Axel Savage These were found after police received intelligence that the year-old was sharing vile images of children being sexually abused. He was subsequently charged with voyeurism, possessing indecent images of children, two counts of making them and four of distributing them.
At his sentencing hearing at Liverpool Crown Court this morning, Wednesday, prosecutor Kenneth Grant informed the court how Cheshire Police received information that an email address attributed to the defendant was associated with a Snapchat account. This account was being used to upload category A β the most severe category involving child rape β indecent images of children in September The IP address was associated with the account of Savage, and following police enquiries, officers attended his home address after being granted a warrant.
He did however provide his pin code and passwords, with a forensic examination of the devices revealing the presence of indecent images of children. In total, Savage admitted being in possession of nine sickening images, of which two were graded category A and seven classed as category B. It was found that two images were distributed multiple times using WhatsApp between the defendant and his partner.
The search also found photos taken in a public toilet in the town, the location of which was not disclosed in court, but taken on two dates between January 30 and February 3 last year. They involved adult men urinating in the toilet, taken above and under doors, while others were of them performing sex acts on themselves in the toilet block. Savage was interviewed again by police in relation to the voyeurism material and again answered no comment to all questions put to him.
Offering mitigation on behalf of his client, Jim Smith spoke of how a number of glowing references had been prepared by his family and partner, who was there to support him in the courtroom, as well as a letter written by himself to the court.
