Ex-college worker guilty in child porn case
(CNS): Freddy Manuel Diaz-Christian (33), from West Bay, a former member of staff at the University College of the Cayman Islands and father of two, has been found guilty of possessing images and accessing child pornography online and has been remanded in custody pending sentencing in the New Year.
Diaz-Christian was convicted of accessing indecent images of young children and babies. He was arrested and charged after US law enforcement authorities alerted the RCIPS that a Cayman-based IP address was being used to access and download child pornography, which, following an investigation, was connected to Diaz-Christian’s home.
When the trial opened last month and the crown outlined its case against Diaz-Christian, the jury was told that the images were category A, showing sexual penetration of a child between 18 to 24 months old. The prosecutor said that online history revealed that the defendant had used his computer to access the videos and image time and time and time again in the early hours of the morning.
Diaz-Christian denied the charges. During the trial he tried to imply that friends and family who visited his house frequently could have had access to his computer, but he was unable to offer any support for the suggestion. When she gave evidence, his wife supported this contention and refused to accept that her husband could commit such an offence.
It took the jury just over two hours to find him guilty on Thursday. Remanding him in custody, the judge noted that he was facing a lengthy prison term.
Superintendent Peter Lansdown said that while the police were satisfied with the court result, uncovering this type of behaviour in the community is concerning.
“Not only is taking part in this type of activity incredibly disturbing, simply accessing and viewing indecent images of children can encourage the abusers to continue their vile behaviour,” he said. “It is illegal to possess or download any indecent images of children, and is taken very seriously by the police and the courts.”
Anyone with information about this type of activity within the community please contact the police on 911.
- Fascinated
- Happy
- Sad
- Angry
- Bored
- Afraid
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
I feel, while not condoning Diaz’s illegal activities, law enforcement personnel the world over need jobs, so crime is a business. No matter how you look at it. This is my thinking – The special units/employees involved to track and sometimes the usage of entrapment/bait, those people need jobs, and that means, no matter what those in employ say, they don’t really, really care if ‘stamped out’ – those words & the like sentiments are just for public relations purposes.
My biggest concerns, when it comes to “save the children” campaigns, is I think of all the slave labor that we all benefit from, mostly in 3rd world countries, the starving children, the abuse by the church religion (where’s the continued outrage?) and so on.
-People are momentarily disgusted, mad, upset, but that’s only fleeting until they go go back their own vices. Want to make a difference, a change? Daily complain about the dying of the very young children, babies from hunger, from famine, from wars, where the likes of Israel drop bombs in the name of some holy land vs settlers. That kinda thing happens several times a year, just Google “bomb drops children deaths” for the horrific images. I want you to be outraged not only for the type of people who seek child sex pictures and movies, but also outraged at the powers that be, daily protests, no matter how small, in volume it matters.
But alas, it won’t happen. Because it’s something we turn away from, the shocking picture of a blown apart child, that’s what I want policed as well.
Lastly, I was recently introduced to a set of papers, outlining how your internet company uses inspection software, deep inspection software for looking at your surf habits, even if you have encryption on, it is possible to see what you see.
-Not pointing out which company here has been using this type of software in the name of protecting children, I think it’s encouraged by the special sections of the police, and not necessarily all of the information came from the USA law enforcement as stated by our local special unit reporting. We all should be concerned as to what is being tracked and by who and for what reasons, not necessarily to catch illegal behavior, but for people to have jobs and money/financial benefits from the government to continue to be employed and then do a few captures to justify the cost of ‘doing business, keeping employed’. How far will some of the departments/people go to justify. I don’t know and do hope it’s not something that’s misaligned with rights to private life.
I hope that I’m wrong, truly do. But we’ve seen this type of not so legal-gray areas to outright illegal to-do behavior from governments and law enforcement departments before. So my paranoia remains high.
CNS – Thank you for allowing us to express our thinking and concerns anonymously.
In the end, I hope there is mental help available for Diaz and years from now he will make a humble recovery for his own life and his young family.
