'He is calculated, depraved and took extraordinary measures - he has no remorse for what he did'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A paedophile who changed his name by deed poll in order to keep committing vile crimes against children has been jailed. Mason Maxwell, of no fixed abode, was originally from Gateshead and moved to Greater Manchester after changing his name from 'Kane Hutchinson'.

Specialist officers with the Stockport Complex Safeguarding Team launched an investigation into the 34-year-old after receiving intelligence from the community in 2021.

Detectives began to identify if any young people had been affected by his offending. On January 6 2022, officers executed a warrant at Maxwell’s address on Clowes Street in Salford and seized several devices. READ MORE: Jay Slater missing in Tenerife: Six key questions that are confusing family and investigators about teenager's disappearance Analysis of the devices revealed indecent images and video of children.

He was then sharing these images and bragging about his deplorable crimes. Following the extensive investigation, Maxwell pleaded guilty to one count of taking an indecent video of a child, three counts of taking indecent images of a child, two counts of making an indecent image of a child, and three counts of distributing an indecent image of a child.