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Dwayne Arnold – Skegness

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May 2015

Pervert jailed for sexual offences against young child

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A sex offender has been caged for more than seven years after being found guilty of a string of child sex crimes in Skegness.

Dwayne Arnold, 32, was convicted of three charges of sexual assault of a child under the age of 13, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, causing a child to watch a sexual act and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.

Lincolnshire Police say all the crimes took place in July and August 2013.

He was jailed for seven-and-a-half years at Lincoln Crown Court on May 13. He was issued with a sexual harm prevention order for ten years and issued with a restraining order for ten years.

Speaking after the sentencing, DC Tony Hatfield, who investigated the case, said: “The victim in this case bravely and courageously reported the abuse to an adult.

“Lincolnshire Police are satisfied with the verdict and the sentence and hope that the victim and her family can now move forward with their lives.”


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Richard Kirk – Corby

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May 2015

Serial sex offender jailed has four more years added to his prison sentence

A serial sex offender from Northamptonshire who committed sex attacks on young children over a 30-year period has had four more years added to his already lengthy prison sentence.

Currently in prison, Richard Kirk, 50, from Corby, appeared at Northampton Crown Court to face counts of:

  1. Indecent assault with a female

  2. Indecent assault with a child

  3. Indecent assault with a male

  4. Sexual activity with a child

  5. Sexual activity with a child under 13

  6. One of assaulting a child by penetration.

The latest set of offences only came to light in 2014.

Yesterday prosecutor Gary Short told the court how at least four of his victims recalled Kirk’s ‘dirty fingernails’ and ‘distinct smell’, adding that the defendant was known to ‘rarely bathe’.

Kirk is currently serving 12 years in jail for previous convictions and yesterday, Judge Timothy Smith added a further four years to the sentence, meaning Kirk will not be eligible for parole now until 2021.

Judge Smith said: “This type of attack on young children leads to lasting effects – the psychological impacts can be immense.

“Your smell and your nails – these are things that they have lived with throughout their lives as a lasting reminder of what it is you did to them.”

Kirk will also be subject to a four year licence period when he is released from jail and will be kept on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

“You are someone that remains a danger to members of the public,” Judge Smith concluded. “Probation reports clearly indicate the high risk of you re-offending.”

Defending for Kirk, Henry James said his client had pleaded guilty to all of the 23 latest offences at the earliest opportunity.

He added that Kirk was not a “man who achieved great academic or material success in his life,” was known to hear “voices in his head” and has been treated by mental health experts during his life.

But he said Kirk was seeking help for his offending in prison.

Mr James finished by saying: “In very simple terms he has come to terms with those voices and knows that they aren’t to be followed.”


Filed under: Northamptonshire

Anthony Seabrook – Bodmin/St Austell

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May 2015

Victim of jailed paedophile feared she would not be believed

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THE VICTIM of childhood sexual abuse has described her fear of not being believed after the man who sexually assaulted her in the late 1970s and early 1980s was jailed for ten years.

Anthony Seabrook, 74, who previously lived in Bodmin, now of Chatsworth Way, St Austell, groomed the girl before touching her sexually on a number of occasions, Truro Crown Court heard last Wednesday.

Joss Ticehurst, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Seabrook, known as Tony, also made the girl touch him sexually.

He said when she reported the incidents to the police in 2013, the woman described feeling unable to tell anyone what was happening at the time. but hoping that she could call Childline.

Mr Ticehurst said Seabrook was interviewed by police after the woman came forward with the allegations.

In interview he admitted some aspects but denied others.

Speaking exclusively to the Cornish Guardian, the woman said she felt relieved that she had been believed.

She said: “This has been a tough journey but today, finally, I feel justice prevailed.

“Judge Harvey Clarke’s compassionate comments to me in court during his summary were truly remarkable and mean so much to me.

“I felt he understood the impact that the abuse I suffered has had on my life and my relationships.”

She said her fear of not being believed was the reason she kept silent about the abuse she had suffered.

The woman said she wanted to thank those who had supported her including the police, her psychotherapist and friends and family.

She added: “I would urge anyone affected by sexual abuse, no matter how long ago, to seek professional help like I did; I no longer carry the shame, guilt and anger.

“I now know I am not responsible and I did nothing wrong. I can now move on with my life.”

Seabrook admitted to two counts of gross indecency with a child and three of indecent assault.

He entered guilty pleas to three of the charges on the morning his trial was due to start last Tuesday, having pleaded guilty to two of the charges last August.

