A paedophile has been jailed for sexually abusing two children while he was living in Tadworth.

John Hewett, of Leybourne, West Malling in Kent, abused the children in exchange for indecent images of other children.

He committed the acts in July 2016 and used social media app Kik to upload the images to swap with other paedophiles because he was “bored of normal pornography”.

Detective Constable Matthew Evans, of the Paedophile Online Investigation Unit, said: “This was a deeply distressing case, Hewett actively sought to view indecent images of young children and took disturbing actions to do so when he was offered the chance of swapping images with a paedophile he met online.”

Hewett, 33, pleaded guilty to seven counts: three of possession of Category A, B and C indecent images, including images of penetrative sexual activity; two of sexual assault of a child under the age of three; one of causing or inciting sexual activity to a child under the age of three and one of the distribution of indecent images of children.

He was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison at Guildford Crown Court on Friday, March 16.

DC Evans said: “These were horrific offences that will have a life-long impact on the victims and their loved ones. Today’s sentence will now stop this man from causing further harm to these people and committing further offences.

“The fact that he pleaded guilty prevented his victims and their families going through the ordeal of a court case.”

Police also urged anyone concerned with their own online behaviour or that of someone they know to contact the Lucy Faithfull Foundation anonymously on 0808 1000 900.