Rotherham man jailed for accessing livestreams of child abuse in the Philippines
49-year-old Richard Green was sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation
A Rotherham man has been jailed for accessing livestreams showing the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines.
Richard Green, 49 and of Fir Close in Wath Upon Dearne, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison at Sheffield Crown Court today (December 9) following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
The court heard that Green communicated with a woman in the Philippines over a four-month period, requesting live webcam sessions and indecent images involving her nine-year-old daughter.
He also sent payments in exchange for footage.
The NCA identified Green after receiving evidence from US authorities in January 2024.
Investigators revealed that between July and November 2019, Green exchanged 350 messages with the woman, participated in 10 video calls, and received nine media files containing indecent images of children.
Green was arrested in February 2024, with 12 digital devices seized and forensically examined.
Accounts found on his devices showed conversations spanning several years, including from 2020 to 2023, where he discussed another girl, aged 15, in sexualised chats.
A total of 28 indecent images were recovered – including seven in Category A, the most severe.
Green was charged with arranging and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and possession of indecent images of children.
He admitted guilt at Sheffield Crown Court in August and has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
Holly Triggs, NCA Operations Manager, said: “Richard Green has been targeting children in the Philippines over a number of years, organising depraved abuse that he could access through a livestream."
"Green posed a significant risk to children. While he may have believed the distance between him and the abuse he orchestrated meant he would avoid detection, his crimes were uncovered with the assistance of policing partners in the US.
"The NCA will target and pursue UK child abuse offenders wherever their offending occurs.”