A child sex abuser from Harrogate has been jailed for 3 years at York Crown Court.
Daniel John Gresham, aged 34, was arrested in March this year. Police seized electronic devices from his home which were analysed by North Yorkshire Police’s Digital Forensics Unit.
The Online Abuse & Exploitation Team identified Gresham as the person responsible for making indecent images of children. Detectives were then able to prove that he had been sexually abusing the girl in the images over a 2 year period from 2013 and that he had then shared the images online earlier this year.
Gresham had earlier pleaded guilty to sexual touching a girl aged under 13 and also making and distributing indecent images of the same girl.
As well as being imprisoned for 3 years Gresham was made subject to a 15 year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the sex offenders’ register.
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Detective Sergeant Lee Allenby, of the Online Abuse and Exploitation Team, said:
“Despite the emerging operational difficulties posed by the coronavirus during this time, we were able to progress the investigation and secure charges against Daniel Gresham.
“More importantly, we were able to identify and safeguard a young victim who had been keeping her abuse a secret for many years. I have nothing but admiration for her bravery in supporting the investigation and I hope the outcome at court will help her to put this terrible experience behind her…
“..As for Gresham, he is clearly a dangerous individual who is now facing up to the consequences of his depraved actions.
“We will not rest until such offenders are arrested, convicted and put behind bars where they can do the least amount of harm to vulnerable victims and to society as a whole.”
