Gift Ayoola, now 19, sexually abused children as young as two-years-old online and distributed indecent images to a network of paedophiles.
20:40, 16 Sep 2026
Gift Ayoola, 19, recorded sexual abuse of children to sell to paedophiles online.(Image: South Wales Police)
A teenage boy encouraged young children to engage in sexual activity online and recorded the footage to sell to paedophiles. He was paid £5,000 by one paedophile for sickening images and video, and was found with hundreds of images of child abuse.
Gift Ayoola, now 19, sexually abused children as young as two-years-old online and communicated with other paedophiles on online group chats, in which he shared videos of the abuse he recorded. Following his arrest, he was found with a “library” of videos and pictures depicting children being abused.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Wednesday heard Alooya was in contact with a 12-year-old girl online, who he told to expose her vagina and anus. Don’t miss a court report by signing up to our crime newsletter here
Prosecutor John Ryan said the defendant told the child to watch him masturbate.
In another online chat, Ayoola was in contact with a girl aged between 11 and 13-years-old and a girl aged between two and four-years-old.
During video calls, the defendant told the older child to penetrate herself with a toothbrush and her fingers, to touch her vagina and breasts and to put the younger child’s head onto her vagina.
Ayoola was first arrested in January 2025 at his home in Cardiff and a number of devices were seized, which were found to contain indecent images of children.
In total there were 455 category A images (four of which had been obtained through recording children), 401 category B images and 389 category C images.
There were also extreme pornographic images depciting bestiality.
The defendant was also found to be part of online group chats on Telegram and What’sApp in which he distributed indecent images of children.
Paedophiles requested to buy pictures and videos from Ayoola, including 877 in total with transactions made over PayPal.
He also acknowledged receipt of £5,000 from one paedophile.
During his interview, Ayoola said he was supplied images of children aged between 16 and 18-years-old and admitted to sharing and sending images “due to pressure and to obtain money”.
The defendant was arrested again on March 5, 2026, when he was found in possession of further indecent images, including children as young as four-years-old.
These included 14 category A images, 15 category B images and 22 category C images.
Ayoola of Pendyris Street, Riverside, later pleaded guilty to making indecent images, distributing indecent images, possessing extreme pornography, and causing/inciting children to engage in sexual activity.
The court heard he was of previous good character.
In mitigation, Martha Smith-Higgins said her client was still a young man, and was even younger at the time of the offences .
The barrister said the defendant, who lost his mother at six-years-old and moved to the UK from his home country, was remorseful for his actions.
Sentencing, Judge Vanessa Francis said: “The children you exploited were much younger than you, some were very young indeed. These children required protection and you were encouraging them to pose for extremely harmful material.. This was a grievous form of sexual abuse.
“These were not simply images, they were children whose trust and vulnerability were exploited in order to make sexual material.”
The judge dismissed claims the defendant was not sexually attracted to children and his crimes were not sexually motivated.
Ayoola was sentenced to four years imprisonment, and was made subject to sex offender notification requirements indefinitely and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years.
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