Zafer Dogan Jailed 28 Months for 5,000 AI-Altered Child Photos as Bail Rulings Draw Fire
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 25
Zafer Dogan Jailed 28 Months for 5,000 AI-Altered Child Photos as Bail Rulings Draw Fire
2 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 25
Summary
A London court jailed Zafer Dogan, 32, for two years and four months after he admitted taking more than 5,000 photos of children and using AI software to “nudify” them.
Police said many images were taken from his bedroom window overlooking a playground, and prosecutors had repeatedly opposed bail because of the risk he posed to nearby victims.
Andrea Simon, London’s victims’ commissioner, said families were “grossly failed” after courts repeatedly let Dogan return home, forcing one victim’s family into temporary accommodation.
Met Commissioner Mark Rowley called the bail decisions “unfathomable” and also blamed AI companies for not doing more to stop their tools being used for sexual offending.
The case has intensified scrutiny of bail and early-release policies in England and Wales, with critics warning prison-capacity pressures are overriding victim safety.