Martyn Armstrong, from Pembrokeshire, documented himself committing “depraved” acts against three children, including a victim as young as one, over a number of years and posted the pictures to the dark web.
The 50-year-old was arrested in July last year after officers developed the never before used tool.
He pleaded guilty to a total of 41 counts of rape of a child under the age of 13 and sexual assault related to two victims, and to making, distributing and possessing indecent images of children in relation to them both and a third victim.
Roger Griffiths, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court Armstrong had taken the images of him abusing children between 2005 and 2007, and between December 16, 2009, and February 6, 2011, and had admitted to taking photos of a third child on a beach in 2010.
Armstrong had posted online a series of 200 extremely graphic images and a video under the file name ‘Father Jones’ which shows him repeatedly raping his youngest victim.
The series has been known to crime agencies across the world since 2013 due to the file being shared and downloaded across 18 countries, not including the UK, within South America, Australia and Europe.
The folder was still being shared in the UK in early 2022 across six websites, and had been found by police forces in 583 forensic submissions.
Mr Griffiths said Armstrong had used photoshop to place a zig-zag distortion across his image, but made no attempt to disguise the identities of his victims.
Due to his face being blurred, investigators were unable to identify the pedophile for almost a decade, despite attempts by law enforcement partners from Australia, Italy and France, with an officer from the latter country identifying the exact beach location in Wales which had featured in some of the images.
‘Evil’ child rapist jailed for life after being unmasked by new technology
The 50-year-old was arrested in July last year after officers developed the never before used tool.
He pleaded guilty to a total of 41 counts of rape of a child under the age of 13 and sexual assault related to two victims, and to making, distributing and possessing indecent images of children in relation to them both and a third victim.
Roger Griffiths, prosecuting, told Cardiff Crown Court Armstrong had taken the images of him abusing children between 2005 and 2007, and between December 16, 2009, and February 6, 2011, and had admitted to taking photos of a third child on a beach in 2010.
Armstrong had posted online a series of 200 extremely graphic images and a video under the file name ‘Father Jones’ which shows him repeatedly raping his youngest victim.
The series has been known to crime agencies across the world since 2013 due to the file being shared and downloaded across 18 countries, not including the UK, within South America, Australia and Europe.
The folder was still being shared in the UK in early 2022 across six websites, and had been found by police forces in 583 forensic submissions.
Mr Griffiths said Armstrong had used photoshop to place a zig-zag distortion across his image, but made no attempt to disguise the identities of his victims.
Due to his face being blurred, investigators were unable to identify the pedophile for almost a decade, despite attempts by law enforcement partners from Australia, Italy and France, with an officer from the latter country identifying the exact beach location in Wales which had featured in some of the images.
‘Evil’ child rapist jailed for life after being unmasked by new technology
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