Nation-hopping paedophile who coached others to sexually abuse youngsters is jailed

A PAEDOPHILE who travelled to Nepal and the Philippines to sexually abuse youngsters, and coached others on groom victims, has been jailed for 21 years.

Investigators have been capable of hint on-line exercise to trace down David Mould, 68, who was dwelling in Seaford, East Sussex when he was arrested in April 2020.

A Nationwide Crime Company (NCA) investigation was launched in 2019 right into a prolific consumer of a darkish internet youngster abuse website known as Boyvids4, after it was recognized they have been probably based mostly within the UK.

Utilizing the pseudonym Globetrotter, Mould shared his personal experiences of abusing youngsters, and gave extraordinarily detailed recommendation to a lot of customers on the place finest to journey to seek out victims, in addition to strategy them.

He additionally gave technical steering on encrypting units and keep away from detection by legislation enforcement.

On the identical day of his arrest, NCA officers searched his home and office, seizing a lot of digital and digital storage units.

Mould had saved a few of his chat logs from the location on a tough drive. These highlighted the standing which different paedophiles positioned him in, with many thanking him for his recommendation.

One mentioned: “You will have been a substantial amount of assist to me, you need to write a paedo information to assist rookies like me to not make silly errors and benefit from alternatives.”

Mould had organized to fulfill with one other consumer in Nepal and introduce him to some younger boys who he had abused previously.

The consumer was recognized by the NCA as an American man named Michael Taylor and this data was shared with US companions.

In consequence, Taylor was arrested in Nepal in March 2021 and is presently serving 14 years in jail there for youngster intercourse offences.

The NCA shared proof from the investigation with worldwide legislation enforcement – three youngsters have since been safeguarded within the Philippines.

In complete, over 100,000 indecent photos of youngsters, along with 4 interactive paedophile manuals detailing strategies on abuse youngsters and keep away from detection, have been recovered from one in every of Mould’s laborious drives.

Hazel Stewart from the Nationwide Crime Company mentioned: “David Mould is a prolific sexual predator, who devoted his money and time to abusing youngsters and inspiring others to do the identical.

“Offenders like him suppose that by travelling to distant components of the world to conduct their abuse, and through the use of anonymisation strategies on-line, they received’t get caught.

“Nevertheless, the NCA has the capabilities to determine and disrupt probably the most harmful offenders.

“Borders are usually not a barrier; we work intently with worldwide companions to make sure that Britons committing offences overseas are prosecuted within the UK and weak youngsters are safeguarded, wherever they’re on this planet.”

Anybody who thinks they could have been a sufferer of Mould, or has data on his offending, can contact the NCA Management Centre on 0370 496 7622.