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Christopher Carey – Morpeth

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August 2014

Norfolk off-shore worker jailed for downloading indecent images of children

An engineer working on an off-shore vessel, based off the Norfolk coast, has been jailed for 12 months for downloading indecent images of children

Christopher Carey, 36, was found to have downloaded 321 indecent images on a hard drive, which was found by a work colleague, and police were informed about the matter, Norwich Crown Court heard.

Andrew Oliver, prosecuting, said Carey had been convicted of a similar offence in 2003,

Carey, from Morpeth, Northumberland, admitted downloading the images and was also made subject to a sexual offences prevention order, under which he must not have unsupervised contact with children.

Carey is already on the sex offender’s register.

Alan Wheetman, for Carey, said he had become addicted to the indecent images and had now lost everything as a result of re-offending.

“He is desperately ashamed.”

He said that after his conviction in 2003, Carey had not looked at any indecent images, but after suffering marriage problems, became drawn into looking at images again.

“He is a broken man. The only thing that is keeping him going is that he wants to keep working.”

He said Carey wanted to undertake a course to break the habit .

“He does not want this to ever happen to him again.”


William Moffat – Hanley

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August 2014

Child abuse images found on PC of Hanley man – after he called police to confess posing as schoolgirl on Facebook

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POLICE arrested a pervert for having child abuse pictures – after he called them to say he was posing as a schoolgirl on Facebook.

William Moffat told officers he was pretending to be a 12-year-old girl in an attempt to entrap a man he suspected of having sex with children.

But when Staffordshire Police searched Moffat’s Hanley home they found indecent images of children on his computer and movies of extreme pornography.

Now Moffat has been told he must be on the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years and complete an internet sex offenders’ programme.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard police discovered dozens of indecent images of children aged between four and 14 when they searched his Warrington Road home.

The defendant told police he had accessed a number of sexual sites on the internet and thought that must have been where the images came from. He accepted they appeared to be inappropriate.

Prosecutor Heather Chamberlin told the court: “He said he had no particular sexual thoughts regarding children under 16 and probably downloaded them when he was drunk.

“The images he took himself were downloaded on to his computer but there is no suggestion they were shared.”

Moffat admitted two charges of making indecent photographs of a child, possessing indecent photographs of a child and possessing extreme pornographic images.

Andrew McInness, mitigating, said Moffat has a history of drug and alcohol abuse but no previous convictions for sex-related offences.

Mr McInness said: “He admits downloading most of the images and accepts possession of them.”

Judge David Fletcher sentenced Moffat to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years.

Moffat, who has now left Hanley to live in North Wales, was also made the subject of a 10-year sexual offences prevention order.

Judge Fletcher said: “Your behaviour is aggravated by the age of the children and the moving images.”

Jeff Havercroft – Grimsby

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August 2014

Dad-of-two, 45, groomed girl, 14

A CHEATING husband who had sex with a schoolgirl later told her: “I’m definitely a criminal now.”

He and the smitten teenager regularly sneaked out of their homes in the middle of the night to meet up, a court heard.

But their secret relationship hit serious problems when the police were told about the matter, the court was told.

Jeff Havercroft, 45, of Willingham Court, Willingham Street, Grimsby, admitted five offences of engaging in sexual activity with a girl and two of making indecent images of a child, relating to 50 images they exchanged between themselves.

He was jailed for two years.

Simon Hirst, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that Havercroft and the girl had a relationship stretching back to 2011 but police became involved in May last year after an anonymous tip-off.

The girl was spoken to at school and she said they regularly texted each other and met up when they could.

“Most involved sneaking out of the house in the middle of the night when everybody else was asleep,” said Mr Hirst.

The relationship became sexual and, after they had sex, Havercroft told her: “I’m definitely a criminal now.”

They met up when possible and made arrangements to meet by text. There was further sexual activity, including experimenting with handcuffs and blindfolds.

Havercroft bought her gifts for her birthday and for anniversaries of their relationship.

His mobile phone was later found to have 50 pictures of the girl on it – 21 of them showing her naked.

Some of the pictures also included intimate pictures of Havercroft.

“This relationship occurred over a 19-month period,” said Mr Hirst.

The girl would be 18 early next year, the court heard.