Ramsay Quaife, for the defence, said his client was genuinely remorseful for what had happened.

He said: “He is very sorry for not only what he did but what he said when he was first accused.”

Sentencing, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, said the woman had been courageous in coming forward.

He said Seabrook had taken away the girl’s innocence and that his offences had caused a dark shadow over the woman’s life, which had affected her relationships with others.

Judge Harvey Clark added: “She was not in any way to blame for anything that happened … you only admitted significant allegations and the extent of your abuse on the morning of your trial.

“Until then your case was that these allegations were false, malicious and untrue, save to the extent that you admitted two allegations on a very limited basis in August 2014.”

Seabrook was jailed for a total of ten years for what the judge described as an “appalling crime”.

After the hearing, officer in the case, Detective Constable Chris Donald said it had been one of the most emotive cases of historical abuse he had worked on.

“We are pleased at the sentence,” he said. “I would urge any victims of abuse to come forward and speak to the police.


Filed under: Cornwall

John Collier – Cowley

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May 2015

Pensioner convicted of sexual offences against children

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70-year-old man was convicted at Oxford Crown Court on Friday 8 May of a number of historic sex offences against children in Oxford and Kidlington.

John Collier, of Leafield Road in Cowley, was charged on 23 July 2014 with four counts of indecent assault on a boy (aged between 7 and 11).

He was found guilty by a unanimous jury of three counts and by a majority jury of one count, at Oxford Crown Court on Friday (8/5) after a four-day trial.

The charges are in relation to offences committed between September 1971 and July 1975 at North Kidlington Primary School and September 1977 and July 1978 at St Ebbes First School Oxford where he was a teacher at the time.

Collier is due to be sentenced at Oxford Crown Court on 6 June

Collier was arrested on 20 November 2013 , following reports to the police from victims.


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Tracey Haigan – Aldgate

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May 2015

Female faces jail after sharing snake, horse and dog porn on WhatsApp

A carer who used WhatsApp to share extreme films of a woman having sex with a snake, a horse and a dog is facing jail.

Tracey Haigan, 52, kept a collection of nine extreme pornographic movies on her two mobile phones while working at Mulberry Lodge Day and Care Centre in Barkingside.

She was arrested in June 2013 after a colleague spotted her and two other carers watching one of the movies in the staff kitchen.

Haigan appeared “intrigued and shocked” rather than disgusted by the movie, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

A search revealed the films were sent to Haigan via WhatsApp before she forwarded them on to friends.

The clips included a woman having intercourse with a snake, a woman having sex with a dog, a woman having sex with a horse and a woman having sex with a man while a baby was strapped to her back.

In an interview with police, Haigan said: “It didn’t occur to me to report the images, I had no idea it was illegal, I sent the images on.”

James Benson, prosecuting, told the court Haigan “had little experience of technology” and had only recently got the WhatsApp application.

Mr Benson added: “It would have been immediately apparent that the video contained extreme pornographic material but it’s not clear who she received the material from.”

Haigan, of Guinness Court, Mansell Street, Aldgate, who has no previous convictions, admitted one count of possession of extreme pornographic moving images.

The prosecution dropped a charge of showing an indecent image of a child and a further charge of possession of extreme pornographic still images.

Paula Cochrane, for Haigan, said she was suffering from depression and was due to have an MRI scan because of frequent numbness in her left arm.

Judge Patricia Lees adjourned sentencing until May 22, asking for written evidence from her doctor.

Haigan was granted conditional bail.


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Ross Pitts – Dagenham

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May 2015

Pervert tried to get schoolgirls to strip on internet

A sex-obsessed geek who hunted for underage students at a Dagenham girls school on Facebook and sent them hundreds of obscene messages was spared jail today (Thurs).

Ross Pitts, 21, became obsessed with girls in the school’s uniform and tried to persuade at least 20 of them to meet up with him.

He spent hours trawling social media asking them strip for him via webcam and telling them what he wanted them to do to him.

All of the girls ignored Pitt’s requests and refused to meet him.

His campaign of harassment only came to light when one 15-year-old became so disturbed by Pitts’ behaviour she told the school in June last year.  

All of the other girls he had pestered were too embarrassed to come forward and cooperate with police.

Pitts pleaded guilty to one count of arranging a child sexual offence at a preliminary hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court in March.

Joe Grayson, for Pitts, argued he should be spared jail because it was his first offence and he did not succeed in meeting any of the girls.

He claimed Pitts could be cured of his obsession via a sexual offenders treatment programme.

