March 2016

‘Dangerous’ man jailed for eight years over extreme images

A MAN who photographed himself naked on a bed while indulging in an indecent act with a baby on his stomach was jailed for eight years for a series of images offences.

David Phillip Francis, 60, was branded a dangerous man.

A judge told him it had been “a vile, evil thing to do” and made him the subject of a lifetime Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

Francis, described as a ‘Jekyll and Hyde character’ at Mold Crown Court, must also register with the police as a sex offender for life.

The baby’s father read his own victim impact statement and said he would never forget what had happened for the rest of his life. 

He said his family were trying to come to terms with the devastation that Francis, of Bronywaun, Chirk, had caused.

He said the more they thought about it, “the more it eats us up”.

He was concerned Francis had “taken my daughter’s innocence away” and hoped she would have no memory of it. The father said he had “lost trust in people”.

Francis, he said, was the worst kind of human being who used a baby for his sexual gratification.

Francis, who worked for a wood manufacturer, admitted engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a baby, and making indecent images of the child.

Francis pleaded guilty to 18 offences, including causing other children to look at indecent images over the internet and inciting children to engage in sexual activity via the internet.

Police, acting on information, found 867 indecent still images of children, 985 indecent movies of children and 67 extreme images involving sexual acts between humans and animals, said Simon Rogers, prosecuting, and when his phone was analysed police found six images which Francis had taken of himself naked on a bed indulging in an indecent act while the baby was on his stomach.

The baby was in a distressed condition and crying.

Francis distributed images to other paedophiles and analysis showed he had text conversations with children while showing them indecent images and films.

He had also indulged in highly sexualised conversations with boys and girls encouraging them to undress and engage in sex acts. Some of the youngsters had become very distressed.

Francis taunted one boy who did undress and indulged in a sex act that he had recorded him and would show footage to a friend.

Alun Williams, defending, said his client was a hard-working ex-Navy man who won a bravery award as a security guard during a robbery.

But he had been living a Jekyll and Hyde life for the last few years.

His offending stemmed from an obsession with pornography which led him into the darker realms of child abuse images.

“He denies categorically that there was any physical contact between him and her,” he said.

His references showed that “in there somewhere” was a hard working man “who unfortunately, as a result of these horrible offences, has lost everything.”

Recorder Jeremy Jenkins, said they were grave offences for Francis’ own sexual gratification.

The offence involving the baby, said the judge, was “a vile, evil thing to do” and the distress on the baby’s face was “sickening”.

February 2016

Pervert admits taking pictures of sex act in front of baby

A 60-year-old Chirk man took photographs of himself performing a sex act in the presence of a young baby.

David Phillip Francis also admitted charges of making indecent images and films by downloading them from the internet, as well as distributing them.

Francis, of Bronywaun, Chirk , appeared at Mold Crown Court today via a live television link from Altcourse Prison in Liverpool.

He originally faced 11 charges but the prosecution added further charges and today he pleaded guilty to a total of 18.

The firner woodworker admitted engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a baby, and making indecent images of the child on his mobile phone.

Francis admitted that he caused a child to look at an indecent image and incited a child to engage in sexual activity.

He admitted possessing 867 indecent still images of children, 985 indecent movies of children and 67 extreme images involving sex acts between humans and animals.

Alun Williams, defending, said that his client was a man of no previous convictions.

He asked for a pre-sentence report and said that clearly the issue of dangerousness needed to be considered.

Judge Gaynor Lloyd said that was “highly appropriate” and granted an application by prosecuting barrister Simon Rogers to remand the defendant in custody pending sentence.

Sentence has been adjourned so that the issue of dangerousnes can be assessed.