Robert Underwood, mitigating, said it was not a situation where Havercroft had set out to “entice and lure a young girl into a relationship”.

The two originally got to know each other through Facebook.

“One thing led to another,” said Mr Underwood.

“There was clearly a meeting of minds.”

Their “first intimate moment” was when the girl was aged 14 and the first time they had sex was when she was 14 years and nine months.

“Things then evolved,” said Mr Underwood. “She was as much to blame as he was. They should have known better.

“He tried to bring it to an end. He failed to do so.

“This isn’t an individual who is preying on a child and surfing the internet to find some images to gain satisfaction from.”

Havercroft had been married with two daughters.

“The marriage is understandably being brought to a close,” said Mr Underwood.

“His selfish actions have brought him to a point where his marriage is over.”

Havercroft had been earning £70,000 a year but he had since left that job. He had no previous convictions.

Judge Simon Jack told Havercroft: “These are serious matters.

“The reason they are so serious is because offences of this kind normally involve the exploitation of children and have very serious consequences.

“They can be emotionally damaging to the child or children concerned, causing damage which may last the rest of the child’s life.”

Judge Jack said he disagreed with the girl that she was not a victim and added that it was vital that society protected such people.

“In order to do that, offences of this type have to be investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted,” he said.

He told Havercroft: “She was the child. You were the adult and that’s why you stand in the dock. You were approximately three times her age when these offences started and that’s why society says you were the one who should have said ‘no’.

“I accept that you, however misguidedly, allowed yourself to get in to an emotional relationship with this girl. It should never have happened but it did.

“I accept that she was very actively involved in pursuing the relationship. I take the view that I can’t ignore that. The law is still there for society to protect children who are under-age from their own desires.

“You have caused upset within your own family and her family and you are aware how bad that is.”

But he added that, because of the circumstances involving the girl’s role: “The sentence can be substantially shorter than the guidelines would suggest.”

Havercroft was ordered to register as a sex offender for five years.

Marcellino Falzon – London

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August 2014

Paedophile could of abused more children

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A paedophile who lured young boys into his home and his car so he could abuse them has been jailed for fifteen years, but police fear he may have had more victims.

Marcellino Falzon, 57, was convicted of 26 counts of sexual assault, gross indecency, inciting a child to commit a sex act and attempted rape of two boys, between 1998 and 2002.

Falzon befriended the boys, who lived near his home in Stamford Street, Bankside, and groomed them by offering to give them driving lessons and take them out on local day trips.

He abused them at his home address, in his car, in a bookshop in Blackheath Road, and in a changing room at Seven Islands swimming pool, Rotherhithe.

Stephen Furmedge – Toxteth

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August 2014

Historic sex offender jailed for decade long campaign of abuse on young girl

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A paedophile who subjected a young girl to a decade-long campaign of sexual abuse was jailed.

Toxteth man Stephen Furmedge, 52, preyed on his victim, who was between the ages of three and 12, through the late 1970s and 1980s.

But she was not the first child who had her life destroyed by the sick pervert.

He had already been jailed in 1989 for raping a young girl and a young boy, and sexually abusing another girl when he was living in Kirkby and had also been convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old girl in the early 1970s.

Robert Wyn Jones, prosecuting, said that some of the girl’s “earliest memories” were of being abused by Furmedge including him kissing her on the lips when she was just three.

The abuse happened weekly over the years and at one point he even tried to rape her when another girl was sharing a double bed with her.

She said the last time he tried to “make a pass at her” she was 12 and better able to stop him.

The victim said she knew what was happening to the other children, crimes for which Furmedge served nine years after they reported it, but didn’t tell police at the time.

Furmedge denied all the accusations but was found guilty by a jury of nine counts of sexual assault, nine of indecency with a child and five of attempted rape.

Judge Andrew Hatton, sentencing, said if Furmedge was being sentenced under today’s laws he would have jailed him for life but because he had to be sentenced under the law of the day the maximum he could sentence him to was seven years in jail and he did so.

He added that if the judge sentencing Furmedge in the 1980s knew the full extent of his crimes then he probably would have sentenced him to life as well.

 

David Hall – North Hykeham

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August 2014

North Hykeham man jailed for child sex offences

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A North Hykeham paedophile has been jailed for three years.

