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Martin Sixsmith – Scarborough

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May 2016

Perverted’ tattooist jailed for rapes

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A twisted tattooist has been jailed for 16 years for repeatedly raping and sexually abusing an under-age girl.

Martin Paul Sixsmith, 58, groomed the self-conscious youngster by complimenting her on her appearance – only to subject to her vile and persistent abuse once he had her hooked.

Sixsmith, who ran an award-winning tattoo parlour in Scarborough, abused the girl at various properties in the area between 2010 and 2013.

Sixsmith – branded “truly perverted” by an investigating officer – was arrested in May 2014 after the girl finally plucked up the courage to press charges.

He made emphatic denials and claimed the girl was a liar, but was charged with 11 specimen counts of rape.

Seven of those charges related to repeated rapes when the girl was under the age of consent.

He also denied one count of sexual assault of a child under 13, two counts of assault by penetration, one of sexual assault when she was above the legal age, and another of attempted sexual assault.

Sixsmith, of Station Road, Cayton, maintained his innocence until the end and showed not a flicker of emotion during the week-long trial, but the jury was unanimous in finding him guilty on all 16 counts.

Judge Paul Batty QC sentenced him to 12 years in jail for the rapes and four consecutive years for two of the other counts – 16 years in total.

Mr Batty described Sixsmith’s offences as “the most appalling, disgraceful catalogue of sexual conduct” which had “profoundly affected” the girl.

Prosecutor Peter Hampton said Sixsmith groomed the girl via text and social media, telling her she was pretty.

He said that two years before the series of sex attacks between 2010 and 2013, Sixsmith had sexually assaulted the victim at another property before she had reached her teens.

After Sixsmith’s arrest, he tried to pin the blame on the girl, claiming she had been the instigator.

He was ordered to sign on the sex-offenders’ register indefinitely and made subject to a sexual-harm prevention order, which will restrict his activities when he is released from prison.


Michael Reid – Egremont

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May 2016

Prison warning for west Cumbrian child sex offender

A judge has warned a man who committed two child sex crimes that he could be given a prison sentence.

Michael Reid, 26, entered guilty pleas to two charges when he appeared at Carlisle Crown Court.

He admitted causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, and meeting a child following sexual grooming.

Reid’s offences were both committed during August last year.

His defence barrister, Kim Whittlestone, asked for the case to be adjourned for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.

“Having met the defendant today I am of the opinion that medical assistance may be required in this case,” Miss Whittlestone said in her address to Judge Peter Davies.

The court heard that a psychological report would also be commissioned ahead of Reid’s sentencing hearing.

Judge Davies agreed that the comprehensive background information should be gathered.

Reid, of Croadalla Avenue, Egremont, is due to be sentenced on June 17. In the meantime he was released on bail.

But Judge Davies gave him a warning.

The judge told him: “You have pleaded guilty to two serious offences.

“I am going to give you bail.

“But you can’t read into that that there is going to be a non-custodial sentence.

“All options are open.”

Reid was told that before he left the court building he must sign the sex offenders’ register and abide by the notification requirements.

Colin Lawton – Bolton

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May 2016

JAILED: ‘Dangerous’ Bolton paedophile for campaign of abuse on young girl

A judge branded a Bolton man as “dangerous” before jailing him for six-and-a-half years for a campaign of sexual abuse of a young girl.

Colin Lawton, aged 65, targeted his victim from the age of eight or nine in a series of offences for which he was sent to prison at Bolton Crown Court.

Lawton of Kendal Road, Bolton, earlier admitted six counts of indecent assault on a female and one of gross indecency with a child

Prosecutor Philip Dobson said: “She looked up to him.

“She thought he was intelligent and knowledgeable.”

Mr Dobson said Lawton’s interactions with the girl started off innocently and “became more and more overtly sexual”.

The court heard he intimately touched the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and kissed her intimately on multiple occasions.

One time he persuaded her to strip and then undressed himself before coaxing her into hitting him on the bare bottom with a belt.

