ABINGDON PAEDOPHILE BARIS GUMUS SENTENCED FOR BREACHES AND DISTURBING IMAGES
In August 2021, Baris Gumus, a 22-year-old resident of Abingdon, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison at Oxford Crown Court for serious breaches of court orders and possession of highly disturbing indecent images.The court heard that Gumus, who had previously appeared before the courts three times since 2017 for downloading child sex abuse images, continued to engage in illegal activities despite prior convictions and court restrictions.
Judge Nigel Daly, presiding over the case, described the collection of images found on Gumus’s devices as being of the 'most disgraceful and disgusting nature.' The court was informed that Gumus had been subject to sexual harm prevention orders issued in 2017 and 2019, which he subsequently violated by failing to register a new Dell laptop with his police offender manager.
Evidence revealed that the computer was equipped with VPN software designed to conceal his online activities, indicating an attempt to evade detection.
Police analysis of Gumus’s devices uncovered a disturbing array of illegal content, including additional indecent images and videos of children, explicit cartoons depicting minors, and extreme pornography involving women engaging in sexual acts with animals.
Further investigation revealed that Gumus had been in contact with other paedophiles online; one conversation suggested that a child in an image appeared to have been drugged, raising serious concerns about the exploitation involved.
During the hearing, Judge Daly addressed Gumus directly, noting the severity of his actions.
The judge stated, “I’m dealing with you for breaches of a sexual harm prevention order in a number of different ways relating to a computer and class A [indecent] images of the most disgraceful and disgusting nature which quite clearly when they were made were causing pain, injury to young children, one of them a baby.” He continued, “There are less serious images I also have to deal with.
There are moving images as well as still images.
I’ve also got to deal with you for being in possession of prohibited images, those being as I understand it some form of cartoons and also I have to deal with you for possession of extreme pornographic images which involve women performing intercourse with animals.” Gumus’s criminal history was also a significant factor in the sentencing.
The judge highlighted that Gumus had been previously convicted for similar offences and had repeatedly breached court orders.
Despite his pleas of guilty, the court found that his attempts to conceal his activities, such as installing anonymising software on his computer, were ultimately ineffective.
Judge Daly emphasized the aggravating features of the case, stating, “There are a huge number of aggravating features in this case; probably the most aggravating are the previous convictions.
You continually fail to comply with court orders.” Gumus, who resides at Parsons Mead in Abingdon, admitted to breaching a suspended sentence order, making indecent images, and possessing prohibited images of children along with extreme pornography.
As part of his sentence, he was made subject to a lifelong sexual harm prevention order and will remain on the sex offender register for the rest of his life, ensuring ongoing monitoring and restrictions due to the severity of his offences.
