An anonymous person told police that Sean Eaves had a second phone with indecent images of children
A man who secretly took intimate photos and videos of two women and a child has been jailed. Sean Eaves was arrested in 2024 after police officers identified a screenshot of an intimate video of himself and the first victim.
He sent it to her in 2023 though Instagram messenger. Police found evidence linking him to the social media account on his mobile phone. After his arrest he was released on bail.
A warrant was carried at Eaves’ home address in Chatteris a few months later after officers received an anonymous tip-off that claimed he had a second mobile phone containing indecent images of children.
Police recovered a memory card containing 18 indecent videos of a child captured secretly. A second phone found in his car contained a further eight indecent videos and 72 photos of the same child.
The 41-year-old appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism and one count each of disclosing private sexual photographs, filming with intent to cause distress, and taking an indecent image of a child.
Eaves was jailed for six months after sentencing on Friday (March 6). He was also handed a seven-year restraining order for all the victims and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He will required to register monthly at a police station for 10 years.
Detective Constable Amberlie Ford said: “Eaves shamefully took photos of these women and the child without their knowledge, which violated their dignity and privacy, so I welcome the sentence passed down by the courts.
She continued: “I would also like to pay tribute to the victims, whose strength in coming forward and supporting us with a prosecution has led to this result.”