Cheshire Mechanic Sentenced to 16 Years for Running Child Abuse Sites

Nathan Bake, a 28-year-old from Runcorn, was convicted for his role in operating major dark web platforms that facilitated global child sexual abuse.

Nathan Bake, a 28-year-old mechanic from Cheshire, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for creating and moderating child sexual abuse sites on the dark web.
Bake was described as a 'dangerous offender' by Judge Thompson, who also imposed a four-year period on licence following his prison sentence.
The Annex, one of the sites Bake ran, had about 90,000 members worldwide and was known for sharing extreme child abuse material, including the abuse of babies and toddlers.
Bake, who used the username 'Pink', encouraged users to share child abuse material and offered advice on avoiding detection.
More than 3.6 million indecent images were recovered from devices at Bake's home, alongside evidence of his involvement in other child abuse sites.