Man who enticed girls to send him explicit videos jailed for 10 years

A “CUNNING” paedophile lured girls into sending him indecent videos of themselves by offering large amounts of cash for modelling and the promise of a glamorous lifestyle.

Daniel Berry, 31, from Prestwich, Greater Manchester, pretended online to be a female casting agent and a male studio owner to exploit the naivety of his 16 victims, aged 12 to 15.

He requested photographs and videos of his targets before he enticed them into explicit poses, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

As Berry’s victims became wary of his demands and the lack of payments, he threatened to post their videos online and sue them for wasting his time if they did not comply.

Yesterday, he was jailed for 10 years and told he must serve two-thirds of the sentence in custody before he can be considered for release. Berry, who lived with his parents, was told he poses a high risk of serious harm to the public, especially young girls, and must serve an extended licence period of three years.

Since 2012 he had amassed 1,000 video recordings of child abuse, said to be the “most depraved and horrific imaginable”.

Some of his victims were persuaded to recruit other girls in return for cash, the court was told.

Berry was arrested last January and made no comment when interviewed.

Last month he admitted 28 counts of causing or inciting children to engage in sexual activity, along with 10 counts of causing a child to watch a sexual act, five counts of distributing indecent images of children and one count of possessing an extreme pornographic image.