[India] - UK ex-teacher jailed for paying Indian teenagers to abuse under-13 young boys

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
teenagers (aged 18 and 17) in India to sexually abuse boys in India aged under 13 and send him images and videos of the acts
East Dulwich, London, pleaded guilty to 22 counts, including encouraging the rape of a child under 13, causing a child under 13 to engage in
sexual activity, as well as making and distributing indecent images of children, and possession of an image portraying intercourse with a
would instruct young men in India on Telegram to perform sexual acts on underage boys
Smith would send them images and videos as examples of ones he would like to receive in return.The offences took place between December 2016
and his arrest in London on November 6, 2022.Smith worked in orphanages and NGOs across India between 2007 and 2014
Aged 24 he moved to Chennai and spent three years living there before moving to Nepal to work at a school until July 2022 when he returned
to the UK.Last September he began working as a deputy head teacher at a primary school in London.Southwark Crown Court heard how when Smith
guilty pleas and expression of remorse.Smith stared ahead with a neutral expression
He has been placed on the sex offenders register for life.Mitigating, Sarah Vine KC told the court Smith had been teaching other inmates to
read and write whilst in prison
The NCA shared information with the Indian authorities and continues to work with them