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A student used Ai technology to turn innocent photos of children as young as four into deprived indecent images and sell to paedophile online.
Geeky Huge Nelson took request from them to create explicit naked 3D versions of young relatives being raped and tortured for 80pounds a time, a court heard.
The graphic design student had customers across the world, including US, France and Italy, Metro. Co.Uk says.
Nelson, 27 said he was providing a valuable service . He was stopped only when he unwittingly began speaking to an undercover police officer in May. In one vile message with a laughing emoji he boasted to the officer that images he created included beatings, smothering, hangings, drownings beheadings and so on. His messages in chat rooms could have encouraged rape in children, the court heard. There are indications that he carried out child sexual abuse but no evidence was found.
In over 18months his sick hustle using Daz 3D artificial intelligence powered modelling soft ware, earned £5000
At the court on Monday 28 Oct he showed no emotions as he was being jailed for 18years, he admitted 11 offences, its believed to be the first such conviction in the UK.
Nelson’s mother wept in the public gallery at Bolton Crown Court as he appear via video link from prison.
In a police interview with Nelson, he admitted ” My mind is very corrupted and warped. I fell into this pit of despair and grotesque behaviour, it spiralled and got worse.”
He added that its sick how much it affect your mind especially when you have no job, you sit at home, play games, watch porn and these stupid f***ing goddammit images.
In another statement he says “I am sexually attracted to kids. I ve been completely swept on it, it’s taken over my life.”
Growing up Nelson was part of a British Film institute academy. Later, he said he gained experience on the jeremy Kyle Show before graduating from Stalford University with a first class degree in sound and video technology.
Judge Martin Walsh told him there seems to be no limit to the depth of deprived images you were prepared to create and distribute.
Bob Elas, defending said Melson was a socially isolated, lonely man who desperately wanted validation. But he accepted that Nelson has created Monstrous images if depravity.
Meanwhile Jeanette Smith of the Crown persecution unit warned: ‘I think its the tip of the ice berge, as technology evolves so there will be more cases like this.’