Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, jailed after transforming normal pictures of
children into sexual abuse imagery
A man who used AI to create child abuse images using photographs of real
children has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
In the first prosecution of its kind in the UK, Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton,
was convicted of 16 child sexual abuse offences in August, after an
investigation by Greater Manchester police (GMP).
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Tag - Crime
Public-facing staff in shops and frontline services are donning cameras to help
fight abuse and theft
When you work in security it can be a battle to stop people stealing. Most
thieves know that they have the same legal power as guards, and it’s not easy
trying to decide who gets to dole out “reasonable force” when a teenager’s
cutting through a bike lock in front of you.
My shift mates and I recently observed a heroin user cutting through our car
park repeating a shopping list into her phone: shampoo, school uniform, other
low order goods. She’s part of a growing number of people stealing for others,
focusing on stuff that people need but don’t want to pay for.
When to press buttons isn’t my only fear around BWCs. My job’s starting pay is
£11.44 per hour, the current minimum wage; the camera I wear retails for £534. I
don’t want to think about what happens if I damage it. Sometimes I feel my
uniform’s more valuable than I am.
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Counsellors are receiving an increasing number of calls from young people being
blackmailed over faked indecent images
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It was a phone call that has become all too common for Childline counsellors in
recent months.
The 17-year-old boy said he was scared and did not know what to do. He had been
contacted by a “girl” on social media claiming to be his own age and, after an
exchange of messages, had sent her an intimate image. And then the blackmail
demands started.
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