The hunt is on for the twirly-faced pedophile
About 200 photos of the suspect with 12 different young boys were located on the Internet in December 2004, an Interpol official said. But in each image, his face was obscured, apparently by use of a standard Adobe Photoshop effect called twirl, which is used by digital artists to manipulate images. Apparently, the suspect, or whoever handled the pictures, did not think it was possible to reverse the twirling...
An international manhunt has been launched after Thai police named a suspected pedophile as Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian.
Authorities in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam are searching for Mr Neil, of British Columbia, who allegedly appears in 200 online images abusing boys.
He studied to become a priest and was a youth counsellor before moving to Asia.
His younger brother, Matthew Neil, said his family was "in shock" and appealed for Mr Neil to turn himself in.
Interpol had appealed for public help after experts unscrambled digitally-swirled internet photos of the suspect.
It was the first time the international police agency had made a direct worldwide appeal for public information in a case.
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