Child sex abuser Dean Farrar posed as teenage boy to contact children

Dean Farrar

Dean Farrar, a serial child abuser who posed as a teenage boy to contact 11,000 children across the globe in a catalogue of sexual abuse, has been jailed for a decade.

The 50-year-old pervert from Rochdale pleaded guilty to numerous sex crimes, including distributing indecent images of children, causing a child under 13 to watch sexual activity, and inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

Farrar, who used false social media profiles of teenage boys, was charged with a total of 41 offences against 19 girls between 2011 and 2014. Of the 11,000 he contacted, 308 have been identified, 48 of which are living in the UK.

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Farrar was sentenced on Monday 20 June at Minshull Street crown court in Manchester. He was given 10 years in custody, of which he will serve at least five before being eligible for release on licence.

Judge Mark Savill described the extent and nature of his offending as astonishing and said Farrar had not fully accepted the “emotional upset, fear and guilt” that he had caused his victims.

Greater Manchester Police has passed information to law enforcement agencies across the world to try and track down other potential victims.