Paedophile using AI in an attempt to blackmail children has sentence increased – Suki Dhadda, representing the Solicitor General

August 27, 2024

Neil Darlington, 52,  had his sentence increased from one to three years, and to be placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely after using AI to manipulate images of fully clothed girls into sexually explicit pictures and threatening to send the images to the children’s family and friends.

Paedophile who used AI in attempt to blackmail children has ‘lenient’ punishment increased | UK News | Sky News

Menu
Christmas opening hours

Chambers will close at 2.30pm on Wednesday 24th December 2025 and re-open at 9.30am on Tuesday 30th December 2025.  Chambers will close again at 2.30pm on Wednesday 31st December, and re-open, business as usual,  at 9am on Friday 2nd January 2026.