By Sammie Jones-
“Warped and sadistic” paedophile, Matthew Falder, who blackmailed victims and shared abuse tips and images on the dark web has been jailed for 32 years.
Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder forced his victims into weird acts, including licking toilet seats and self-harming. The 29 year old deranged pervert also blackmailed victims and shared abuse tips and images on the dark web.On some so-called “hurtcore” websites. He was made a VIP member because of the ultra-depraved images he posted. This gave him access to even more sickening material.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Falder admitted 137 charges, including rape, against 46 people. He psychologically tormented his victims without ever meeting them.
At Birmingham Crown Court, Judge Philip Parker QC labelled Falder an “internet highwayman” with a “lust to control”.
The former lecturer at the University of Birmingham, will serve what is equivalent to a life sentence for his depraved crimes. He will spend a further six years on licence after his release from prison.
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The University of Cambridge said it was actively pursuing stripping Falder of his academic qualifications.
The court heard Falder, who lived in Edgbaston, had no previous convictions and excelled at school, where he was described as
“one of the finest students with an international impact”. He is a disgrace to academics all over the world. University of Cambridge said they were considering stripping Falder of his academic qualifications, but that will be wrong and unlawful. Two wrongs do not make a right, Cambridge University should know this.
The judge condemned his ”increasingly menacing behaviour” over a 10 year offending spree had a lasting impact on his victims. They described how they “will never get over” what happened to them. Oddball Falder once posed as a depressed female artist called Liz, and chose the most vulnerable, offering them money for topless pictures, then threatening them with exposure if they did not send more explicit and humiliating pictures. One male victim was blackmailed into eating his faeces and drinking urine.
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And in an email to one 15-year-old girl, he said: “I wanted to offer you two choices.
“A) You take some more photos for me….. slightly different from before.
“B) I get upset, and instead of sending money, I send printouts of all the pictures you have done to your address, at many points in the future (in envelopes that your mother is likely to open).”
Others described how they felt”dirty, like used goods” since their interactions with Falder.
One mother, who was duped into sending Falder images of her daughter, said: “I feel as if I failed my daughter massively by being too trusting.
“That will never go away, and it is something I have to live with an struggle with the guilt for the rest of my life.
“I am carrying the weight of what happened on my shoulders daily and its been exhausting.”
Four of Falder’s victims attempted suicide.
‘Hurtcore’
GUMTREE
Falder snapped his victims up on Gumtree before moving them away from the website’s servers and onto email.
This enabled him to maintain anonymity to his victims, as he increasingly pursued depraved images.
Falder then blackmailed his victims, asking them to send him more material otherwise he would share images with their friends and family.
The sick man forced proceeded to force victims to lick toilet seats and eat dog food, before posting the images on “hurtcore” websites, which are hidden forums on the dark web. These forums are dedicated to sharing images and videos of rape, torture, paedophilia, and degradation.
He used heavily encrypted email addresses obtained through Russian email services to evade capture however, he was eventually caught by an international global taskforce, involving security services from Europe, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.
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