Trainee teacher who shared sick videos of newborn babies being raped walks free from court

A TRAINEE teacher who shared videos of newborn babies being raped walked escaped from tribunal yesterday.

Jacob Chouffot, 26, distributed and received much than 1,000 of the astir superior Category A films and photos.

But helium dodged a custodial condemnation arsenic a justice said helium was not a nonstop information to the public.

Chouffot, of Iffley, Oxford, admitted 14 counts of making, possessing and distributing child maltreatment images betwixt 2015-2019.

The city’s crown court heard helium discontinue his occupation aft being arrested successful November 2022. In a constabulary interview, helium admitted possessing the vile stash, which helium had shared with paedophiles connected WhatsApp and Telegram.

Chouffot was not charged until this July, 18 months later, and pleaded blameworthy astatine his archetypal hearing.

The tribunal heard helium utilized 2 phones to stock and store photos and videos.

One contained 570 ­Category A images including 484 videos, featuring children arsenic young arsenic six months.

His different instrumentality contained 462 Category A snaps and clips of newborn babies.

Across the 2 phones, helium had 228 Category B and 63 Category C photos.

Prosecutor Julian Lynch said: “The evident aggravating diagnostic is the precise young property of the children.

“This is much than a trivial fig of mostly moving images.”

Chouffot’s lawyer Kellie Enever said her lawsuit had experienced maltreatment from property 11 and was self-medicating with portion and drugs during his offending.

Judge Nigel Daly agreed to trim the word to 2 years suspended jail clip arsenic the mitigating factors outweighed the property of victims.

The justice told Chouffot: “This offending involves 2 devices and aggregate antithetic categories.

“These see babies. This is rather shocking.”

Chouffot was made taxable to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, indispensable bash 30 rehab sessions and 180 hours of unpaid work.

He indispensable besides motion the sex offenders register for 10 years.