The Online Child Abuse Team (OCAT) %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_2%% four young victims, each of whom has received specialist support. One girl described the devastating impact of Wyeth’s %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_3%%:
"He made me %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_4%% like I could not talk to anybody."
Arrest and Forensic Evidence
%%UKNIP_ANCHOR_5%% traced Wyeth to a flat in Eastbourne, where they seized a mobile phone containing a large cache of indecent material. Despite his %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_6%% to provide the PIN, forensic work linked the device directly to Wyeth's sickening activities.
At %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_7%% Crown Court on Friday, 2 May, Wyeth was sentenced to 20 years—15 years in prison and five years on extended licence—after being remanded in custody since his October 2024 hearing.
Convictions
Wyeth was %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_8%% of 35 offences, including:
- 7 counts of distributing %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_9%%
- 10 %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_10%% of making indecent images
- 5 counts of engaging in %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_11%%
- 1 count of %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_12%% to engage in sexual communication
- 3 breaches of a Sexual Harm %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_13%% Order (SHPO)
- 3 counts of inciting girls under 13 to engage in %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_14%% (including penetrative activity)
- 2 counts of threatening to %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_15%% private sexual images
- 3 counts of malicious %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_16%%
Wyeth is a repeat offender, with previous convictions in 2018, 2020, and a 2023 %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_17%% sentence for breaching an SHPO.
Victims Left Traumatised
The %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_18%% heard harrowing victim impact statements. Families described Wyeth as a “prolific %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_19%% predator” who left a trail of emotional devastation, saying:
The trust we had in the %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_20%% world has been shattered.
Police Statement
Detective Constable Gary Baker of %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_21%% Police’s OCAT team said:
"Wyeth preyed on the fears of the %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_22%%. He is a %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_23%%. His actions have %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_24%% lasting harm."
Police are urging anyone affected by sexual offences to come forward by contacting %%UKNIP_ANCHOR_25%% via their official website.
