Stand-up paid to watch girls being abused

Stand-up Eamon Goodfellow has been exposed a paedophile who paid to watch pre-teen girls be assaulted online.

The 50-year-old, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of paying for and directing the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines and Romania.

His stage act included jokes about paedophilia and Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady – while his 2018 show at the Edinburgh Fringe was entitled Humour Trafficking, and claimed he was so funny ‘it’s illegal’.

Northern Irish-born Goodfellow  was arrested by National Crime Agency officers in June 2018 and has now been found guilty after a two-day trial.

A number of chat logs were recovered which showed Goodfellow discussing the abuse of children with the overseas-based facilitators.

In them Goodfellow was shown to be actively seeking children under 13 years old. When a child at the right age was identified, he would direct the facilitators to perform certain sexual acts on the children with a view to live-streaming them.

Evidence showed that he sent payment to the facilitators to carry out the abuse.

Martin Ludlow from the National Crime Agency said: ‘Goodfellow made it very clear that he has sexual interest in young children in these chat logs.

‘He attempted to arrange for the most horrific abuse of vulnerable children thousands of miles away from him for his own gratification.

‘He was helped by facilitators whose motive is to make money. This kind of financially-driven offending is a key threat to the UK.

‘The NCA works with international law enforcement partners to safeguard children, identify and disrupt those willing to fund and carry out this abuse’

He was found guilty of two counts of attempting to cause the sexual exploitation of a child under at St Albans Crown  last month and will be sentenced on May 31.

Goodfellow as a finalist in the 2019 Naty (New Act Of The Year) competition, and he worked for National Lottery operator Camelot as a day job until his crimes came to light.

Published: 1 May 2022