handout Paedophile Daniel Davey was found dead weeks into his jail term

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Daniel Davey, 22, was found guilty of sexually abusing his victim - who was aged five and six at the time - six times over an 18-month period between 2015 and 2016. The former McDonald's worker was sentenced on December 1 but died at HMP Bullingdon, in Oxfordshire, on January 12. The sickening abuse was uncovered after the primary school age boy spoke to his mum in August 2016 and told her he wanted to tell her “something dirty”. The child's parents called police, who spoke to the child and examined his clothing - where they discovered Davey's DNA in the youngster’s underwear.

During the trial last year, prosecutor Charles Thomas said the young boy described how Davey had performed oral sex on him when he was babysitting for them, the most recent time being that day. Swindon Crown Court also heard that on one occasion Davey's girlfriend had seen an image on his computer of a man sexually abusing a child of about 13. When she confronted him, he told her that he had been sent it by someone as a joke - and Mr Thomas said by the time he was arrested he had disposed of the computer. Davey denied three counts of sexual assault of a child but was found guilty of two charges, one a multi-incident count alleging it happened on at least five occasions. He was acquitted of a third, which alleged he touched a boy's bottom.

SWNS Swindon Crown Court heard Davey performed oral sex on the boy

Davey denied three counts of sexual assault of child but was found guilty of two charges, one a multi-incident count alleging it happened on at least five occasions.

Davey was ordered by the court to register as a sex offender and was told to serve a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order. A restraining order was also put in place to protect his victim and Davey was slapped with a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence. Speaking at the time of the sentencing, Det Con Graham Mansell said: ”Davey's depravity drove him to systematically abuse this very young boy at least six times over an 18-month period. “I'd like to thank the victim for his bravery in coming forward, along with his family, and recounting what is obviously a distressing time in his life. “I would like to take this opportunity to encourage anyone who may have been a victim of sex abuse to report it to police.”

GOOGLE HMP Bullingdon was facing “severe and ongoing” staff shortages