Daniel Leslie Cooper jailed for 12 years for 25,000 horrific child abuse images and videos

A man from just north of Brisbane and a former Scouts leader had thousands of child rape and abuse videos and images, including “the most vile ever made”.

Scout leader Daniel Leslie Cooper has today been jailed for 12 years on child exploitation offences that involved transmitting some of the worst child abuse material known to law enforcement.

A FORMER Queensland Scouts leader has been jailed for 12 years on child exploitation offences that involved transmitting some of the worst child abuse material known to law enforcement.

Deception Bay’s Daniel Leslie Cooper, 41, had earlier pleaded guilty to eight offences involving the possession, transmission and solicitation of more than 25,000 horrific child abuse images and videos using covert online messaging services.

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Brisbane Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Wilson today described Cooper’s offending over an almost two year period starting in 2016 as “lengthy, widespread and serious and depraved”.

“The videos, many of which include sound, and the images, are real life depictions of the rape and abuse of children,” Justice Wilson said.

“And includes the video (name omitted), which the Crown submits is without doubt one of the most depraved and vile examples of child abuse material ever made.”

Nick Dore, principal of Fisher Dore Lawyers, said the significant sentence would be based on factors surrounding the case.

“It appears to be a high sentence but having said that I’m sure it would reflect the circumstances surrounding the distribution and volume of material that was disseminated,” he said.

The court heard Cooper made child abuse material available to 12 chat groups on the messaging service Telegram, with some groups able to host thousands of users.

Chatting with other online predators, Cooper said he loved “babies and brutal” and showed interest in incest, bestiality, rape and torture of children as young as newborn babies.

“I love everything sick,” Cooper told one user during and exchange in which he spoke of his interest in sexual images of little children saying “I just love them tiny”, “baby pics are so hot”, “love babies”, “love brutal”.

Justice Wilson said Cooper’s comments in showed “a cruel attitude towards children”.

“They showed a sexual interest in very young children, including children being subjected to immense cruelty, degradation and contempt.”

In sentencing Cooper, Justice Wilson said she took into account his pleas of guilty, which saved considerable court time and his co-operation with police after his arrest.

She set a non-parole period of six years.