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| Man headed world paedophile ring | Man headed world paedophile ring |
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| A man with 200,000 computer images and thousands of videos showing child sex abuse has been jailed indefinitely. | |
| Christopher Stubbings, 55, from Crawley Lane, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, was one of the ringleaders of a worldwide abuse ring, Stafford Crown Court heard. | Christopher Stubbings, 55, from Crawley Lane, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, was one of the ringleaders of a worldwide abuse ring, Stafford Crown Court heard. |
| He was ordered to serve a minimum of 12-and-a-half years in jail. | He was ordered to serve a minimum of 12-and-a-half years in jail. |
| Stubbings had admitted eight offences including indecent assaults on a child under 16 and the commissioning of child abuse videos. | Stubbings had admitted eight offences including indecent assaults on a child under 16 and the commissioning of child abuse videos. |
| The offences also included distribution of child abuse images and possession of child abuse images. | The offences also included distribution of child abuse images and possession of child abuse images. |
| 'Deplorable and depraved' | 'Deplorable and depraved' |
| He was arrested by Staffordshire Police following a two-year investigation involving the FBI and police in Australia. | He was arrested by Staffordshire Police following a two-year investigation involving the FBI and police in Australia. |
| The court heard when he was interviewed by Staffordshire Police, Stubbings said: "You know what men are like. Some choose to collect stamps. I choose to collect images of children." | The court heard when he was interviewed by Staffordshire Police, Stubbings said: "You know what men are like. Some choose to collect stamps. I choose to collect images of children." |
| Stubbings was at the very heart of this child abuse group Crown Prosecution Service | Stubbings was at the very heart of this child abuse group Crown Prosecution Service |
| The judge, Mrs Justice Macur, said he had "an inability to show remorse, contrition or empathy." | The judge, Mrs Justice Macur, said he had "an inability to show remorse, contrition or empathy." |
| She added the images were "deplorable and depraved - these children were abused, all of them debased, all of them humiliated". | She added the images were "deplorable and depraved - these children were abused, all of them debased, all of them humiliated". |
| In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said he was a co-founder of a worldwide paedophile group consisting of about 60 members and within that group he was second in command and acted as its treasurer. | In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service said he was a co-founder of a worldwide paedophile group consisting of about 60 members and within that group he was second in command and acted as its treasurer. |
| It said one of his primary roles was to secure funding by direct pleas from him to its members. | It said one of his primary roles was to secure funding by direct pleas from him to its members. |
| It added: "Stubbings was at the very heart of this child abuse group, which used very sophisticated internet encryption techniques to try and avoid detection." | It added: "Stubbings was at the very heart of this child abuse group, which used very sophisticated internet encryption techniques to try and avoid detection." |
| Det Insp Ronnie Walker, from Staffordshire Police, said afterwards that Stubbings had not shown "any remorse whatever". | Det Insp Ronnie Walker, from Staffordshire Police, said afterwards that Stubbings had not shown "any remorse whatever". |
| Asked about the sentence, Det Insp Walker added: "It truly reflects his level of offending and the seriousness of the nature and the quantity and the levels of depravity shown within those images that we've recovered." | Asked about the sentence, Det Insp Walker added: "It truly reflects his level of offending and the seriousness of the nature and the quantity and the levels of depravity shown within those images that we've recovered." |