Comedian joked about child abuse... and is then unmasked as vile paedophile who paid fixers to live stream children being molested

A comedian who was a fixture in a Cheshire town has been unmasked as a ­paedophile who paid for vulnerable kids to be sexually abused in the Philippines and Romania. Eamon Goodfellow – once a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe – sourced victims aged under 13 through fixers.

Police uncovered sick chat logs in which the 50-year-old discussed live-streaming sex acts being performed on children. Detectives from the National Crime Agency found evidence that he sent payments for abuse to be carried out.

Goodfellow, from Northern Ireland, ran comedy nights in Nantwich and appeared in the town’s theatre. He was convicted following a trial and will be sentenced later this month.

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He ran a series of comedy shows called 'Hits and Giggles' at 34 Pepper Street Café in Nantwich, Cheshire, during 2018 and 2019. He was also a member of the Nantwich Players theatre group and appeared as a lawyer in the crime drama 'Rough Justice', CheshireLive has revealed.

Goodfellow, who was living in Hertfordshire, was first arrested in June 2018. Despite the arrest, he continued to crack gags on paedophilia, incest and pornography before his case came to court this month.

In clips online, he jokes about another young comedian being too ugly for 'child-molesting Moors murderers' Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Goodfellow, who has since deleted his Twitter and TikTok accounts, appeared on screen as fellow comics joke about paedophilia during one Zoom show, The Mirror reports.

In another clip he made a joke about Goldilocks being in a train toilet with one of the three bears. He was a runner-up in the 2019 New Act of the Year at The Hackney