Child abuser identified with the freckles on his hand

Child abuse is not a new story for Thailand, but a paedophile indulged in child abuse being caught due to the distinctive freckles on his hand definitely had a shocking story behind him. Dean Hardy, 50, from Orpington, south-east London, took photos of young Thai girls being sexually abused during a business trip to Thailand. Though he took precautions not to exhibit his face, the police identified him with the freckles on his hand which were visible in some picture.

Hardy has admitted indecent assault and taking indecent photos, was sentenced at Southward Crown Court for six years prison in jail. The court had been told 63 indecent photos were found on memory cards from Hardy’s cameras and his computer hard drive.

Judge Gregory Stone, sentencing, said: “It’s plain from the evidence that you went to Thailand where you molested young girls and took photographs, indecent photographs, of these young female children.

As many as four children were involved in these crimes. This was sex tourism of the most offensive kind.

You were plainly exploiting their and their families’ poverty and vulnerability without caring what harm you were inflicting on these children, and caring only for your own depraved gratification.”