Depraved woman, 29, who filmed herself performing a sex act in front of a young child and shared a vile image with paedophiles online weeps in court as she is jailed for three years
- Sonia Chivers, 29, of Driffield, ‘fed predators’, heard Hull Crown Court
- She ‘liked the attention’ she got from other users on a sick platform called Kik
- She claimed she got no sexual gratification sharing content and pleaded guilty
- The judge told Chivers what she had done was gross, sickening and perverted
A depraved woman took videos of herself performing sex acts in front of a child and then shared them in a group chat set up for paedophiles, a court has been told.
Sonia Chivers, 29, began crying as the prosecuting barrister listed details of her ‘perverted’ child sexual abuse offences, which included the videos as well as an indecent image of the child that she had taken and shared online.
While she claimed she received no sexual gratification from sharing the content, Hull Crown Court heard that she ‘liked the attention’ she got from other users on a platform called Kik, where child abuse was being discussed.
She also admitted to sending one of the videos and the photo of the child via private chats and that, in doing so, she had ‘fed these predators’.
Chivers, of Driffield, has been jailed for three years and four months.
She pleaded guilty to making and distributing 1 Category B video, making another Category B video, making and distributing 1 Category C image and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
Sonia Chivers (pictured), 29, began crying as the prosecuting barrister listed details of her ‘perverted’ child sexual abuse offences, which included the videos as well as an indecent image of the child that she had taken and shared online
While she claimed she received no sexual gratification from sharing the content, Hull Crown Court (pictured) heard that Chivers ‘liked the attention’ she got from other users on a platform called Kik, where child abuse was being discussed
Richard Butters, prosecuting, told the court on January 16, 2021, an undercover police officer joined a Kik group chat where users discussed sexual abuse against children between the ages of zero and four.
The officer engaged in a chat with the defendant on the platform.
When Chivers was arrested by National Crime Agency officers on December 5, 2020, they recovered the two sick videos and a vile image from her phone.
When Chivers was arrested, she admitted to the offences and said she felt disgusted by herself after she had taken the videos.
Chiver’s defence barrister, Richard Thompson, told the court it was impossible to mitigate why anyone who came from a loving family would go on to commit such criminal offences as Chivers did.
He said Chivers was experiencing loneliness and therefore engaged in attention-seeking behaviour. He added that she did face up to what she has done.
Mr Thompson reiterated that Chivers had no previous convictions. After the incident, she was released on bail and did not re-offend.
She had a supportive family and found employment. He claimed she had a strong support network to help her, some of whom were with her in court. In the public gallery, a ‘support network’ of family members, including her mother, were in attendance.
Judge Sophie McKone told Chivers what she had done was gross, sickening and perverted.
Judge McKone accepted Chivers was emotionally isolated at the time of the offences. But, while it may explain it, it does not excuse it.
She sentenced Chivers to 40 months in prison. Chivers is also subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and has been placed on the Sex Offender Register indefinitely.
After her prison sentence was read out, Chivers was taken away from the docks, but her loud weeping could continue to be heard in the courtroom from a distant room for minutes after she left.
Hazel Stewart from the National Crime Agency said: ‘Sonia Chivers claimed she generated child abuse material as she liked the attention.
‘In her own words, she “fed” the demand for this content by sharing it with others.
‘This, in addition to engaging in very explicit online conversations about the sexual abuse of children, is behaviour that encourages others to commit abuse themselves and puts children in danger.
‘Identifying, arresting and bringing to justice those who pose a sexual threat to children is a top priority for the NCA.
‘We work with a range of partners within law enforcement to ensure offenders are disrupted and children are safeguarded.’
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