New NCA technology helps jail prolific child rapist

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New NCA technology helps jail prolific child rapist

New technology that has been developed by NCA officers enabled the identification of a rapist known across the world since 2013.

Martyn Armstrong

Date - 4th January 2023
By - Cachella Smith

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A child rapist who has shared images and videos of himself committing his crimes has been jailed for life. It comes after he was identified using an NCA-developed tool which was able to unpixelate an image of his face found in photos he had taken...

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