CHALK FARM MAN JAILED FOR ONLINE CHILD ABUSE PLOTS
A man named Towhid Choudhury, aged 26, residing on Maitland Park Road in Chalk Farm, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for engaging in activities related to child abuse.The court proceedings took place at Wood Green Crown Court, where Choudhury pleaded guilty to multiple charges including distributing indecent photographs of children, attempting to facilitate child sex offenses, possessing a prohibited image of a child, engaging in sexual activity in front of a child under 13, and making indecent photographs of a child.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police’s online child sexual abuse and exploitation team carried out a raid on his residence in September 2021 after receiving intelligence that he had been uploading indecent images of children online.
During the search, they discovered two phones hidden behind a shoe cupboard, along with laptops, a hard drive, a tablet, and a USB stick, all containing indecent material.
Choudhury admitted the presence of such material on his devices and inquired about his possible prison term.
Further investigation revealed that he was active on websites and messaging services used for sharing child abuse content, some of which were secured with advanced encryption and set to auto-delete if he was caught.
Authorities acted swiftly to preserve evidence before deletion could occur.
Additionally, evidence showed that Choudhury engaged with other online predators by sharing extreme pornographic images and videos, and he discussed plans to abuse a child under five years of age with others.
PC Pete Howes from the Met's online child abuse team stated: “Choudhury is a dangerous offender who was actively planning to abuse a very young child.
We have every reason to believe that - if not arrested - he would have gone on to do so.
It is right that he is now behind bars where he can’t pose a further risk to children.” He emphasized that online offending is equally damaging and highlighted that Choudhury’s in-person offending was uncovered because of his online activities, demonstrating the importance of policing digital crimes.