David Hall, 60, of Caesar Road, was locked up for attempting to incite child abuse imagery

He received a three year custodial sentence.

Hall was also sentenced for four further offences of making indecent photographs of a child and one offence of possession of indecent photographs of a child.

He was given 12 months custody to run concurrently for these offences.

Hall was also received a three year extended licence.

Detective Constable Cath Koutna, of the Lincolnshire Police Internet Child Abuse Team said: “ICAT together with the Hi-Tech Crime Unit have done a lot of work on this investigation.

“Today’s sentencing should send a message to paedophiles like David Hall.

“The message is that Lincolnshire Police have the resources and the technology to investigate allegations, information and intelligence in cases like this.

“We will catch you and you are very likely to go to prison. We are determined to protect young vulnerable members of our society from people like you.”

Trevor Platt – Hastings

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August 2014

Man gets 18 years for sex offences against teenage girl

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A man from Hastings has been convicted of 13 counts of sexual offences and has been jailed.

Trevor Platt, 44, a business-owner, of Sheerwater Crescent, Hastings, was found guilty of 13 charges following a two-week trial at Hove Crown Court.

On Tuesday he was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.

Platt was arrested in March 2013 when police received a report that a girl under 18, who is known to him, had been abused by Platt between 2006 and 2013. He was charged with five offences of sexual touching, seven of rape, and one of causing child abuse imagery involving a child.

Detective constable Darren Jones said: “We have been supporting the victim since she bravely spoke out about the abuse she suffered by Platt. Platt has been found guilty of these offences and will spend a considerable time in prison.

“We urge anyone to come forward and speak to us about sexual abuse. We will take you seriously and do everything we can to support you and investigate. Please contact us on 101 or email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk”

Dennis Harper – Newtown

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August 2014

Six years for paedo who abused boys

A PAEDOPHILE has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing three young boys in the 1990s.

Dennis Michael Alexander Harper, 44, of Park Street, Newtown, was jailed at Mold Crown Court last Friday, and placed on the sex offenders register for life and was made the subject to a lifetime sexual offences prevention order.

Under the order he cannot approach or stay unsupervised with boys under the age of 16.

Harper had denied all 15 offences of indecent assault and gross indecency.

He is banned from ever approaching his three victims again and has been instructed not to write anything about them on social media.

Judge Rhys Rowlands, who conducted last month’s trial, commended the three victims for having the courage to come forward – and for the way they gave their evidence.

Judge Rhys Rowlands told Harper: “Following trial last month you were convicted by the jury of 13 counts of indecent assault and two charges of indecency with a child.”

The offences were committed over a period of some 10 years at a time when the three complainants were very young boys.

The judge said that Harper had shown “absolutely no remorse at all”.

He said they were “serious and worrying offences” by a defendant who had when he was 13 years old been convicted of indecency with a boy aged three and who in 2000 had been convicted of an offence against a boy aged 13.

“These offences are far from being out of character,” he said.

Judge Rowlands said that the offences dated back many years and there had been a significant delay in bringing the case to court.

He said: “The other side of that is that you got away with it for many years while the victims had to live with what you did to them.”

Prosecuting, Sion ap Mihangel said that a victim impact statement from one of the complainants showed the effect of the defendant’s offending. He suffered from chronic depression, had trust issues in his life and panic attacks and anxiety.

Andrew Green, defending, said Harper understood that custody was inevitable.
Mr Green said for the last 14 years he had led a quiet and ordered life and that character references showed the other side of him.

He and his partner had a stable relationship and they intended to marry and have a future together.

Green said that had helped him come to terms with his own sexuality – something that was sadly absent from his early life.

He had also been coming to terms with his own shocking childhood.

A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesman said: “On Friday August 8, Dennis Michael Alexander Harper, 44 years old, from Newtown was sentenced to six years imprisonment at Mold Crown Court.

“This followed a three day trial in respect of historic allegations of sexual abuse against three males aged from six to 16 years old.

“He was convicted of 15 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency. This was a protracted and thorough investigation, which led the CPS to prosecute this individual.”


John Quigley – Burnage/Wythenshawe

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August 2014

Child rapist whose trial collapsed after the judge ‘fell asleep’ during evidence is finally convicted

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A child rapist whose trial collapsed after the judge was accused of falling asleep has finally been convicted.

