Paedophile jailed for nine years over child sex offences

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 13:33 · Archive

Christopher Lumley was sentenced to nine years after attempting to watch the sexual abuse of a child.

Christopher Lumley, 38, a lorry driver from Hartlepool, was sentenced to nine years in prison at Teesside Crown Court after admitting to multiple child sex offences. The offences included attempting to arrange watching a video call of a 10-year-old girl being raped by her grandfather, and collecting and distributing indecent images of children.

Lumley was first alerted to Cleveland Police by the National Crime Agency in March following an FBI investigation into chats he had with a fellow child sex offender in the USA. He was caught by an undercover officer posing as an abusive grandparent on a Russian website known to be used by child sex abusers. When police arrived at his house, Lumley admitted he "knew why they had come" and that he had "messed up".

Investigators found over 700 indecent images on his phone, approximately 370 of which were in the most serious category. He had also distributed about 540 images online, including 252 in the most grave category. After being released on bail, Lumley continued offending, downloading and sharing hundreds more images and contacting the undercover officer, who was posing as a man abusing his granddaughter.

How it is being reported

• Hartlepool paedophile who tried to watch livestream of rape of a granddaughter jailed by Teesside Crown CourtA pervert who tried to persuade a man to video himself raping his 10-year-old granddaughter live on the internet so he could watch has been jailed.Hartlepool Mail · 14 Oct, 13:03
• Paedophile wanted to watch man rape granddaughterHe also collected hundreds of depraved and disgusting child sex images, a court hears.BBC Tees · 14 Oct, 12:21

In this story: Christopher Lumley · Teesside Crown Court · Hartlepool · Cleveland Police · FBI

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