A DEPRAVED man who oversaw multiple dark web sites which shared indecent images of children has been sentenced to six years in prison.
Matthew Slate, 36, was sent down after the National Crime Agency (NCA) found 87,000 indecent images of children on his devices.
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Matthew Slate, appears at Highbury Magistrates’ Court earlier this year Credit: Central News
Slate was handed six years in prison for offences relating to indecent images of children Credit: PA
Sicko Slate was a “global moderator” on Olympus, a pro-paedophile forum, and held prominent positions across six more child abuse forums on the dark web, the NCA said.
According to the charges, the purposes of the sites is “exclusively in relation to child sexual abuse material and the sharing of that material”.
Paedo slate used these platforms to actively share content and engage in sexual conversations about the abuse of children.
He also financed and co-created a new site which was designed as an image hosting tool, a further vehicle for users to upload child abuse material.
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As well as viewing the images himself, he also encouraged other users to “discuss vile crimes against children”.
Slate was caught in March 2025 after NCA officers received intelligence which indicated he possessed indecent iamges.
He was located and arrested the next day, with officers searching his house.
This turned up three devices, including a computer which was logged into one of the horrific online forums.
Further searches of the devices uncovered nearly 87,000 indecent images of children.
More than 15,200 of these were found to be Category A, the most severe.
Robert Lay, NCA Senior Investigating Officer, said: “Slate’s depravity led him to become an active member of multiple pro-paedophile forums across the dark web.
“He encouraged others to view, share and discuss vile crimes against children with no regard for the victims involved.
“He benefitted not just through his own sexual gratification but through earning kudos from other members of these sites.
“The NCA is dedicated to bringing the perpetrators of child sexual abuse to justice and we will use the full force of our capabilities to uncover those operating in the shadows of the dark web.”
Slate was charged with arranging or facilitating the sexual exploitation of children under 13 on three alleged paedophile sites.
He was also charged with six counts of distributing an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child, three of making an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child and one of possessing a prohibited image of a child.
Slate, of Wood Green, North London pleaded guilty to a number of these offences in February.
He appeared at Wood Green Crown Court today where he was handed six years in prison and a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
