St Helens Man Jailed for Child Sex Abuse and Image Sharing

Andrew Haddock, 29, of North Road, St Helens, has been sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a child and sharing images of the abuse online.

Haddock pleaded guilty to making and taking indecent images of a child and distributing those images to others online. He was sentenced today, Thursday 28 March, at Liverpool Crown Court.

He must serve a minimum of nine years of his overall sentence. Haddock was also given a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order, required to sign the Sexual Offender Register for life, and issued an indefinite restraining order.

Following an investigation, Haddock was arrested in July 2023 after boasting about his abuse online to an undercover police officer and sharing images of the offenses. Police also discovered a quantity of prohibited images of children and extreme pornographic images in his possession.