CARDIFF MAN GUILTY OF ONLINE CHILD ABUSE AND DRUGS SUPPLY SUFFERS PANIC ATTACK IN COURT
Kyle Attard, 30, of Cardiff, engaged in illegal sexual activities by communicating with a decoy account on Snapchat, believing it to be a 12-year-old girl.
He sent videos of himself masturbating and requested explicit images.
On one occasion, he was asked to take off his clothes and record himself in the shower.
He also attempted to contact a purported 15-year-old girl in America, sending her nude pictures and more explicit videos.
During his sentencing at Cardiff Crown Court, he suffered a panic attack after pleading guilty to attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, including crack cocaine.
Police searches uncovered 10.6g of crack cocaine and 11.6g of cocaine, along with messages indicating street-level drug dealing.
Attard, who has 15 previous convictions including unlawful wounding, cited longstanding crack addiction and debt as motives for his actions.
His lawyer described him as having an anxiety disorder, personality disorder, and suicidal ideation, and mentioned that he had experienced multiple bereavements, including the murder of his uncle in 2006.
The judge sentenced Attard to four years and four months in prison and imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
Europe
Continent
from Malta
- based on surname
62.6%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
56.7%
Surname region
Europe
Malta
62.6%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
tion, and mentioned that he had experienced multiple bereavements, including the murder of his uncle in 2006. The judge sentenced Attard to four years and four months in prison and imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Prison sentence
four years and four months
The judge sentenced Attard to four years and four months in prison and imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order
Court order
four years and four months
The judge sentenced Attard to four years and four months in prison and imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order
