X Factor's Danny Tetley has sentence for sexually exploiting seven teenage boys cut
X Factor star Danny Tetley - who rocketed to fame on the 2018 series as a semi-finalist - had his 17-year sentence reduced
X Factor semi-finalist Danny Tetley had his sentence for sexually exploiting several teenage boys slashed.
Famously the star was catapulted into the limelight on the 2018 series of The X Factor where he came in sixth place as a semi-finalist.
The disgraced singer, 39, was jailed for nine years in January as part of a 17-year extended sentence.
Upon leaving prison, Danny was facing eight years of being closely monitored on license.
However, following a successful appeal this sentence has now been reduced to just five years.
The Criminal Appeal Office said: "The full court allowed the appeal and the sentence is now an extended sentence of 14 years, comprising a custodial term of nine years and an extended period of license of five years."
At the time of sentencing, judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told the court the singer's celebrity status was "now gone, tarnished and destroyed".
According to the Telegraph & Argus, the judge told him: "Nobody doubts a significant sentence of imprisonment is required.
"The reality is our society is deeply interested in celebrity, it does no harm. Pure entertainment of highest order including X Factor, upon which you featured in some capacity. You exploited the status it gave you. You abused that status to satisfy your perverted sexual needs, by your actions
"Those in the public eye don’t have licence to abuse. Those in public eye have deep responsibility and many exercise magnificently."
The X Factor contestant pleaded guilty to paying five teen boys for X-rated snaps.
Danny sent thousands of texts and WhatsApp messages between October 2018 and August 2019.
NSPCC slammed the shamed star for using his TV appearances and promises of money to carry out abuse.
An NSPCC spokesman said: "Tetley’s use of his TV appearances and promises of money in the thousands of messages he sent these boys, are an example of the depraved lengths that predators will go to in their pursuit of victims.
“This kind of abuse can have a profound and long-lasting impact, and this case underlines why it is so vital that social media companies are forced to make safeguarding our children their top priority. We continue to call on the Government to introduce new legislation that enforces a formal Duty of Care to keep young people safe online.
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