Former X-Factor semi-finalist and singer, Danny Tetley, who has been sexually exploiting underage boys has been jailed by a judge who called him a “despicable creature.”
The 39-year-old pedophile appeared at Bradford Crown Court, after pleading guilty of inducing five teenage boys, aged between 14 and 16 to send him indecent images for money.
Danny Tetley was accused of receiving the messages between October 2018 and August 2019. Some of the explicit images requested were at most serious Category A, which according to the Crown Prosecution Service, would show “images involving penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism.”
When he was arrested, he claimed his Facebook was hacked and that he could not cope with his X Factor fame.
According to Metro, one of Tetley‘s victim was offered some money for a nude video by Tetley, with the boy saying he sent 15 to 20 images, one being a penis after masturbation. The boy was a fan of Tetley‘s with the singer providing him with images of the X Factor cast.
Tetley‘s nine-year jail term forms part of a 17-year extended sentence, meaning he will be closely monitored on licence for eight years after being released from the nine-year jail term.
He will also be made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for 20 years.
During his sentencing , Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC said: “This has been most distressing for the victims.
“The press are here in force for the extent of gravity of the case, the number of child victims. Your celebrity is now gone, tarnished and destroyed.
“What you demanded and showed were blatant and the disgusting level to which you sank, Mr Tetley, was quite unbelievable.
“Many will see you for who you are, a despicable creature. The reality is our society is deeply interested in celebrity, it does no harm. Pure entertainment of highest order including X Factor upon which you featured in some capacity.”
Further, the judge said that Tetley who found fame on the 2018 series of the ITV talent show ‘exploited’ the status that The X Factor gave him, saying: “You abused that status to satisfy your perverted sexual needs,” and assessed Tetley as a ‘highly predatory and manipulative individual.”