He tried to start Romanian orphans streaming service

A paedophile who tried to set up a live-streaming service showing children being abused thousands of miles away has been jailed for nearly five years.

Eamon Goodfellow, 50, sent cash to fellow perverts in the Philippines and Romania to sexually assault vulnerable youngsters for his gratification.

Goodfellow, of St Albans, Herts, was arrested on 14 June 2018 following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

Officers seized devices containing chat logs which showed Goodfellow discussing the abuse of children with a fellow paedophiles in Philippines and Romania.

Goodfellow was shown to be directing his contacts to find children to abuse with a view to live-streaming the attacks.

He denied but was convicted of two counts of attempting to cause the sexual exploitation of a child under 13 at St Albans Crown Court after a six day trial.

Goodfellow was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He will remain on the sex offenders register for life.

Martin Ludlow, from the NCA, said: ‘Goodfellow made it very clear that he has sexual interest in young children in these chat logs.

‘He attempted to arrange for the most horrific abuse of vulnerable children thousands of miles away from him for his own gratification.

‘He was helped by facilitators whose motive is to make money. This kind of financially-driven offending is a key threat to the UK.

‘The NCA works with international law enforcement partners to safeguard children, as well as to identify and disrupt those willing to fund and carry out this abuse.

‘The NCA has an excellent relationship with agencies in the Philippines and actively supports the work of the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Centre (PICACC).’