In July 2022, he returned to the UK and started working at Thomas’s Battersea Primary School as the head of pastoral care and deputy head teacher.
There is no proof that Smith’s offenses were directed toward UK-based youngsters.Smith was taken into custody by the National Crime Agency (NCA) at his residence in East Dulwich, south-east London.
On his PC, the NCA discovered evidence that Smith was discussing obtaining and sending pornographic photos of children using the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
According to chat logs, Smith asked for explicit pictures of kids in return for cash. According to the CPS, his
Requests resulted in the mistreatment of children under the age of 13 and the filming or taking of images of them.
Officers discovered almost 120,000 pornographic photos of children between the ages of three months and thirteen on Smith’s laptop, iPhone, and SD card.
