October 2009

A SICK South Yorkshire woman has been banned from her home town after filming a little girl simulating sex with a Bob the Builder toy

Donna Hudson, aged 33, from Rossington, Doncaster, confessed to using the camera on her mobile phone to video the three-year-old. 

She later told police she thought “it was a laugh”

Sheffield Crown Court heard Hudson had an “unhealthy interest” in sex with children.

When her computer was analysed, officers found “a large number of pornographic images”, several of which featured children. The pictures were graded at levels three and four, with five being the most serious.

But Hudson walked free from court after she admitted making the bizarre footage, and five counts of downloading indecent images of children from the internet.

Ian Groom, defending, said Hudson had already suffered in her local community and had to leave the area because she was the subject of an arson attack. Vigilantes set fire to a property on Boswell Street, Rossington, Doncaster, where Hudson used to live, but picked the wrong house. Eight members of an innocent family – including four young children – managed to escape the blaze.

Peter Pimm, prosecuting, said the sick child porn footage came to light after Hudson’s phone was seized by police.

He said: “It revealed a three-year-old having simulated sex with a Bob the Builder toy.”

In an interview Hudson told police she “didn’t instruct or encourage” the girl to do what was depicted, and said she had not shared the images.

Analysis from chat room logs revealed online conversations Hudson had with a Wolverhampton man called Robert Corker, who was given a community penalty for his involvement.

Mr Pimm said: “They revealed an unhealthy interest in sex with children, and there were references to her having sex with her boyfriend in front of the child. There were also references to the sharing of files between them.”

The chat logs also showed Hudson admitted getting pleasure from watching 13-year-old girls engage in sexual activity.

When arrested, Hudson tried to blame an ex-boyfriend for downloading the images.

Mr Groom, defending, said Hudson’s personal history “is sad”.

“She was somebody who was clearly vulnerable and was looking through the internet for love and relationships which led to these offences,” he said.

Judge John Bullimore said Hudson had a “disordered approach to sexual matters” and that local people had been disgusted and offended by her behaviour.

Hudson was given a 22-month jail sentence suspended for two years, and a supervision order.

She was banned from Doncaster unless there for supervised visits to see her own children, banned from using any kind of recording device, and banned from working with children for life.

She was also put on the sex offenders’ register and must undergo counselling and live at approved premises for six months.