Harry Geddes, 28, of Silver Streak Way in Strood, Kent, has admitted to creating AI-generated sexual images involving a child and breaching a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO).
Police were alerted in March 2024 by monitoring software installed on Geddes’s phone, which detected him viewing explicit content featuring apparent minors. This led to the discovery that Geddes had used artificial intelligence to create intimate images without consent.
Geddes appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court and currently remains in custody ahead of a Crown Court hearing.
The SHPO imposed on Geddes required monitoring software on his mobile device. On 23 March 2024, police were notified when the software detected him viewing explicit content involving apparent minors. Further investigation revealed that Geddes had used AI technology to create illegal images by combining photos of a child and adult women taken from social media platforms.
Kent Police’s North Kent sexual offenders team also uncovered that Geddes had created several fake online identities and accessed websites designed to conceal internet activity, both of which were violations of his sexual harm prevention order.
In February 2026, UK law criminalised the production of AI-generated sexual images of real people without their consent. Detective Sergeant Fleur Hardie stated that Geddes could be the first person convicted under this new legislation, emphasising that AI-generated intimate images cause serious harm to victims.
Geddes was arrested on 10 June 2024 and charged the following day. He is scheduled to appear at Maidstone Crown Court for a future hearing while remaining in custody.
Detective Sergeant Hardie said, “Using AI to create intimate images is not a victimless offence and victims can suffer immense distress. This crime will be pursued heavily by police.”
Originally published by UKNIP.
