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Sex offender bailed to flat near playground
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.
Speaking outside court after the sentencing hearing, Sir Mark Rowley said one family was left feeling so fearful they moved away
Dogan, who works as a mechanic, previously pleaded guilty to multiple offences, including making indecent images of children.
According to the police, he had taken more than 5,000 pictures, many from his bedroom window.
The mother of a victim under the age of eight described feeling "helpless", adding: "Our lives will never be the same again and I can't do anything about it all because one man exploited my child."
The mother of a teenage victim said it was as if she had been "punched in the gut" when police officers told her what had happened.