'Dangerous' paedophile locked up again for having horse porn in Leeds days after prison release
A paedophile described as being “dangerous” to children has been returned to prison just days after his release.
Cameron Hatton was let out on licence to a hostel in Leeds in October 2024, but officers found vile animal porn involving people engaged in sex acts with dogs and horses on his phone.
He had also downloaded and deleted numerous social media apps which he is prevented from having by a lifelong sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).
The 27-year-old was due to be sentenced last month, but refused to take part because the Yorkshire Evening Post was present.
He appeared at Leeds Crown Court again this week and warned that the press are permitted to report on court cases.
Prosecutor Gabrielle Wilks said Hatton had been jailed in 2018 at Teesside Crown Court for making indecent images and given an eight-month suspended sentence.
Five months later he was jailed for downloading more illegal images.
He was then given a 92-month extended jail sentence in 2020 for downloading even more images, and attempting to meet a girl online.
Hatton was released on licence on October 24, 2024, and was put in a hostel in Leeds.
Within days police had been called by his probation officer over concerns of his online behaviour.
He was arrested on October 31 and his phone seized.
They found the four animal porn images and analysis showed he had installed and deleted the apps, including Instagram.
Appearing in court this week from HMP Leeds, he admitted possessing extreme pornographic images and breach of his SHPO.
Michael Smith, mitigating, said Hatton had been blackmailed, which is why he approached his probation officer and confessed about his online activities.
He said Hatton was now taking courses in prison to address anger management.
Judge Richard Mansell KC jailed him for two years, but to run concurrently with his existing sentence, conceding: “It may make precious little difference to when you are released.”