Sex offender handed suspended jail sentence for possessing AI-generated image

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Incident details

Incident ID: inc_2024_10_13_fc0fa29b
Date source: llm_extracted_from_article_text
Country: United Kingdom
Platform: Unknown
Incident type: Synthetic Image Fraud
Verification level: reported_but_unverified

Harm types

Unknown

Topics

Synthetic Image Digital Identity Abuse

Summary

A 63-year-old registered sex offender, Andrew Jenkins, was sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for possessing an AI-generated image of a naked girl aged between 12 and 14 on his mobile phone and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). During a routine police visit in October 2024, officers discovered the prohibited image among 16 other prohibited images of children found on a device Jenkins had not previously disclosed. Jenkins admitted possessing the image and breaching the court order, with a judge noting his inability to manage deviant thoughts. He received a suspended prison sentence of 10 months for the SHPO breach and two months for the prohibited image possession, along with a new five-year SHPO and a requirement to complete rehabilitation activities.

Sources

Sex offender handed suspended jail sentence for possessing AI-generated image

countytimes.co.uk · 2026-07-03 · Primary