Primary teacher watched live-stream rape of boy
A PRIMARY school teacher who watched a live stream of a six-year-old boy being raped has been jailed for 20 months.
Wayne Brookes, 43, joined 45 other paedophiles online to watch the horrific abuse, which took place in America. He accessed the online chat room in which the rape was streamed after being given a 10-digit code by another paedophile.
Married Brookes, of Westonsuper-Mare, Somerset, also used the site to watch a recording of a six-month-old baby being abused.
Bristol Crown Court heard Brookes, who had worked as a teacher for 10 years, lost his job once the offences came to light.
He is the second of four men to be sentenced following an investigation into the chat room by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Judge Martin Picton jailed Brookes, who admitted four charges of making indecent images of children, for 20 months.
“One of the pieces of footage depicted the live streaming of a rape of a little boy,” the judge told a weeping Brookes. “I do give you the benefit of doubt with the issue of whether you understood that you were watching a live event.”
The judge said Brookes had kept his interest in young children a secret from his partner, viewing the indecent material “late at night”.
Last month, Welsh youth worker Darren Williams, 44, was jailed for 11 years for his part in the live stream of the rape.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Williams, of Blackwood, instructed the rapist to smack the victim and make him “say hi”. He admitted encouraging or assisting the rape of a child and six charges of encouraging or assisting the showing of indecent images of children.