Lydia Chadwick, the Ulverston Paedophile, discovered in possession of thousands of distressing child abuse photographs feigned muteness during her court appearance. Notwithstanding her assertion of a physical issue that inhibits her ability to speak, Lydia Chadwick subsequently spoke to defend herself before a jury.
A 36-year-old individual, Lydia Chadwick, with connections to Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf was discovered to possess over 2,000 indecent photos of children following a police warrant executed at her residence in Ulverston, Cumbria. Authorities confiscated mobile devices and a laptop.
More than 700 of the photographs discovered were classified as belonging to the most severe category. Lydia Chadwick had already been convicted at an earlier hearing and was sentenced last week (Tuesday, October 25) at Preston Crown Court, according to LancsLive.
She was jailed for three years for three counts of making indecent images of children, three counts of distributing indecent images of children, possessing an extreme pornographic image and possessing a prohibited image of a child. Officers revealed that she would talk about child sexual abuse online with other people and even sell indecent images of children.
Detective Constable Ryan Parker, Cyber and Digital Crime Unit, said: “Lydia Chadwick stored images on devices belonging to her depicting harrowing images of child sexual abuse. She would communicate online with other people to talk about child sexual abuse as well as selling indecent images of children.
“At the beginning of her trial Lydia Chadwick claimed to be mute, due to a medical condition which rendered her unable to speak – but later on she spoke to defend herself. Indecent images of children offences are far from a victimless crime.
“Not only do the images show children being abused, but demand for such images also then leads to further abuse occurring,” he added. “We will continue to do what we can to target those who commit online child sexual abuse offences and bring offenders to justice.”
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