Sentencing Pitts to four months imprisonment suspended for two years Judge Nigel Peters said: ‘Despite your pestering, in this case the victim saw through it straight away and therefore nothing bad happened.

‘These are prevalent offences, you know that – people are getting themselves into very deep water by spending their time on computers and telephones sending nasty messages trying to meet people with bad thoughts.

‘But with everything I’ve read about you I’m satisfied it doesn’t call for immediate imprisonment, but know you have a criminal record and you’ve got to keep yourself out of trouble for the next two years.’

Pitts was also barred from having unsupervised contact with girls under the age of 16 and from having any social media account indefinitely.

He must also liaise with the probation service for the next two years and attend a sexual offenders treatment programme.

Pitts, of Arden Crescent, Dagenham, appeared in the dock in a red T-shirt and grey tracksuit bottoms and was accompanied by his mother and stepfather. 


Filed under: London

Reginald Turner – Haverfordwest

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May 2015

Haverfordwest pensioner guilty of sexual abuse is told to expect substantial prison sentence

A 74 year-old man from Haverfordwest has been warned today (Friday) to expect a “substantial” prison sentence after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing children for 15 years.

Reginald Henry Turner was found guilty of all the 20 charges remaining against him after a trial at Swansea crown court.

Turner, of High Street Close, will be sentenced after a probation officer has prepared a report aimed at helping the judge to decide if he still poses a danger to the public, and to children in particular.

Turner’s offences included four of rape—involving two separate girls—and indecent assault, indecency with a child and sexual touching.

Turner showed no response as the foreman of the jury spoke “guilty” 20 times.

The verdicts were all unanimous.

The jury returned verdicts of not guilty on four lesser charges on the direction of the judge The jury heard how one of his victims eventually found the courage to make a complaint to police.

A local newspaper report detailing Turner’s arrest and his first appearance in court was seen by a second victim and then a third, and they too made statements to police and gave evidence to the jury.

Patrick Griffiths, prosecuting, had told the jury that Turner’s victims “had no reason whatsoever to make up the allegations against him.”

The sexual assaults began in the early 1990s and stopped in about 2008.

Although most of the charges involved his first victim it was his last victim who first made a complaint, added Mr Griffiths.

Children, he told the jury during his opening address, were vulnerable and sometime found it impossible to prevent these sort of actions from taking place.

“Children may not properly understand what is happening and may not say anything at the time to others for a variety of reasons.

“They may feel fear and be embarrassed,” he said “But the memories may not be forgotten and later the victims may summon up the courage to tell others.”

Some of the offending, added Mr Griffiths, took place when Turner lived in Gwilliam Court, Monkton.

Turner gave evidence during the trial, and told the jury all the allegations were completely untrue.

Following the verdicts, Judge Huw Davies warned Turner he would receive a substantial prison sentence at a hearing scheduled for June 5.

Turner was immediately remanded into custody.


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Thomas Johns – Ifield/Horsham

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May 2015

Ifield paedophile found guilty of shocking sex attack on 12-year-old girl

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A PAEDOPHILE from Ifield has been found guilty of a sickening sexual assault on a 12-year-old girl.

Thomas Johns, from Treyford Close, was convicted last Wednesday of assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration following a two-day trial at Lewes Crown Court.

The 54-year-old carried out the attack at some point in 2005 or 2006, when the victim was 12 and he was in his 40s.

It was only in 2012 that the victim, whose identity is protected, felt able to talk about her horrific ordeal.

She told her father what she had been through, having previously been too scared to reveal what had happened.

The assault had taken place at a home in Horsham, where Johns had asked the complainant to take her knickers off, before assaulting her for five to seven minutes.

The court was told that a £5 note fell out of his pocket as he left and he said: “This is for you.”

Summing up his case, prosecutor Gino Connor said the complainant would not have made up the allegation.

Jay Shah, defending, attempted to cast doubt, however, on whether the victim had been telling the truth.

He questioned the different ways in which she reported what had happened to police.

On one occasion, he told the jury, she said Johns had “touched my private parts” and on another that he had touched her “the wrong way”.

He said: “When you consider the evidence I hope you come to the view that there are some serious problems in the Crown’s case that will lead you to the conclusion you can’t be sure of Mr Johns’ guilt.”

Statements suggesting Johns’ previous good character had been read out in court.

Having known him for 26 years, David Ede described Johns as like a “second father” to his boys, adding: “I find it impossible to believe that this is possible.”

