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| Paul O'Neill used webcams to direct child abuse in Philippines | |
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| A former teacher has admitted paying men to abuse children as young as four in the Philippines while he directed and watched from elsewhere online. | |
| Paul O'Neill, 57, from Nottinghamshire, preyed on poverty-stricken families, paying £6,000 to people who procured children to be abused. | Paul O'Neill, 57, from Nottinghamshire, preyed on poverty-stricken families, paying £6,000 to people who procured children to be abused. |
| He admitted three counts of rape and a further 27 sexual offences at Nottingham Crown Court. | He admitted three counts of rape and a further 27 sexual offences at Nottingham Crown Court. |
| The CPS said the virtual rape case was thought to be the first of its kind. | The CPS said the virtual rape case was thought to be the first of its kind. |
| He is due to be sentenced later. | He is due to be sentenced later. |
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| The court heard that O'Neill used chatlogs to instruct adult abusers in the Philippines. | |
| The married father paid thousands of pounds over several years to arrange abuse to satisfy his "fetishes" with child abuse, virginity and incest, the court heard. | |
| Prosecutor James Varley told the court: "Mr O'Neill, a retired teacher, a bastion of the local church community and a Sunday school teacher, appeared to be a wholesome married father of two. | |
| "In fact, he had a dark side to him which he kept concealed - he was obsessed with the sexual exploitation of pre-pubescent girls ... and enjoyed the sexual abuse and degradation of young girls." |