MORE paedophiles should be jailed in the wake of the Huw Edwards scandal, the National Crime Agency’s boss says today.The National Crime Agency's boss says more paedophiles should be jailed in the wake of the Huw Edwards scandalafter he paid £1,500 for images and videos he branded “amazing”, including one of a child aged between seven and nine.The Government launched a sentencing review yesterday and Mr Biggar stressed: “It is not just the viewing of images that is causing harm.
“The NCA will not be arguing that every sentence needs to go up, and every crime needs to end in jail. That’s not practical in terms of prison population and not necessary in terms of the evidence in terms of keeping the public safe. Fury as 30 paedos caught with most disgusting category of child abuse images walk free without serving a day in jailResponding to the 80 per cent figure, Mr Biggar added: “They get community or suspended sentences — that does not feel right to me. That issue has got a lot more publicity as a result of a particularly prominentJail sentences are often only handed out when the offender has also been convicted of more serious charges such as making contact with a minor.
The NCA investigates child sex offenders including those physically abusing young people and those committing online offences such as creating, sharing or viewing indecent images of children, grooming or blackmailing children online, as well as those streaming “live” and recorded abuse.