A man who sparked an international hunt after his obscured face appeared in hundreds of images depicting child pornography has been jailed.
Christopher Neil, 32, digitally hid his face with a swirling shape before posting pictures of him sexually abusing at least a dozen Vietnamese and Cambodian boys on the internet.
After the images were unscrambled by Interpol, investigators received hundreds of tips which led to Neil's arrest in October last year.
Neil, a school teacher from British Columbia in Canada, was sentenced to three years and three months in Bangkok for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
The court also imposed a 60,000 baht (€1,200) fine after he pleaded guilty to abusing the Thai teenager, but pleaded not guilty to abusing the boy's younger brother.
He still faces trial over the victim's younger brother, who was nine at the time, and has been warned he could eventually face a sentence of up to 20 years.
Charges Neil (right) has yet to face trial for include sexually abusing a minor, videotaping the alleged abuse, taking a child without parental consent, and holding him against his will.
That trial resumes on 7 October.