You have expertise in this area or have you spent a couple of hours on Google and consider yourself an expert. Too many people not involved in the investigation/trial putting forward their vision on what they have read. Don’t, your ignorance is astounding 😡
You replied at 12:09am as well, in disagreement to another post. You have your opinion on this case-subject, I have mine. And not is the situation that I have to, but to answer your question in regards of my expertise, yes I do happen to have certain expertise, although I am retired, but expertise to know much, and none is ignorant. I do keep up with the changes and new laws and new ways crimes are committed. Sorry to have disappointed you by adding my observations on this specific court case, but I find having thought provoking questions and my own experiences to share is best to not have a public thinking everything is cut and dry just as it is reported.
Thank you for understanding my comments and why I prefer to remain anonymous, because of how my thinking, mainly from experience in having expertise, I don’t want a mob outside my door accusing me of same behavior or any such thing. A hysterical public, outraged for whatever reason can be dangerous to one’s health or even life.
Yes the do make the effort and the “pedophile rings” just open up another one. The FBI has a very large task force that is constantly battling child abuse. Hence how easy it was to notify the RCIPS of the IP address.
RCIPS needs to protect those children! He has a child in the same age group as the CP he was looking at. This is highly disturbing!! Their mother was on the stand defending the husband – is she protecting her children? Doubtful. I’m sick and worried for those two children.
Sad freddy real sad u had potential .
He never had potential with hidden secrets like that
Disgusting! But really WHO is/are the HR official(s) who made the call when Sayed (fraudster and thief), “Dr”. Rameau (sick pervert), Another Senior recently (name escapes me – fraudster & thief), now Diaz-Christian (sicker pervert)?? I believe I’m missing someone.
No, they can’t have a crystal ball when hiring but after ALL the times of getting burnt, doesn’t UCCI HR regime, CEO and ultimately, Board of Governors have some safeguards in place and do serious assessments and background checks on these weirdos!! Clearly, the institution is a target for ne’er-do-wells and the interview panels must be putty! ..inept? unconcerned?
These creeps “teach” our young people or steal their education funds, for God’s sake. WHERE’S THE ACCOINTABILITY?? Yes I shouted. CALL ME HOWARD BEALE!!
I get what you’re saying. But how does one find out if their prospective employee is a perv or pedo porn viewer? During the interview are they to ask “What are your strengths, weaknesses, and dirty kinks?”
11 @ 6:24 am. Apparently, like UCCI leadership, you seem unable to be “innovative” about a very serious problem. It’s well known that many private companies in the US and other parts of the world (no doubt Cayman as well) has used, and increasingly uses, social media as an additional tool to “screen” potential employees. I’m not talking about ‘spying’…people post some things voluntarily. Not like a perv or a crook would post that trait openly but trends or “track records” can be observed.
At some point, perhaps even before short-listing potential candidates, UCCI could employ such screening. They would be justified by now, don’t you think! Somewhere, something would surface to suggest a potential fraudster or pervert. Weren’t some of Sayed’s “qualifications” or background experience fake?
Come on now, forward thinking or recycling creeps through a PUBLIC system???
UCCI seems to have a history of hiring pedophiles and thieves. Not sure what kind of background checks are being done but it’s obvious it’s not enough and maybe physiological assessments need to be added. It is very concerning that our children are exposed to these individuals and with them being adjacent to JGHS which now has children young as 10/11 (since government decided to mix middle and high schoolers which in of itself was a bad choice for other reasons).
Errr what??? Child abuse and exploitation has been going on forever.
He’s guilty of a horrendous offense.
Don’t ever twist it to blame those trying to catch and prevent these people from doing what they choose to do.
Don’t conflate the war on drugs with child pornography. Ever.
Sickening. Absolutely mind-blowing…
It hurt my eyes to read it.
Just knowing there are those kinds out there.
And if you believe the wife not knowing (I do), can you imagine how she feels???
Sick puppy with children of his own nonetheless.
GOOD – and since his wife clearly condones his behavior please remove her from a position with a CIG affiliated entity (FRC – Family Resource Centre) that allows her access to our young children.
i agree with you 100 % anyone who condones this type of behavior should not be allowed amongst our precious children.
Lock him up and throw away the key. Let him rot in jail. Depraved!!!