Jenny Whitfield, who worked with Johns for six years at Ifield Park Care Home, said he was a “kind and honourable man”.

Having heard evidence from the complainant, from behind a screen, and Johns himself, as well as other witnesses, it took the jury an hour-and-a-half to decide his fate.

Johns’ face dropped as the guilty verdict was read out and his family sobbed from the public gallery.

Recorder Thomas Nicholson-Pratt made Johns the subject of a sexual harm prevention order until further notice and adjourned the case so a pre-sentence report can be prepared.

He warned the defendant that although he was delaying sentencing, he was very likely to be jailed. “Please don’t think that because I’m taking that course you will receive anything other than a custodial sentence, unless there’s something wholly exceptional raised from the report,” he said.

Johns, who was remanded in custody, is due to be sentenced on May 28.


Filed under: Sussex

Darren O’Connor – Aigburth

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May 2015

Paedophile sent naked pictures to 12-year-old girl and invited her to his Aigburth home

A paedophile who sent a picture and video of himself naked to a 12-year-old girl before inviting her to his Aigburth home was jailed for four years.

Darren O’Connor, 42, also asked his victim to text naked pictures of herself after obtaining her mobile phone number.

Liverpool Crown Court heard how he began pestering the girl around 18 months ago.

Sarah Holt, prosecuting, said he sent her a sexual picture and video and there was an element of grooming.

However, she refused to visit his home.

The court heard a victim personal statement written by the child’s mum, who said her daughter had become socially withdrawn and her education has suffered.

O’Connor, of Aigburth Drive, admitted inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

He had no previous convictions.

John Weate, defending, said O’Connor had volunteered much of the information because he did not want his victim to have to go through the ordeal of giving evidence in a trial.

He said there was never a face to face meeting between the pair.

Mr Weate said O’Connor’s own relationship had since broken down and he had become homeless.

He said: “He is at the lowest point in his life.”

Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said it was unclear how many messages O’Connor sent his victim or for how long, but “clearly it was over a significant period of time”.

He said: “In the course of this conduct you were suggesting she should send naked pictures of herself to you, for some sexual gratification, and you sent her a picture.

“What’s more serious still, is you tried to entreat her to come on her own to your house, which luckily she refused.

“It’s lucky she did not accept what you entreated. One can only shudder to think what might have happened if foolishly or in immaturity she had decided to do what you had asked her to.”

He said: “It has clearly caused a great deal of distress. There is real tangible impact as far as her everyday life is concerned.”

Judge Trevor-Jones made an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order banning O’Connor from contacting any girl under the age of 16 and told him to sign on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.


Filed under: Merseyside

George Sayle – Goring

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May 2015

Paedophile (72) jailed for 10 years after grooming two schoolgirls

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A PENSIONER has been jailed for 10 years after grooming two schoolgirls.

George Sayle, 72, of Montrose Close, Goring, pleaded guilty in March to:

  1. Engaging in a penetrative sexual act with a girl under 14

  2. Making an indecent image

  3. Attempting to engage a child under 13 in sexual activity

  4. Possessing indecent images of children

Sayle groomed two girls under 16, who were known to him, until he was in a position to carry out sexual acts, engaging their trust in him.

He pleaded guilty to four charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison at Hove Crown Court on May 1.

Detective Constable Chris Merryfield-Day said: “From enquiries, police identified the two girl victims, however, due to Sayle pleading guilty this meant they did not need to go through a trial.

“Sayle befriended the family and abused the trust he was given as a friend.

“He has been sent to prison for the awful ordeal he put these girls through and I hope now with appropriate support and that from their family, they can put this matter behind them and move on in a positive way with their lives.”


Filed under: Sussex

Roger Hearsey – Tunbridge Wells

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May 2015

Pervert who sexually abused boy is facing a jail sentence after being convicted of four offences

Roger Hearsey, of Beagles Wood Road, Tunbridge Wells, denied rape, causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two offences of sexual assault.

Prosecutor Deborah Charles said Hearsey, now 68, raped the victim on one occasion.

He performed a sex act on the boy after telling him to pull down his trousers and pants.

“At that age he didn’t know what to do,” Miss Charles told a jury at Maidstone Crown Court. “Afterwards, Mr Hearsey behaved as if nothing had happened. He made it seem as though it was normal.”

Hearsey molested the victim and got him to touch him sexually. He also showed the boy pornographic videos of adults having sex.

