Woman's abuse of baby put on web

A 26-year-old woman has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after a video of her abusing a four-month-old baby girl was found on a paedophile's computer.

Christopher Oxtoby, 27, filmed a clip on his mobile phone involving his partner Katie Scott, 26. Both live in Northampton.

Oxtoby was given an indeterminate jail sentence when the pair admitted the offences at Northampton Crown Court.

The judge said they had "a totally distorted perception of sexuality."

FBI tip-off

Oxtoby will not be released until a parole board considers him safe.

The couple's abuse of the child was uncovered in a global operation by the FBI.

They tracked down the paedophile in America and also found online conversations he had had with Oxtoby, the court heard.

The FBI tipped off Northamptonshire police who raided the couple's home in Ashbrow Road, Briar Hill, on 2 November last year and seized 13 computers.

Oxtoby and Scott both pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child.

Oxtoby also admitted taking indecent photographs of a child, five offences of making indecent photographs of children and one of possessing indecent photographs of children.

'Test of sexuality'

In addition, Oxtoby pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a girl aged under 11, between 1994 and 1996.

In a letter to Judge Thomas Corrie he explained his abuse of the child as a "test" or "experiment" into his sexuality.

He also claimed he did not know how the clip came to be in the United States but Judge Corrie said: "You are not suggesting it was by some mystic force."

He then described the couple as "having a thoroughly distorted perception of sexuality".

Steven Evans, for Scott, said she was vulnerable, had a low IQ and had played only a secondary role.

For Oxtoby, Makkon Shokkar said he showed "remorse, regret and shame".