Sex offender bailed to flat near playground

Image source, Met Police Image caption, Zafer Dogan took photographs from his bedroom window

A sex offender jailed for taking thousands of pictures of children and using AI software to "nudify" them was repeatedly allowed to return to his home overlooking the playground he targeted.

It meant victims of Zafer Dogan, from Enfield in north London, were living close to the 32-year-old, who admitted multiple offences.

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley spoke outside Wood Green Crown Court after Dogan was jailed for two years and four months, where Sir Mark criticised the "unfathomable decisions" of the justice system.

"The children should be put first, not the paedophile," he said.

Image source, PA Media Image caption, Speaking outside court after the sentencing hearing, Sir Mark Rowley said one family was left feeling so fearful they moved away