“You may think it was an attempt to make this sort of activity seem normal,” said Miss Charles. “He told him in no uncertain terms what to do. He said: ‘It is our secret. Nobody needs to know.’”

The abuse stopped after Hearsey had a heart attack in January 2010.

The boy wept and told his mother what had been happening when she noticed he was being moody.

“He said he had tried to forget about it,” said Miss Charles. “He found it difficult to talk about it so he wrote it down.

“The Crown say the defendant preyed on a vulnerable young boy and tried to ensure he didn’t tell anybody.”

Hearsey denied any sexual contact with the boy. He admitted having porn videos but denied showing them to the victim.


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Alan McDonald – Paisley

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May 2015

Flasher exposed himself to schoolboys

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A pervert who performed sex acts on himself in his van – in view of young schoolboys – was jailed at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday.

Alan McDonald exposed himself on three separate occasions in February this year – twice in Morar Drive, Paisley, and once in the car park at the Aldi store in the town’s Fulbar Road.

He originally faced a total of 17 charges when he went on trial, including motoring offences and allegations that he had been flashing at teenagers.

McDonald, 32, was eventually convicted of nine separate offences 

After he had committed one of the sex offences, a youngster took a picture of his registration number as he recognised the vehicle and knew what McDonald had been doing.

Police later traced the accused, who was arrested and remanded to await trial after appearing from custody.

McDonald, of Dee Drive, Foxbar, Paisley, was convicted of intentionally exposing himself to two 13-year-old schoolboys, in Morar Drive, on February 16, and committing a sex act, in the knowledge that he would be seen, as well as deliberately exposing himself to a 12-year-old child and committing a sex act on the same date, with the intention of being seen.

He was further convicted of intentionally exposing himself to the same youngster at the Aldi car park on February 18.

The motoring offences included twice taking a vehicle away without the consent of its owner and driving while disqualified and without insurance.

When McDonald appeared in court for sentence, he admitted another charge of behaving in a threatening manner while driving on the M8 motorway in August 2013.

That offence involved a confrontation with another driver, during which McDonald behaved in a threatening or abusive manner, likely to cause fear and alarm, by shouting, swearing and acting aggressively.

Defence lawyer Paul Coyle said that, although his client now admitted he had been involved in sexual activity, he denied there was any intention to be seen or that he deliberately targeted children.

Mr Coyle added that his client was fully prepared for imprisonment.

Sentencing McDonald, Sheriff Tom McCartney said that, due to the number of offences, their serious nature and the accused’s previous convictions, a prison term could not be avoided.

He jailed McDonald for a total of 13 months, backdated to February 23, which is when he was first held on remand.

Sheriff McCartney also disqualified him from driving for five years.


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Alan McDonald – Fife

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May 2015

‘Chilling, predatory’ paedophile given life in prison (minimum term of eight years)

A sex offender with a “chilling and disturbing” criminal record has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of eight years.

Judge Stephen Fowler told Alan McDonald (53) that it would be hard to conceive of someone more manipulative, violent, domineering and predatory than him.

McDonald, who stood trial at Downpatrick Crown Court, had denied 26 offences, which took place over a six-year period from 1996 to 2002, including rape, indecent assault and false imprisonment against three children and an adult.

The defendant, with an address at Orchardgate in Cupar & Fife, was told by the judge that the sentence imposed against him was justified and necessary to protect the public.

One of McDonald’s victims was groomed by him aged 14, became pregnant by him aged 15 and was raped at knifepoint in her bed by him when she was an adult after he broke in.

McDonald groomed the girl by talking to her about music and giving her money, but he later attacked her and burned her with cigarettes.

His other victims were a woman he was in a relationship with and her two daughters, then aged five and nine. He sexually abused both girls and threatened to kill the youngest one’s father.

McDonald also subjected their mother to “extreme domestic violence”, punching and choking her and stabbing her face with a potato peeler.

Judge Fowler also revealed the extent of the defendant’s past crimes, which included attacking a former girlfriend with a bottle and leaving her with a facial disfigurement, assaulting a man who was left with his throat cut and slice wounds to his eyes, and attempting to strangle his brother.

Handing McDonald a life sentence with a minimum term of eight years, judge Fowler said he believed he would commit further crimes.

The judge added: “There are good grounds for believing the defendant will present a source of danger to the public. These are grave offences against a background of a defendant with a serious violent criminal record.”

Speaking after sentence was passed, one of McDonald’s victims said she felt justice had finally been served. She said: “I’m delighted that he’s in jail now, and I’m especially happy that he was given a life sentence.

