Briton Convicted Of Importing Child And Bestiality Pornography

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Coventry man jailed for importing child porn

A Coventry man has been jailed for importing child pornography and illegal firearms into the country. Clayton John Fripp, of Lady Lane, Longford, was yesterday sentenced at Warwick Crown Court to 15 months in prison.

Judge Charles Harris also ordered the 46-year-old be placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years.

Fripp pleaded guilty to two charges of importing a DVD containing child pornography, one charge of importing a DVD containing bestiality, and a further charge of importing a firearm.

Fripp first came to the attention of Revenue and Customs officers at Birmingham Airport on April 28, 2007, as he boarded a flight to Thailand. Officers discovered £56,850 in cash inside three envelopes concealed beneath silver foil in Fripp's hand luggage.

On his return to Birmingham Airport on June 5, 2007, officers seized a pornographic DVD from his luggage.

A subsequent search of his Coventry home and business premises uncovered a further three DVDs displaying paedophile and bestiality images, along with a large quantity of pornographic material. The search also uncovered a stun gun, two air rifles, one crossbow and two extendable truncheons.

Sentencing Fripp, Judge Harris said: "Purchasing this material provides a market for depraved adults to perpetrate the vile abuse of children."

After the hearing, John Theobald, senior investigation officer for Revenue and Customs, said: "We have intercepted cash linked to crime and taken the illegal pornography and weapons out of circulation."

- icCoventry (UK)

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Clayton Fripp

Paedo in £60k Thai sex den bid

A vile paedophile was caged yesterday after trying to smuggle £60,000 out of Britain to buy a child sex den in Thailand.

Airport customs men confiscated the wads of cash after finding it stashed away in Clayton Fripp’s hand luggage. Then they monitored him as he flew off to “enjoy” the fleshpots of Bangkok. On Fripp’s return six weeks later a sickening child sex DVD was found hidden in his bags.

Further searches of his Coventry home unearthed three more disks showing sick paedophile and bestiality pictures, a huge stash of porn, a stun gun, two air rifles, a crossbow and two extendable truncheons.

Divorcee Fripp, 46, was jailed for 15 months at Warwick Crown Court yesterday. He was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for ten years.

A Customs source later told how the cash had been concealed beneath silver foil in Fripp’s bags found at Birmingham airport.

He said, "It was suspected to be the proceeds of crime and was being used to buy a Thai home where there is little doubt Fripp would have acted out his depraved fantasies."

"Every penny was confiscated and returned to the public purse."

- The Sun (UK)

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Coventry man traffics paedophile pornography and weapons

A 46 year old Coventry man was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court to 15 months in prison for importing DVDs displaying paedophile pornography and bestiality as well as firearms without a licence and. The judge also ordered that he be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years.

Clayton John Fripp, (DOB 26.02.61) of Coventry, was intercepted by HM Revenue & Customs Officers on 28 April 2007 at Birmingham International Airport boarding a flight to Thailand.

Cash totalling £56,850 was discovered in three envelopes concealed beneath silver foil in Fripp's hand luggage. The cash was confiscated by Customs Officers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and had been forfeited following a hearing on 23 January 2008 at Solihull Magistrates Court and returned to the public purse.

On Fripp's return to the UK on 5 June 2007 Customs Officers seized a pornographic DVD. A search of Fripp's home and business premises uncovered a further three DVD's displaying paedophile and bestiality images among a large quantity of pornographic material and also a stun gun, two air rifles, one crossbow and two extendable truncheons.

John Theobald, Senior Investigation Officer for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) said:

"We have intercepted cash linked to crime and taken the illegal pornography and weapons out of circulation. We work closely with local people and communities in the fight against crime, improving the quality of life for everyone. A vital part of this strategy is making sure that crime doesn't pay and I would encourage anyone with information relating to illegally imported goods or tax evasion and fraud to contact our confidential hotline number on 0800 59 5000 or email customs.confidential(at)hmrc.gsi.gov.uk "

On sentencing, His Honour Judge Harris, said: "Purchasing this material provides a market for depraved adults to perpetrate the vile abuse of children."

The case was successfully prosecuted by the Revenue & Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO). RCPO is an independent prosecuting authority that reports to the Attorney General and is responsible for the prosecution of all HMRC cases in England and Wales.

Notes to Editors

1. Clayton John Fripp, (DOB 26.02.61) of Coventry, was sentenced to 15 months in prison. He received four months for each of the DVD offences and three months for the weapons offence, to be served consecutively. He was also placed on the sex offenders register for ten years.

2. Fripp did not contest the forfeiture of cash and pleaded guilty to four charges including:

- Importing a DVD containing child pornography on 5 June 2007.

- Importing a DVD containing child pornography on a day before 5 June 2007.

- Importing a DVD containing bestiality on a day before 5 June 2007.

- Importing a firearm, namely a stun gun, on a day before 5 June 2007.

3. Office (RCPO). RCPO is an independent prosecuting authority that reports to the Attorney General, and is responsible for the prosecution of all HMRC cases in England and Wales.

- Issued by HM Revenue & Customs Press Office