Ole Bendik Steinsland (March 16, 1978), the Oslo Paedophile, possessing hundreds of obscene photographs of minors on his phone has been incarcerated.
Ole Bendik Steinsland was located at Manchester Piccadilly train station accompanied by a 16-year-old girl from Derbyshire, who had been reported as missing.
The 46-year-old was apprehended on 11 July and identified as a Norwegian national. Norwegian police confirmed contact on a missing primary school teacher.
Investigations of Ole Bendik Steinsland’s phone revealed numerous obscene photographs of minors, including some depicting toddlers as young as three years old.
Ole Bendik Steinsland was subsequently charged with taking indecent images of children, making indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornography and possession of prohibited images.
He admitted the offences when he appeared at Derby Crown Court on 27 September. Appearing at the same court for sentence on 24 October, Ole Bendik Steinsland, of Oslo, was jailed for three years. He was also handed a lifelong sexual harm prevention order, given a restraining order preventing him from having any contact with the teenager, and told he will be deported on release from prison.
Detective Constable Izabel Fowkes, who led the investigation, said: “Ole Bendik Steinsland is clearly a very dangerous man and I have no doubt his appalling offending would have continued had he not been arrested.
“Examination of his phone following his arrest showed he was in contact with a number of children online – including in Chile – and I have no doubt he would have continued attempting to find victims to abuse.
“The fact that Ole Bendik Steinsland is a primary school teacher, a position that holds such trust, also magnifies his crimes.
“I am pleased that he is now behind bars where many young children will be safe from his depravity.”
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