“This means that he is not going to get the opportunity to hurt anyone again for a very long time.

“I’m happy not just for me, but for his other three victims. He sexually abused me and he also scarred me for life because he burned me with cigarettes. I’m still scared of him, but I know that the sentence means he can’t hurt anyone else.”


Filed under: Fife

Stephen Walton – Carlisle

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May 2015

Convicted child sex offender failed to inform police of address change

A SEX offender who failed to inform police he had changed his address has escaped a prison sentence.

Stephen Walton, 49, was convicted in 2001 of indecently assaulting a child aged under 14. As part of the punishment he received at Preston Crown Court, he was made subject to an indefinite notification requirement.

This means he must inform police of any changes to his address.

However, in March this year he failed within the required three days to tell Cumbria Constabulary that his residence details had altered. At the time he was working at a bar in Bowness-on-Windermere.

Walton, of the Bowling Green Hostel, Carlisle, admitted this breach of the order and was sentenced at the city’s crown court today (FRI).

Tim Evans, defending, said Walton’s breach was due to “fecklessness”, and was not a deliberate attempt to go “under the radar”.

Having committed the notification requirement offence, Walton was also in breach of a suspended prison sentence, the court heard. This was imposed in 2013 for failing to comply with the terms of a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO).

The SOPO prevented him from having contact with any female under the age of 16. However, Walton had visited an address in Kendal earlier in 2013 where a young female child was present.

Recorder Michael Murray told Walton he had been at risk of losing his liberty. But he had decided against sending him to prison.

Instead Walton must abide by a 12-month community order which has an alcohol treatment order attached. He remains subject to the suspended prison sentence.

“You know you still have that hanging over your head. Think before you do anything like this again,” said Recorder Murray.


Filed under: Cumbria

Christopher Anstey – Glasgow

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May 2015

Indecent images of children nurse struck off – No prison

A NURSE who was convicted of possessing more than 700 indecent images of young boys has been struck off.

Christopher Anstey, from Partick in Glasgow, was arrested at the Southern General Hospital on November 21 2013 and suspended by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde two days later.

The 39-year-old who worked at ward 24 of the hospital, which treats patients with blood diseases, pleaded guilty to two child abuse images charges on June 18 2014.

The court noted that some of the photographs in his possession were “considered to be level 5 on the scale for such images, which is to be regarded as the most serious and degrading.”

When he appeared before Glasgow Sheriff Court the nurse pleaded guilty to charges of taking, permitting to be taken or making, indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child and possession of indecent photographs or pseudo photographs of children.

He was ordered to undertake 300 hours of unpaid work and his name was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for three years.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) held a hearing on Monday May 11 and found Anstey’s convictions were “so serious as to have gravely undermined the public’s confidence in the standards and behaviour expected of a registered nurse”.

A panel said that a striking-off order was “the only appropriate and proportionate sanction” given the nature of his “serious offences.”

The NMC condemned Anstey for his “serious criminal behaviour”, saying that he had shown “no expression of insight, remorse or regret” and added that there was “a high risk of repetition of his criminal behaviour”.

The NMC imposed a striking-off order on Anstey, removing him from the nursing register and banning him from practicing for five years.

He will be allowed to apply for restoration to the register after five years have passed.

Anstey did not attend the hearing and earlier told the NMC “he did not feel that his attendance would make a difference to the outcome”.


Filed under: Doctors/Nurses, Glasgow

Sam Dickety – Winchester/Romsey

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May 2015

Hampshire pervert jailed for having sex with under-age girl on school premises

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A HAMPSHIRE man has been jailed for having sex with a 15-year-old girl on school premises.

Sam Dickety slept with the teenager at Henry Beaufort School in Winchester.

The 23-year-old was jailed for four years as his girlfriend, pregnant with his child, wept in the public gallery.

The city’s crown court heard that she had a crush on him and pursued him with notes and messages.

Dickety, of Tadburn Road, Romsey, gave her his phone number and email address. In a message he said he wished she wasn’t 15.

They arranged to meet on several occasions and first had sex in an area known as ‘The Harbour’ which only teachers could access, and again two days later in the same place.

This continued until Dickety’s birthday, when the girl asked another pupil to deliver a birthday card to him.

It was intercepted by her mother, who thought it was provocative and reported it to the school.

The card said: “I love you so much and you mean everything to me, you are my handsome Sam. Ps, you’ll get your present on Thursday haha.”

