February 2023

Paedophile jailed for producing and distributing hundreds of sick photographs of children

A man has been jailed for producing and distributing hundreds of sick photographs of children.

Andrew Kelsall, 31, of Boston Road, Sleaford, was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court on Thursday, February 16.

Kelsall made and distributed over 700 child sex abuse material, some of which are described as “extreme pornographic images.”

Lincolnshire Police received information from Police Scotland about Kelsall in January 2021 relating to chat logs detailing the severe sexual and physical abuse of children.

Inquiries were carried out by the Paedophile Online Team (POLIT), and he was arrested on 27 January 2021 on suspicion of making and distributing indecent images of children.

During the investigation, the chat logs revealed that Kelsall had planned to meet with a child under 10 years old and her mother to commit sexual acts.

It later transpired that Kelsall had unknowingly been talking to an undercover decoy in Scotland.

Kelsall was found to be in possession of 70 Category A images and videos, 15 Category B and 34 Category C images.

He was also found to be in possession of 679 extreme images and one prohibited pornographic image. He was jailed for the following offences:

• Arrange / facilitate the commission of a child sex offence.

• Make indecent photograph of a child – Category A.

• Make indecent photograph of a child – Category B.

• Make indecent photograph of a child – Category C.

• Possess a prohibited image of a child.

• Possess extreme pornographic image/images portraying an act of intercourse /oral sex with a dead / alive.

• Distribute an indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child.