British predator, 34, who 圧力d boy 4,500 miles away in the US into 強姦ing a toddler is 刑務所，拘置所d for 18 years - while 十代の少年少女 he groomed will serve 50 YEARS in a US 刑務所，拘置所

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A British online predator who 圧力d a boy 4,500 miles away into 強姦ing a toddler has been 刑務所，拘置所d for 18 years - while the 十代の少年少女 he groomed will serve 50 years in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.

新たな展開d Nicholas Hatton, who had a 抱擁する stash of child 乱用 images, took advantage of the boy from the age of 12, Chester 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 heard.

The 十代の少年少女 had been in 接触する with Hatton for several years from 2014 and told officers that he had been coerced into sexually 乱用ing his two-year-old family member on camera.

As a result of his 自白, the boy has since been 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of 強姦 and 性の 強襲，強姦 in America and 宣告，判決d to 50 years in 刑務所，拘置所.

一方／合間, Hatton, 34, of West Street, 乗組員, was 手渡すd an 18-year 刑務所，拘置所 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 in the UK.

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Nicholas Hatton, 34, of 乗組員, was 宣告，判決d to 18 years for his 役割 in grooming a boy and coercing him to 強姦 a young 親族 in the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs

The 法廷，裁判所 heard the boy was one of Hatton's four 犠牲者s. 探偵，刑事s were able to identify two of them, who were both based in America.

The 調査 into Hatton 最初 began in 2021 when officers from Cheshire Police received 知能 from a social マスコミ company in relation to his online activity.

A 令状 was carried out at Hatton's home in 乗組員 where a number of electronic 装置s were 掴むd and sent for 分析.

During examination of the 装置s, officers 回復するd more than 12,000 indecent images of children and 750 indecent ビデオs, 同様に as 1,050 禁じるd images.

に引き続いて the 発見, Hatton was rearrested in June 2022.

During 尋問 he 否定するd all knowledge of who the children in the images were.

He was then 解放（する）d on 条件付きの 保釈（金）. It was at this point that a Cheshire Police 犠牲者 身元確認，身分証明 Officer identified the two US-based 犠牲者s.

Hatton was subsequently 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d and later pleaded 有罪の to all of the offences.

He was 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with six counts of 原因（となる）ing or 刺激するing a boy under 13 to engage in 性の activity; two counts of 原因（となる）ing or 刺激するing the 性の 開発／利用 of a child 老年の 13 to 17 and one count of 所有／入手 of indecent images of children.

Chester 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 heard the 犠牲者, who had been in 接触する with Hatton for several years from 2014, told officers that he had been coerced into sexually 乱用ing the two-year-old family member on camera

Hatton also pleaded 有罪の to three counts of making indecent images of children, three counts of taking indecent images of children and one count of 所有／入手 of 禁じるd images of children.

に引き続いて his 宣告，判決ing, 探偵，刑事 Constable 妖精／密着させる Taylor, of the Online Child 乱用 調査 Team at Cheshire Police, said: 'This has been a コンビナート／複合体 and 非常に長い 調査 which 最終的に 暴露するd Hatton's despicable behaviour.

'It was 明らかな throughout the 調査 that Hatton is a 性の predator who preyed on 攻撃を受けやすい young boys and had no regard for the 影響s his 活動／戦闘s would have on the 犠牲者s or their families.

'予定 to the grooming that he 苦しむd as a child, one of Hatton's 犠牲者 in America has been 手渡すd a 非常に長い 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決, while his family member 苦しむd 支えるd 性の 乱用.

'While 非，不，無 of the 犠牲者s will ever be able to forget what happened to them, I hope that Hatton's 有罪の判決 and the 宣告，判決 手渡すd to him will 供給する them with some 終結.

'I also hope that Hatton's 有罪の判決 will 行為／法令／行動する as a 思い出の品 that there are no 国境s when it comes to 性の 乱用, it can happen anywhere at any time and the 衝撃 can be lifechanging.'

In 新規加入 to his 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決, Hatton was also ordered to 調印する the sex 違反者／犯罪者s 登録（する） for life and 手渡すd an 不明確な／無期限の 性の 害（を与える） 予防 order.