paul Hewitt, mitigating, said: “Mr David Llewellyn went to prison and when he came out his domestic arrangements were affected. He has little contact with his family and has had to, in effect, rebuild his life. It has affected his job because he’s a trainee chef trying to do his best in that industry. He works in Cardiff for very long hours, though they have reduced recently to about 46 to 50 hours a week. They were much higher than that. He has debts and is trying to cope with all of that.”
The barrister added that police had kept his client’s phone for three months before returning it. “He has had to wait since March for this offence to be dealt with,” said Mr Hewitt.
Passing sentence, the judge Recorder IWL Jones said: “You were cautioned in September 2021. That should have been a warning to you to be extremely careful. You told an officer you had been using pornography for sexual gratification once every couple of weeks. It’s clear you are remorseful, and you have been suffering from depression. Behaving like this puts everything at risk.”
The judge imposed a two-year community order including 100 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehabilitation activity. He must also pay £420 in prosecution costs and a statutory victim services surcharge within three months.
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