BRITAIN’S ‘WORST PAEDO’ HAS JAIL TERM CUT

ONE of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles has had his 32-year prison sentence REDUCED.

Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder had his jail term cut to 25 years by Court of Appeal judges in London.

“Sadistic” Falder, who blackmailed a string of vulnerable victims, watched via video link from prison.

His barrister, Andrew Smith QC, told the court during the hearing: “This was grave offending with undoubtedly profound consequences for those who were the victims of this applicant.”

But he submitted that “the custodial element of 32 years imposed was manifestly excessive”.

Lord Justice Holroyde said the court had concluded that the “appropriate” custodial term, taking into account credit for the guilty pleas, and “the principle of totality”, was 25 years.

The sentencing judge at Birmingham Crown Court in February concluded that Falder was a dangerous offender and gave him a six-year extended licence period. This was increased to eight years by the appeal judges. Falder, of Birmingham, committed his offences over nearly 10 years, manipulating victims “behind a computer screen” by duping them into providing nude images and personal details. He admitted 137 offences – including voyeurism, encouraging child rape and sharing images showing the abuse of a newborn baby – after being caught by an international inquiry led by the National Crime Agency (NCA). On his arrest, the former post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in geophysics at the University of Birmingham quipped to officers that the list of then suspected offences sounded “like the rap sheet from hell”. Birmingham Crown Court heard that Falder coerced male and female victims into producing “increasingly severe selfgenerated indecent images of themselves. Falder blackmailed victims into eating faeces, licking toilet seats and tampons and persuaded them to eat dog food. BLACKMAILER: Falder