December 2018

Paedophile jailed after abusing young boys

A depraved paedophile has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to a number of serious sexual offences against two young boys.

Reece Liam Wood, 20 of Bramley, Leeds appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he admitted:

• Two counts of sexual assault of a child aged under 13 by penetration 

• Sexual assault of a child aged under 13

• Taking indecent photos/videos of children

• Making indecent images/videos of children 

• Possession of indecent images/videos of children 

• Possession of an extreme pornographic image portraying an act of intercourse with an animal

The court was told that the sexual predator worked voluntarily for an organisation called Breeze in Leeds which set up fun days for children and at a youth club in Pudsey

He was arrested after police were tipped off that Wood had been using the internet to distribute images and videos of children being abused

When the police analysed Woods laptop computer, they found over 100,000 indecent images of children covering all the categories of severity which included children being raped.

Images of beastiality were also discovered.

Among the vile collection, police found a number of videos that showed two young male victims in a state of undress and who were being abused by Wood

The parents of the boys were informed that Wood had been sexually abusing them.

The judge sentenced Wood to six years imprisonment 

He was ordered to register as a sex offender for life, and a sexual harm prevention order was imposed

Wood was also told that he must have no unsupervised access or contact with any child aged under 16 for life