John Quigley, 49, has been found guilty of molesting two young girls at a retrial of his case.

His first trial had to be abandoned after Recorder Philip Cattan, a respected Manchester barrister who sits as a judge part-time, was suspected of nodding off as one of the young victims answered questions from the defence.

The incident meant the young girl had to give evidence a second time during the retrial, in front of a different judge, before her abuser was convicted

Quigley, 49, formerly of Burnage, has now been warned he faces a lengthy jail sentence after he was found guilty of nine child sex charges, including rape, at Manchester Crown Court .

The sexual abuse of the two girls remained secret until one of the girls confided in her mother, telling her she had planned to reveal it only when ‘John was dead’. The other told the court that she had been ‘too scared to tell’.

Giving evidence, Quigley –  who managed the Benchill pub in Wythenshawe before it was demolished – said the girls were lying, telling the jury: “I never sexually abused them.” However, he was convicted of all but one of ten counts he faced.

There were shouts of jubilation from the public gallery as each of the verdicts was returned against Quigley.

Judge Michael Henshell has now ordered a report which will look at whether Quigley poses a danger to children. Remanding him in custody and ordering him to sign the sex offenders’ register, Judge Henshell told him: “The sentence will be a lengthy one of imprisonment.”

Meanwhile, Recorder Cattan is facing a probe from the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.

In a statement following the collapse of the first trial earlier this month, a spokesman said: “The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office is aware of the allegation that Philip Cattan fell asleep during a trial at Manchester Crown Court.

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Eustace Norford – Manchester

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August 2014

Old Trafford man served with second CRASBO

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AN Old Trafford man has been given a second CRASBO for verbally abusing members of the public and harassing young girls.

Eustace Norford, 51, of Stretford Road, was given the three-year CRASBO at Trafford Magistrates Court on August 12..

CRASBO = criminal anti-social behaviour order

The order prohibits him from shouting and/or swearing at members of the public and from speaking to any child in a school uniform at any location within the borough of Trafford.

The same day, Norford was sentenced for harassment, stalking and two public order offences.

In one incident, Norford shouted abuse at a passerby and his young daughter on Talbot Road, Old Trafford, in February, while, in another saw him threaten to punch someone in Asda, Hulme, in March.

He was sentenced to community orders for these offences and given a CRASBO to prevent further offending.

This latest CRASBO is in addition to an existing CRASBO already secured against Norford in July 2013, which also lasts for three years and bans him from entering Stretford Mall and the Aldi and Iceland stores at Seymour Grove and their car parks.

The case was a joint response between Trafford Council ASBO officers and Trafford North INPT police officers.

If Norford breaches either CRASBO he could be jailed for up to five years.

If any members of the public witness any breaches please report them to Greater Manchester Police on 101.

Mazafer Maroof – Shelton

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August 2014

Shelton man, 31, jailed after raping and filming assault on unconscious girl, 16, at house party

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MARRIED father-of-two Mazafer Maroof was today starting a seven-year prison sentence after raping a 16-year-old girl in her own bed before filming a second assault.

The 31-year-old plied the teenager with alcohol until she fell unconscious before he carried out the sickening attack.

He then used his mobile phone to record a another assault on the victim.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Maroof, of Shelton, pictured, had earlier ‘pestered’ the girl at a house party before bombarding her with dozens of ‘vile and abusive’ text messages.

He was found guilty by a jury of rape and assault.

Jailing Maroof, Judge David Fletcher told him: “You have no empathy for your victim and you don’t have any remorse.”

Maroof carried out the attack as the teenager lay unconscious before using his mobile phone to film himself assaulting her a second time.

Married Maroof – who has two children including a 16-week-old baby – had denied any wrongdoing.

But a jury convicted him after the footage showing his victim was asleep at the time of the attack was played during the trial.

Now he is starting a seven-year jail sentence after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

He has also been placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Jailing Maroof at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court yesterday, Judge David Fletcher told him: “It is clear that you were in a dark place, you were drinking vast amounts of alcohol, you were partying non-stop and you were separated from your wife and family.

“But you committed the offences on the girl. Your victim was a girl aged 16 and you were a married man of 30 at the time.