Claire Marlow, prosecuting, said: “The headmistress spoke to Mr Dickety who at that stage said that nothing had happened in any way. He was reminded of the safeguarding rules and warned not to have one-to-one contact with her thereafter.”

But they continued to meet in The Harbour to have sex for another two months, the court heard.

Ms Marlow said: “This came to light during the school holidays because there was a message on Facebook, which is the parents’ because they will not allow her to have her own, from him asking whether she was going to be in a particular location that day.”

Dickety pleaded guilty to five of six charges relating to sexual activity with a child.

Mitigating, Rina-Marie Hill said: “I proceed with caution that for every good thing I can say on Mr Dickety’s behalf there’s a downside to it. This is a 15-year-old girl, soon to be woman, at the time who was sensibly consenting to the sexual activity.”

She added: “The impact of this will stay with him for the rest of his life and he will pay the consequences for the rest of his life.”

Sentencing, Judge Susan Evans QC said it was a significant and serious abuse of trust and Dickety would have been aware of the girl’s vulnerability – she had previously been sexually assaulted.

“You took advantage of your 15-year-old victim, you groomed her,” the judge said.

“The location is an aggravating factor because it was on school property and most seriously you failed to respond to the warning you were given.”

He was jailed for four years and will be released on licence after two years.

Dickety will also be on the sex offenders’ register for life and disqualified from working with children and vulnerable people.


Filed under: Hampshire

Carl Wheatley – Hatfield

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May 2015

Father sentenced to 21 years for ‘sadistic’ murder of 4-year-old daughter

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A RUTHLESS father was today found guilty of murder after beating his four-year-old toddler to death in a fit of rage.

Carl Wheatley, 31, from Hatfield in Hertforshire, carried out a series of brutal attacks causing 66 injuries to his daughter Alexa-Marie and knocking out two of her teeth in the weeks leading up to her death.

Emergency services discovered the lifeless body of Alexa-Marie Quinn when he finally called for help and admitted he had lost his temper.

The killer had been granted custody of his daughter just three months before her death on March 12 last year, after convincing social workers he could look after her. She had previously been living with foster parents.

During the trial, the court heard young Alexa-Marie had probably been dead for several hours before paramedics arrived at their home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Her father had searched online for how to treat bruising and repair teeth.

A post-mortem examination revealed she had died from extreme blunt force trauma and the jury heard Wheatley told emergency services: “I got a bit frustrated and I harmed the poor child.”

The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict today at St Albans Crown Court. Wheatley will be sentenced at the same court on Friday.

Detective Chief Inspector Jerome Kent from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit led the investigation and said: “Alexa-Marie suffered horrific injuries at the hands of her father, a man who should have been protecting her.

“Not only did he cause her such significant injury prior to her death, he failed to seek any help for her, leaving her to suffer.

“Alexa-Marie, who has been described as a happy child prior to living with her father, died because he lost his temper and took his frustrations out on her.

“At the age of four she was not able to protect herself from this violent man, who then went out of his way to ensure no one else could protect or help her either.

“This is an extremely tragic case. No child should ever suffer in this way and our thoughts are with Alexa-Marie’s family and those who cared for her.

“I would like to thank them for their support during this extremely difficult time. I would also like to thank the officers and other professionals who have worked on this case; they have shown great professionalism in the face of such appalling events.

Adrian Foster, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service said: “This was a terrible crime, which led to the untimely death of four-year-old Alexa-Marie Quinn at her home in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

“Wheatley admitted causing Alexa-Marie’s death by pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but not murder.

However, the prosecution case was that her death was not caused by a sudden moment of frustration and a single severe blow, but a sustained period of hard hitting which intended to cause her really serious harm.

“This was an extremely difficult and complex case to prosecute. Without any eye witnesses, we needed lengthy and highly technical evidence from top medical experts to help provide an explanation as to why this little girl died.

“This evidence, along with expert evidence on Wheatley’s mental state, enabled the prosecution to piece together what had happened and exclude any possible innocent explanation for her death.

“We have worked closely with the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit since this investigation was launched and as a result of the hard work and diligence of the prosecution team, a just outcome has been achieved for Alexa-Marie.

“We hope that the conviction will in some way help her extended family come to terms with this tragic event.

“The mandatory sentence is life imprisonment and the judge will set a minimum term. No matter how long he remains in prison we acknowledge that nothing can make up for the loss of Alexa.

“Our thoughts are very much with her extended family at this time.


