Wakefield trainee solicitor and special constable with West Yorkshire Police admits online child sexual abuse offences

A man from Wakefield has admitted to posting online messages fantasising about abusing children and possessing thousands of child sexual abuse images.
By Leanne Clarke
Published 4th Mar 2022, 13:43 BST
Updated 4th Mar 2022, 13:44 BST
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Jack Mallinson, 25, a trainee solicitor and special police constable with West Yorkshire Police, was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content.

He was arrested on 7 January last year by NCA officers who seized several of his electronic devices.

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Officers found 3,710 indecent images of children (IIOC) on Mallinson’s mobile phone in categories A-C (A being the most severe) and 14 extreme pornographic bestiality images on his gaming laptop.

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Mallinson was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content.Mallinson was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content.
Mallinson was identified by NCA investigators as username winterz100, who used instant messaging app Wickr to send encrypted content.

Mallinson was charged with five counts of making and possessing IIOC and one count of publishing obscene posts.

He pleaded guilty to all the charges at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, March 2, and is due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court on March 30.

NCA operations manager Matthew Brooks said: “Behind every one of these images and videos is a young victim, who is powerless and exploited.

“The NCA will continue to do everything it can to bring individuals like Mallinson to justice and protect those affected by online child sexual abuse.