“She was unable to prevent you. The jury was shown video footage and it was clear there was no response.”

During the trial, the jury heard how Maroof started to pester his victim during a house party.

He left the property after friends told him to leave the girl alone but he started to bombard her with dozens of ‘vile and abusive’ text messages of a sexual nature.

The defendant, of Watford Street, Shelton, later persuaded the teenager and her friend to let him take them to a supermarket to buy more alcohol.

The trio then went back to a house to continue drinking into the early hours. But after the friend left, Maroof raped his victim after she fell asleep.

Barry Grennan, defending, said: “He is 31 and he should have known better. He should have realised he cannot ply people with drink. He shouldn’t have done it and regrets it bitterly.

“He has spent the last two months in custody and found that to be a thoroughly unpleasant situation. He needs to address this so it doesn’t happen again and he is prepared to undergo sex offence courses. He wants to get back to his wife and he’s devastated he can’t see his children. He wants to complete his sentence, come out, get back to his family and work.”

Following yesterday’s sentencing, Detective Inspector Becky Cawkwell, from Staffordshire Police’s Child Exploitation Team, welcomed the sentence.

She said: “This sends out a strong message to those who commit such crimes – you will be caught and dealt with accordingly. Staffordshire Police is committed to protecting children and other vulnerable members of the community. We thoroughly investigate all allegations of sexual abuse, including historic offences, and work with partners to tackle these very serious crimes in a sensitive manner.”

Robert Pritchard – Bootle/Litherland

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August 2014

Paedophile who “stole the childhoods” of young girls he abused is jailed for 10 years

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A paedophile was jailed for 10 years after being convicted of abusing four young girls over a 10-year period.

Robert Pritchard, 66, carried out the decade long campaign against his young victims in Bootle between the 1960s and 1970s and was only caught when they got up the courage to report him after nearly 50 years of living with the consequences.

Pritchard, of Queen Elizabeth Court Hatton Hill Road, Litherland, denied all the charges but was found guilty by a jury of 14 counts of indecent assault.

The career criminal, described has having a lengthy record of conviction and has served jail terms for tobacco smuggling and arson, occasionally shook his head as two of his victims read moving statements about how he had affected their lives.

One said: “I have kept an awful secret from the people that I love the most in the whole world for most of my life.

“This monster dictated and conditioned me so I wouldn’t speak about my feelings or emotions, just to do as I was told.

“He has taken away every normal emotion I should have felt and replaced them with fear, self loathing and worthlessness.

“I was thrown into an adult world well before my time and threatened into keeping a secret most of my life. I have grown up with a hatred of men and always felt dirty and worthless.”

Another, said: “Psychologically for me life has been like living in a black hole with darkness on all sides. I scream in the darkness and nobody hears me.

“He stole my innocence and replaced it with real fear and a great sadness. Nobody has the right to make another person experience such pain.

“To any person out there who has been hurt because I wasn’t brave enough to do this earlier I’m truly, truly sorry.”

Both women said they had been driven to the brink of suicide by what happened to them with one describing how as a young girl she stood on a bridge considering jumping into a canal but was only stopped by the knowledge that no one would know why she did it.

Judge Alan Conrad, QC, said that any sentence he could impose was limited by the law at the time of the but if Pritchard’s crimes had been committed today he could have been jailed for life.

He said: “Over a long period of time you regularly and repeatedly abused your victims.

“The verdicts of the jury showed you used them for years when they were young and vulnerable for your own perverted gratification in a vile fashion.

“You have shown no remorse for what you did.”

He jailed Pritchard for total of 10 years and said he would be on the sex offenders register for life.

Liam Taylor – Kettering

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August 2010

Five-year-old child raped by 19 year old baby sitter – Given indeterminate sentence

A mother returned home to find her five-year-old daughter screaming as the baby sitter frantically tried to destroy evidence of a rape, a court heard.

Liam Taylor, aged 19, was given an indeterminate sentence for public protection for the horrific rape which left his young victim severely injured and frightened to go to bed.

Northampton Crown Court heard a mother trusted Taylor to look after her daughter while she went to a party on April 17.

But when she returned home at 4.30am, she could hear her child, whose identity is protected, screaming and she was unable to get into the house.

David Lee, prosecuting, said Taylor finally opened the door and ran off.

