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This is the moment a sex offender who masterminded a paedophiles forum where thousands of vile predators traded child abuse images on the dark web gulps as he is arrested.
Brett Saunders, 50, from Swindon, was snared as part of an investigation into the hidden site on the dark web that had more than 2,000 members.
The bespectacled sex pest was wearing a Batman T-shirt as police officers from the National Crime Agency arrested him.
A judge at Swindon Crown Court sentenced him to six years in jail today and placed him on the Sex Offender Register for life. He was also handed a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
Adam Priestley, Branch Commander at the NCA, said: 'The dark website over which Brett Saunders presided even went beyond enabling access to sexual abuse images, it provided a safe space for like-minded paedophiles to normalise the abhorrent abuse of children.
Brett Saunders (pictured during his arrest), from Swindon, was snared as part of an investigation into a hidden peadophiles forum on the dark web that had more than 2,000 members
A judge sentenced him to six years in jail today and placed him on the Sex Offender Register for life. He was also handed a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)
'Motivated by his own sexual interests, he was committed to climbing up the ranks and securing the senior position of Global Moderator. He then used his role to encourage the site's members to share abuse material and engage in discussions about sexually exploiting children.
'This is the latest NCA investigation to demonstrate that dangerous offenders, who may think they can operate in the shadows online, can be identified and brought to account.
'Utilising our full range of capabilities, the NCA is committed to disrupting the most serious crime being committed on the dark web.'
As he was arrested, Saunders was seen gulping while standing in a Batman T-shirt as officers put him in handcuffs. There was also a drawing of Batman on his mantlepiece
The bearded and bespectacled sex pest was silent as a police officer told him what he was being arrested for
As he was arrested, Saunders was seen gulping while standing in a Batman T-shirt as officers put him in handcuffs.
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