A ‘DANGEROUS’ child sex offender from Rugby who talked online about abusing children and babies has been jailed for more than a decade, after he he confessed to multiple crimes.
Christopher Trezise, 46, pleaded guilty to a number of offences, including arranging/facilitating the commission of the sexual assault of a child, making and distributing indecent photographs of children, possessing extreme pornographic imagery, and engaging in sexual communication with a child.
At Warwick Crown Court, Trezise was jailed for ten years and six months, given an extended licence period of four years having been identified as a dangerous offender by the courts, handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) for 15 years, and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.
Trezise was arrested in May 2024 and his devices were seized after work by Warwickshire Police’s Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team (OCSET) found he had been potentially distributing indecent images online.
Subsequent forensic analysis revealed Trezise was an active member of online networks and forums, and regularly talked about abusing children and babies.
Police also discovered he had more than 1,000 illegal images on his devices, and he had been sexually communicating with a child as well as arranging to meet an offender to sexually abuse another child.
Investigating officer Det Sgt Jag Gill said: “Trezise is a prolific offender who thought the anonymity of the internet would mask the despicable level of his offending.
“The extreme level of content recovered from his devices was horrendous, and demonstrated a clear pattern of repeated and intentional behaviour, and this severity was reflected in the length of his sentence.
“Our focus is the safety of children and the needs of victims. We will relentlessly pursue suspects like Trezise and anyone who uses the internet to groom, coerce, threaten, exploit or share abusive material involving children – working with partners and using all available investigative powers to bring offenders to justice.”
Anyone with concerns about their use of the internet or inappropriate thoughts or behaviour about children, or who is worried about someone they know, can contact the Lucy Faithfull Foundation at www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk.
