Cheshire mechanic who ran child sexual abuse sites jailed for 16 years

The judge called Nathan Bake ‘a committed paedophile who represented a very significant risk of causing serious harm to children’. Photograph: National Crime Agency/PA

A mechanic from Cheshire who created and ran child sexual abuse sites on the dark web has been jailed for 16 years.

Judge Thompson described Nathan Bake, 28, of Runcorn, Cheshire, as a dangerous offender and additionally imposed a four-year period on licence in the community to be served after the prison sentence.