Mr Lee said: “The child was extremely distressed and clearly had blood on her clothes and the clothing she had on did not accord with those which she had on to begin with.

“The next morning, the police were round and saw burnt clothing and pyjamas in the garden.

“This was significant because the defendant had actually taken the bedding and pyjamas the child had been wearing and burnt them.”

The youngster gave a graphic account of her being raped, using a teddy bear to illustrate what had been done “by the nasty boy”.

Taylor, of Spring Rise, Kettering, pleaded guilty to rape and must serve a minimum of four years’ imprisonment before he will be considered for release.

He will either be on licence, and liable to recall to prison, for a decade upon release or for the rest of his life and will also be on the sex offenders’ register and the subject of a sexual offences’ prevention order for life.

Judge Christopher Metcalf said: “The evidence is this little girl has clearly been psychologically scarred by this and still will not sleep in her bedroom and gets hysterical at the thought of having to sleep.”

Trevor Hartwell – Biggleswade

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August 2014

Member of police advisory group admits child abuse images offences

A member of a police advisory body said he sought out indecent pictures of children because he wanted to do some research.

But Trevor Hartwell later pleaded guilty to twelve charges of possessing and making indecent photos.

His solicitor, Paul Orton said the offending did begin as research, and that Mr Hartwell was not interested in children.

“But he has pleaded guilty and admits this was a one off error of judgement,” he said.

Hartwell, 71, of Holme Crescent, Biggleswade, was a member of the Central Bedfordshire Independent Advisory group, made up of civilians who give advice to police.

At Luton Crown Court on Friday he was given a three year community order and must attend 35 two hour sessions of an internet sex offenders programme. He must also sign the Sex Offenders Register for five years and abide by a Sexual Offences Prevention Order for the same time, restricting his contact with children.

Judge Philip Bartle QC told him: “It is tragic to see someone of your age with no previous convictions before a Crown Court.

“You have obviously led a blameless life hitherto and people speak of you with great warmth and look up to you.

“Nothing would be gained by sending you to prison.”

Prosecutor Daniel Fugallo said: “As a member of the advisory group Mr Hartwell came into contact with senior police officers. In May last year he told one he had viewed indecent images as research.

“An officer attended his home and seized his computer, and he agreed to be interviewed.

“He said he had accessed web sites using search terms involving young girls. For research purposes he wanted to see how esy it was, and discovered it was very easy.

“He said he went back to the sites again to see if they were still available.”

The barrister said Mr Hartwell raised the matter with police after receiving a message on his computer purporting to come from Bedfordshire Police saying he had been viewing images and needed to pay a fine to the site. It was a scam, but it frightened him.

Mr Fugallo said 37 images were found, with two of them at the most serious level.


John Travis – Royton

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August 2014

Ex-Greater Manchester Police officer jailed for rape of a child

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A retired police officer has been jailed for raping and sexually abusing a child.

John Travis, 63, of Turf Lane, Royton, was found guilty after a trial of two counts of rape, four indecent assaults and two counts of indecency with a child.

Police said Travis started abusing his victim in the early 1980s when she was 11.

He was sentenced to 17 years at Minshull Street Crown Court.

Travis, who retired from Greater Manchester Police in 1997, was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

Det Con Lucy Shaw said: “Right from the beginning, Travis physically and mentally controlled the victim and took advantage of her age.

“When she told family about the abuse, Travis was confronted but he denied this, claiming the victim had made it up and she was a trouble-maker.”

Det Con Shaw added: “Thankfully, as she got older, she realised she would not let him get away with what he had done and reported the crimes to police.

“Her bravery has ensured we have been able to investigate this fully and finally brought Travis to justice for the appalling acts he committed on a young girl.

“He has had a devastating effect on her life, causing irreparable damage.”

George Robertson – Chestnut

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August 2014

Cheshunt man admits making thousands of child abuse images

A CHESHUNT man has admitted making and possessing indecent images of children.

George Robertson, 25, of Lavender Close, admitted eight charges of making indecent images of children and possession of 18,455 images and 328 films in Cheshunt on or before October 22.

He also admitted possessing 236 images and 36 films showing intercourse with an animal, and a charge of possessing 1,154 prohibited images and 29 prohibited films.