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Colwyn Baker/David Hennessy/Nigel Putman – Penshurst

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May 2015

Childcare officers guilty of sex abuse at Swaylands School, Penshurst

Three former child care officers at a residential school for boys have been convicted of sexual abuse against young boys

The jury of eight men and four women had been out since April 29 – covering over 49 hours – when asked today if they had reached any verdicts.

Ten out of the 49 charges were then returned.

Colwyn Baker, 70, was convicted of five offences of indecent assault on a male person. He was acquitted of one charge of indecent assault and another serious sexual offence.

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David Hennessy, 73, was convicted of two offences of indecent assault on a male person.

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Nigel Putman, 61, was convicted of one offence of indecent assault on a male person.

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All three were accused of molesting children at Swaylands School in Penshurst in a period covering 30 years. The charges involve 24 boys.

Prosecutor Philip Bennetts QC said Swaylands was a residential school for boys aged seven to 16 with moderate learning difficulties until 1989.

It was re-designated as a 60-pupil residential school for boys aged 11 to 16 with emotional and behavioural problems.

The school was closed down in 1993.

Mr Bennetts told the jury Baker was convicted in February 1994 of four offences of indecent assault and one of gross indecency involving three boys at the school.

Hennessy was convicted in December 1993 of four offences of indecent assault and two other serious sexual offences on one boy.

Baker was employed at the school from May 1967 until his suspension and arrest in January 1993.

Hennessy was employed from March 1969. He resigned in April 1977 but was re-employed in April 1979.

Baker, of Morningside, Edinburgh, denied 22 charges of indecent assault on a male, one of indecency with a child and three other serious sexual offences.

Hennessy, of Westfields, Narborough, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, denied 18 charges of indecent assault on a male, one of indecency with a child and one other serious sexual offence.

Putman, of Kings Road, Slough, Berkshire, denied three charges of indecent assault on a male.

Only Hennessy gave evidence during the trial which started on March 4.

Asked by Judge Philip Statman if further verdicts could be reached if given more time, the jury foreman replied: “Certainly.”

The judge said: “You must not feel under any pressure of time whatsoever. You must have as much time as you need in these circumstances.”

 


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Deryk Alex-Sanders – Totnes

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May 2015

81-year-old man jailed for sexually abusing a girl

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AN 81-year-old man from Totnes has been jailed for sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s while playing games of horsey and giving her piggy back rides.

Deryk Alex-Sanders indecently assaulted the girl at his home but the crimes only came to light three decades later when the victim had counselling.

The pensioner was jailed for two years by a judge at Exeter Crown Court.

He was so confused in the dock that he did not realise he had been sent to prison until he was led away by a security guard.

Alex-Sanders, of Denys Road, admitted three charges of indecent assault.

Judge Philip Wassall told him: “The impact of assaults on young children when they are growing up can be buried in their subconscious for many years until something triggers the memory.

“Offences like these change the lives of the victims, although it is clear you do not understand how disastrous they can be.

“You have had 30 years living a good and healthy life while the victim has spent that length of time trying to deal with the consequences of this offence.”

Lee Bremridge, prosecuting, said Alex-Sanders used games such as playing horsey and piggy back rides as a cover for sexual assaults.

He said Alex-Sanders has a previous conviction for similar assaults on another girl at around the same time for which he received a nine month suspended sentence in 1997.

Martin Salloway, defending, said Alex-Sanders is now in very poor health which means any jail sentence will be particularly hard for him to cope with.

He said he had admitted the offences despite them being a very long time ago and deserved credit for saving the victim the ordeal of coming to court to relive her ordeal.

 


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Allyne Langley – Aberlour

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May 2015

Former RAF serviceman jailed over possession of 400,000 child abuse images

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A former serviceman who was caught with a huge hoard of child abuse images has been jailed for four and a half years.

Allyne Langley, 41, was found to have amassed more than 400,000 indecent images on his computer along with videos.

The ex-RAF man earlier admitted downloading indecent pictures of children over a period of nearly 14 years at his address in Tomnabent Cottages, Aberlour, in Morayshire.

He also pled guilty to a file-sharing charge of distributing or showing indecent images which could be accessed by others between August 2012 and March 2014.

A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: “There is no avoiding a custodial sentence in a case such as this.”

Lord Glennie also ordered that Langley should be kept under supervision for a further five-year period.

The judge said: “The main purpose of that is protection of the public but I hope it will also help you to deal with your problems.”

Langley was originally convicted at Elgin Sheriff Court, but was sent to the High Court for sentence.

He was placed on the sex offenders register.


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