A trans-identified male from Chester, UK, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison after being found in possession of child sexual abuse images and attempting to contact a child for sexual abuse. Chloee-Mae Danvers, 25, was a player with the “Trans & Enby Football Club in Liverpool.”
Danvers, previously known as Thomas Quinn, was already a “prolific” registered sex offender when he was caught hoarding child sexual abuse materials on July 15. Officers with the Sex Offenders Management Unit attended Danvers’ home address on Housman Close as part of their routine checks, and inspected his electronic devices in accordance with his conditions.
Upon doing so, officers located two Category A indecent images of children in a deleted folder stored on Danvers’ mobile phone. According to the Crown Prosecution Service, Category A child pornography is defined as depicting “penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism.” At that time, Danvers also admitted to attempting to wipe his laptop of evidence.
Despite the seriousness of the crime, Danvers was released into the community awaiting a hearing on charges of creating indecent images of children. But just weeks later, police became aware that Danvers had been using an undeclared social media account to communicate with a minor.
On August 5, officers seized Danvers’ electronic devices and found he had been attempting to make sexual contact with a 9-year-old girl. He had also been sharing Category A and Category B child sexual abuse images via the internet using social media accounts he had kept private from police.
Today, Danvers was sentenced to 40 months in prison during an appearance at Chester Crown Court.
Following his sentencing, Cheshire Police issued a statement in which Detective Constable Stephen Park referred to Danvers by “they/them” pronouns.
“Danvers is a prolific sex offender and an incredibly dangerous individual, and I welcome the sentence handed to them today,” Park said. “They were left with no choice but to plead guilty after a catalogue of evidence was gathered against them – including evidence of indecent material involving young children being discovered on their device.”
Cheshire Police had previously referred to Danvers as a “man” in their initial press release on his July arrest.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Danvers was active in his local LGBT community prior to his arrest, and had publicly identified himself as being a player with the “Trans & Enby Football Club in Liverpool.” On a GoFundMe page, the club describes itself as “centering trans and non-binary folks” along with the wider LGBT+ community.
“Too often, queer folks are sidelined in mainstream sports, but in our club, trans people are the majority,” the club notes in the fundraiser’s description. “Your contribution will help us grow our club, enabling us to reach more trans people in Liverpool, and build on our proud community club,” they add, claiming that the money will be spent on training sessions and kit. Their Instagram page has been locked down, and it is unclear whether the club is aware of Danvers’ conviction.
In 2022, Danvers attempted to raise just under £1,400 on GoFundMe for a private gender transition. “Hi, my name is Chloee, and I have gender dysphoria. I was born male, but I desire to be a woman. My only option is to go private with the Harley Street Gender Clinic in Marylebone,” Danvers wrote on the since-deleted page.
“My goal is to transition into a woman entirely, and these funds would go towards me getting to London and paying for the consultations.”
On his X profile, Danvers frequently discussed his love for science fiction, notably Star Trek. In 2005, detectives from the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit claimed that of the over 100 offenders they had arrested in the previous four years, “all but one” was a “hard-core Trekkie.”
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