Mick Hartley

Another one. From Reduxx:

A trans-identified male from Chester, UK, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison after being found in possession of child sexual abuse images and attempting to contact a child for sexual abuse. Chloee-Mae Danvers, 25, was a player with the “Trans & Enby Football Club in Liverpool.”

Danvers, previously known as Thomas Quinn, was already a “prolific” registered sex offender when he was caught hoarding child sexual abuse materials on July 15. Officers with the Sex Offenders Management Unit attended Danvers’ home address on Housman Close as part of their routine checks, and inspected his electronic devices in accordance with his conditions.

Upon doing so, officers located two Category A indecent images of children in a deleted folder stored on Danvers’ mobile phone. According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Category A child pornography is defined as depicting “penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism.” At that time, Danvers also admitted to attempting to wipe his laptop of evidence.

Despite the seriousness of the crime, Danvers was released into the community awaiting a hearing on charges of creating indecent images of children. But just weeks later, police became aware that Danvers had been using an undeclared social media account to communicate with a minor.

On August 5, officers seized Danvers’ electronic devices and found he had been attempting to make sexual contact with a 9-year-old girl. He had also been sharing Category A and Category B child sexual abuse images via the internet using social media accounts he had kept private from police.

Today, Danvers was sentenced to 40 months in prison during an appearance at Chester Crown Court.

Following his sentencing, Cheshire Police issued a statement in which Detective Constable Stephen Park referred to Danvers by “they/them” pronouns.

“Danvers is a prolific sex offender and an incredibly dangerous individual, and I welcome the sentence handed to them today,” Park said. “They were left with no choice but to plead guilty after a catalogue of evidence was gathered against them – including evidence of indecent material involving young children being discovered on their device.”

Why this craven pandering to the man's absurd pronoun demands? ["Enby", as in the football club, is NB, non-binary.]

An odd postscript:

On his X profile, Danvers frequently discussed his love for science fiction, notably Star Trek. In 2005, detectives from the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit claimed that of the over 100 offenders they had arrested in the previous four years, “all but one” was a “hard-core Trekkie.”

Not sure what to make of that. It's fandom, Jim, but not as we know it.