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Depraved pervert Malcolm Tayler directed the sexual abuse of children on the other side of the world - with some of the victims aged just four-years-old.

The 65-year-old paid for at least 15 live streams of children engaging in sexual acts in the Philippines, an island nation in South East Asia, over a three year period.

As well as the watching his victims being forced to perform the acts, he told the abusers what acts to make the children perform.

Now Tayler has been jailed for 19 years and six months after pleading guilty to 21 charges at Chester Crown Court - including 15 counts of facilitating the commission of child sex offences, three counts of downloading indecent images, two counts of possession of prohibited images of a child and possession of 31 extreme pornographic images.

The Cheshire Police investigation into the case began in February 2018 when police raided Tayler's home on Bromley Road in Congleton due to intelligence suggesting he was involved in the streaming of illegal videos.

Two computers were seized - with a total of 162 indecent images of children and 31 extreme pornographic images discovered on them. Police also found he had distributed 12 indecent images via Skype.

Tayler paid for the 15 live streams between May 2014 and August 2017 - and also visited Thailand and the Philippines during that period.

During a police interview Tayler, whose address is now Spencer Street in Northwich, admitted he had watched live streams of child sexual abuse and had been aware the victims were children.

(Image: Tom Burnett/StokeonTrentLive)

Detective Constable Dave Walton said: “I welcome the sentence handed to Tayler and I hope that it acts as a deterrent to others.

“Tayler knew that what he was doing was wrong, but he thought he could get away with it because it was all online and there were no witnesses to his offending.

“However, this case highlights the fact that everyone using the internet leaves a digital footprint and that no matter how hard offenders try to hide it the evidence will always catch up with them in the end.”

Tayler, who must service at least two-thirds of his sentence before being eligible for parole, was also given another four years on licence.

He must also sign the sex offenders' register for life.

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