A decide gave a chilling warning about serial little one intercourse monster Peter Stilwell, 38.
Peter Stilwest mugshot (Picture: Cheshire Police)
A serial intercourse monster has been jailed for a 3rd time in three years and branded a hazard to UK youngsters after being caught with virtually 400,000 pictures of children. Peter Stilwell, 38, has repeatedly been dropped at courtroom for having pornographic photos of youngsters on his laptop but ignored his authorized ban on proudly owning digital gear with out permission and downloaded extra pictures.
After being given suspended jail phrases in 2021 and 2022, Stilwell was jailed for 3 years in 2023 over an unrelated drink driving smash which left a person critically injured. However whereas on licence he was arrested once more in 2025 for breaching a 10-year Sexual Hurt Prevention Order (SHPO) when detectives found he had 10 digital units not registered with police.
Stilwell, of Runcorn, Cheshire, was jailed for an additional 27 months for the breach – however in custody was quizzed once more after police looking out via these 10 units discovered 397,600 pictures of youngsters.
Chester Crown Court docket heard officers stopped categorising the photographs after reviewing 2,101 of them. Some confirmed children being raped.
Stilwell – already at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool – admitted three expenses of possession of indecent pictures of youngsters and handed one other 13 months custody, a life-long SHPO and instructed to signal on the Intercourse Offender Register for all times.
Decide Steven Everett instructed Stilwell: “You may have a really dangerous document for this sort of offence for which I’ve to condemn you.
“You acquired a suspended sentence for possession of indecent pictures in June 2021, an additional suspended sentence order for related issues together with breaches in relation to the sooner imposed suspended sentence on December 14, 2022 after which postdating that three years custody for a completely totally different kind of offence of inflicting severe damage by harmful driving.
“Whereas on that licence you appeared earlier than me on April 10 2025 for breaches of the sooner imposed sexual hurt prevention order, failing to register ten web units, failing to inform registration of a cloud account, failing to inform police of two USB units and failing to adjust to notification necessities for which I sentenced you to 27 months.
“Your life previously 5 or 6 years has proven that you’re a serial offender in relation to possession of indecent pictures of youngsters and in my judgment you’re at a excessive threat of inflicting severe hurt to youngsters.
“It’s clear to me that you’re undoubtedly a harmful particular person.”
Chester crown courtroom (Picture: Getty)
Prosecutor Dylan Wagg mentioned the most recent discovery emerged after police attended Stilwell’s dwelling and found he had didn’t register 10 web units and use of a cloud system, plus failing to inform possession of two USB units.
He mentioned 2,101 indecent pictures had been subsequently recovered from a Samsung cell phone and HP laptop computer.
He added: “Nearly all of them had been deemed reside and accessible.
“A complete of 48 movies had been current on the laptop computer. It’s honest to say the categorisation of the media on the pc was stopped as a result of massive variety of pictures. A complete of 395,555 pictures had been uncategorized.”
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Stilwell gave no remark in police interviews. His counsel Jeremy Rawson mentioned: “Till he was taken into custody he lived together with his mom and stepfather who’s now very critically unwell. His document doesn’t help him.”
After the case Det Con Kelsey Lee from Cheshire Constabulary’s On-line Baby Abuse Investigation Workforce (OCAIT) mentioned: “Stilwell continued his offending and thought he may get away with it. He’s now paying the worth for his sickening behaviour.”
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