Pervert who ran website dedicated to sexual abuse of young girl for paedophiles is jailed
The 47-year-old profited as he charged people to see images of the victim
A SICK pervert who ran a website revelling in the sexual abuse of a young girl for paedophiles to watch has been jailed for 13 years.
Vile Richard Hunt managed the payment and administration of the site.
The unemployed 47-year-old profited as he charged people to see images of the victim.
A court heard the girl, in her 20s, suffered the horrific abuse for 12 years from the age of ten which was then broadcast online.
Hunt would also chat online to paedophiles where he would encourage them to photograph themselves sexually abusing children they know.
A judge described Hunt's crimes as the "most repellent" examples of degrading behaviour.
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Hunt, of Bexhill, East Sussex, was caught following an international investigation, and intelligence found on the computer of an American suspect.
He had exchanged indecent images with the suspect and a search warrant was executed at his home in June 2012.
During a raid, officers uncovered a huge stash of indecent images.
DC Martin Harmer of Sussex Police, officer in the case, said: "The forensic examination of his computer equipment and online accounts identified that Hunt possessed over 10,000 indecent images of children and was exchanging these with a large number of people online.
"He also engaged in extensive chat with others in which he encouraged them to sexually abuse and photograph children known to them.
"One of the abused children was identified by our team as a German national.
"It transpired Hunt was instrumental in running a website dedicated to the horrific sexual abuse of this girl at the hands of a family friend there for some 10 years from the age of approximately 10.
"The website charged for images of the girl and Hunt managed the payment and administration of the site."
Judge Paul Tain, sentencing him at Lewes Crown Court, in East Sussex, said: "These are the most repellent examples of degrading behaviour towards children that a judge could see."
The website, which was hosted in the US, was closed down by American authorities.
The German national who facilitated the abuse died of natural causes before he could be prosecuted in Germany.
Hunt admitted a total of 14 offences including facilitating child pornography, inciting a penetrative child sex offence, inciting the taking of indecent images of children, attempting to arrange a child sex offence, money laundering, possession and distribution of indecent images of children, possession of extreme adult images and possession of prohibited images of children.
Following his release, Hunt will be subjected to an extended licence supervision requirement of two years, and he cannot travel abroad for five years.
He is registered as a sex offender for life while a Sexual Harm Prevention Order will severely restrict his access to children and use of computers.
DC Harmer added: "Hunt initially refused to accept a number of the charges and so the German victim was faced with the fear of having to attend a foreign court to give evidence.
"Thankfully, he changed his plea on the first day of trial, avoiding her additional distress."
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