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A woman involved in a paedophile ring has admitted four child sexual abuse charges including live-streaming footage of the acts over Skype.

Christine Callaghan, 33, was paid £2,285 by Dean Petley, 30, to live stream footage of her abusing a child.

On Friday (November 8), Callaghan admitted four charges at Isleworth Crown Court.

She will be sentenced at a later date.

Petley, an automotive engineer from Leamington Spa, admitted 11 charges last month and was jailed at the same hearing yesterday for eight years.

Dean Petley, 30, met Christine Callaghan and another woman on an adult services website and paid one of them £750 from January 2017 to February 2018 to sexually abuse two young children.

The other woman was Jodie Little, who lived in Cyprus and used online usernames such as 'devil b**** 666' and 'Queen of Tabbo', and was jailed in August for 12 years and four months for the crimes.

She was convicted under Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which is designed to prosecute British nationals in the UK for crimes committed abroad.

In October last year Petley was arrested after being identified as one of Little’s customers.

Online chat from Little's devices showed he had asked her to perform sex acts in front of young children.

Little, originally from Huddersfield, sent Petley 10 electronic files, one of which showed her sexually abusing a very young girl .

He was rearrested in May this year after further evidence was found on an encrypted hard drive at his home.

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The hard drive also contained a video almost 10 minutes long of Callaghan abusing a young girl.

Jason Booth, NCA operations manager, said: “Petley’s and Callaghan’s convictions were only possible because of our determination to make Jodie Little face justice.

“Distance is not a barrier for the NCA in pursuing UK child sex offenders wherever they are. The investigation into Little has unravelled other leads that our policing partners are working on.

“These were horrendous crimes, but they’re an example of what the NCA is seeing more and more with increasingly worsening cyber-enabled child sexual offending.

He added: "The NCA knows that the scale and severity of offending against children are worsening.

“We and UK police arrest around 500 child sex offenders a month and safeguard about 700 children a month.

“There is no greater priority for us than protecting children.”

Child Protection Charity The Lucy Faithfull Foundation runs the Stop It Now! helpline which offers confidential advice to anyone concerned about their own or someone else’s behaviour towards children.

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An NSPCC spokesman said: “Young children have endured unthinkable abuse for Petley’s sexual gratification.

“This disturbing case clearly demonstrates that behind every child abuse image or video that appears online, there are vulnerable victims who have been subjected to appalling pain and suffering.

Sickening offenders like Petley are fuelling this evil industry, and it is crucial that more is done by Government and tech companies to prevent this material being published.”

Anyone concerned about a child can contact the NSPCC Helpline on 0808 800 5000, while Childline is there for young people on 0800 1111 or via www.childline.org.uk .