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Philip Thompson gets four years for role in internet paedophile ring
Philip Thompson gets four years for role in internet paedophile ring
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2008
By:
Darshna Soni
A man known as "the librarian" is jailed for his part in a paedophile ring that reached 33 countries.
Philip Thompson, aged 27, from Stockton-on-Tees, admitted a string of paedophilia offences which reached 33 countries.
The offences included making indecent photographs of children, distributing indecent photographs of children, and causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
The judge said Thompson posed a significant risk to the public.
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