At Stevenage Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Robertson was committed to St Albans Crown Court for sentence on a date to be set.

In the meantime, he was banned from viewing internet pornography and unsupervised contact with children under 16

Patrick Chidlow – Gravesend

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August 2014

Teen blackmailing sex offender jailed for five years

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A Gravesend man has been jailed for a string of sexual offences, including blackmailing teenagers into sexual activity.

Patrick Chidlow, 19, pleaded guilty to 16 charges, which included blackmail, possessing and distributing indecent images of children, rape and inciting or causing a child to engage in sexual activity.

He was jailed for 5 years on August 15 at Maidstone Crown Court.

His crimes came to light when one of his victims, a teenage boy, came forward to report that Chidlow had forced him to send indecent images of himself over social media and messaging services, and had subsequently used the indecent images to blackmail him into sexual acts.

When detectives began investigating the allegations, another boy and a girl admitted Chidlow had made similar advances to them.

All of his victims were teenagers. Chidlow had persuaded them to send indecent images of themselves then threatened to post the images on social media websites if they did not comply with his demands.

Chidlow was arrested on January 8 and bailed while officers continued to make enquiries in order to gather as much evidence as possible.

His computer was also seized and found to contain indecent images of other children

Investigating officer, DC Roger Harris of Kent police, said: “While I am pleased justice has been served for the victims, there are no winners today,

“Chidlow’s actions have had an acute impact on his victims and their families and they are still trying to put their ordeal behind them.

“He has deeply affected other people’s lives and ruined his own through his behaviour.

“Forcing any person into sending indecent images or into indecent behaviour is something this force absolutely will not tolerate and we work tirelessly to bring perpetrators of this sort of abuse to justice.”

In addition to the sentence Chidlow was also issued with a sex offenders prevention order which will run for an indefinite period.

Michael Butler – Burnley

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August 2014

30-year-old Burnley pervert exposed himself on internet to undercover police posing as 11 year olds

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A PERVERTED internet ‘fantasist’’ who talked dirty to what he thought were schoolgirls and tried to meet one for sex was caught because the ‘11-year-olds’ were actually undercover police.

Burnley Crown Court was told Michael Butler, 30, exposed himself on a webcam and said he wanted to see the ‘girl’ in Blackpool.

All the while, he was in a relationship with a 23-year-old woman he had also met over the webcam, who knew he was chatting to young girls on the net and was not bothered.

Butler told the ‘victim’ he was grooming her, knew it was against the law and he could go to jail. He described his filthy behaviour as ‘sickening’ to police when he was arrested after targeting two profiles he did not know were fictitious.

Butler, of Leyland Road, Burnley, was locked up for 16 months, after admitting two counts of attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child, one of attempting to engage in sexual activity in the presence of a child, one charge of attempting to cause or incite a child to engage in sexual activity and one of attempting to arrange or facilitate a meeting with a child with the intention of engaging in sexual activity.

He was ordered to sign the sexual offenders register for 10 years and was given a 10-year sexual offences prevention order, banning him from having contact or seeking to contact any child under 16 and which also allows police to monitor his internet use.

Emma Kehoe, prosecuting, said the defendant started to chat to a ‘girl’ on the website, supposed to be for people aged 12 to 19. He told her he was 30, asked her how sexy he was, how she felt and if she was alone.

He switched to the second ‘11-year-old’s’ profile four days later. He exposed himself on a webcam and told her he was performing an indecent act.

The prosecutor said when police raided Butler’s house his partner told officers she was aware he was chatting to young girls.

Richard Taylor, defending, described Butler as ‘simple, somewhat pathetic and introverted’ and added: “He lives in something of a fantasy world, created by the internet.”

Dale Codling – Hipperholme

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October 2014

Bus driver admits grooming girl, 13

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A Calderdale bus driver has admitted grooming a 13-year-old girl he met on the school bus run.

Dale Codling, 26, of Kirk Lane, Hipperholme, a former First Bus driver, appeared at Calderdale Magistrates Court charged with grooming and engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl on October 21, 2013.

The court heard that Codling had contacted the girl through Facebook before the incident took place and called her “gorgeous and beautiful to make her feel good”.

Codling was granted conditional bail and told not to contact the victim.

He will be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on September 8.

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