In another incident the former trainee buyer and Liverpool tax office worker left chips cooking in a pan on the hob in order to abuse her upstairs.

The unattended food burst into flames and started a serious fire that caused smoke damage to the kitchen.

Mr Dobson said: “She would very frequently cry herself to sleep.

“When she didn’t do what he told her, he had outbursts of temper, which frightened her.

“He told her not to say anything to anyone about what was happening.”

Lawton was arrested in November 2014 and admitted his past conduct with the girl during police interviews.

Mr Dobson said: “He regarded her as almost a cross between a mother and a girlfriend. He confided in her.

“He said he had been infatuated with her from when she was eight until she was in her 20s.”

The court heard he committed some of the offences while serving a two-year probation order imposed in 1976 for an indecent assault on a different young girl.

Nicola Gatto, for Lawton, said her client had tried to kill himself at least three times during his life — including one attempt that delayed this week’s sentencing hearing from an earlier date.

She said: “He was a very lonely and solitary individual.

“He describes himself as very depressed at the moment and with little or no friends.

“His personality difficulties are very deep-rooted. He believes he had some sort of ‘delayed adolescence’.”

The Honorary Recorder of Bolton, Judge Timothy Clayson, sentenced Lawton to a total of 78 months in prison and imposed on him an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

Judge Clayson said of Lawton: “He was, I have no doubt at all, a dangerous individual to two young girls.”

Kampadi Okpa – Manchester/Liverpool

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May 2016

Paedophile Doctor permanently struck off

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A clinical Psychologist who was based at Whiston Hospital in Merseyside has been permanently banned from practicing professionally after he was found guilty of possessing vile images of young children being raped by adults.

Dr. Kampadi Okpa, 60, of Chorlton – Manchester was given a three year community order in April last year, after over 4,000 sickening images of youngsters were found on his laptop.

On 29 April 2015 at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court Okpa was convicted of sixteen counts of making an indecent photograph of a child contrary to sections 1(1)(a) and 6 of the Protection of Children Act 1978.

On 7 October 2014, police officers executed a search warrant at Okpa’s home and recovered a computer, and other electronic devices, all of which were forensically examined.

A total of 4,310 indecent images of children were recovered from the devices, of which 887 fell into the most serious categorization of images involving penetrative sexual activity by adults on children. Some of the children in the images were as young as seven.

On 27 May 2015, Okpa was sentenced to a 3 year Community Order with two requirements. The first requirement was a 3 year period of supervision. The second requirement was to attend the Northumbria Sex Offender Treatment Programme as directed by the probation officer.

In addition he was also subject to the Sex Offender Notification Requirements for a period of 5 years, and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, the duration being until further order.

For official details on the hearing click this link 

In all the circumstances, the Panel was of the view that the nature and gravity of the convictions were such that any lesser sanction would not provide the necessary level of public protection.

It was also of the view that any lesser sanction would undermine public  confidence in the profession and the regulatory process. In the Panel’s view, the public needs to be reassured that when it consults a Practitioner Psychologist, it is able to fully trust in that professional, both from a clinical perspective and from the perspective of their personal conduct and integrity.

31. Whilst the Panel was mindful that the effect of an Order for Strike Off would prevent the Registrant from working as a registered Practitioner Psychologist, the Panel considered that this was the only appropriate and proportionate Order in this case, given the need to protect the public and to uphold the reputation of the profession and the HCPC as its regulator.

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Dennis Ogden – Leamington

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May 2016

Man jailed for child sex images after suspicious activity in park

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A Leamington man has been jailed after admitting making indecent images of children – crimes which were uncovered after he was spotted acting suspiciously in a town park.

Dennis Ogden, aged 61, of Gresham Avenue was sentenced to nine months in prison at Warwick Crown Court on Monday after pleading guilty to four counts of possessing indecent images of children at an earlier hearing.

He admitted possessing and making indecent images and was placed on the sex offender register for 10 years.

Ogden was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order.

The charges were brought after a number of images of children were discovered by police following a complaint by a member of the public who reported seeing him acting suspiciously in a park.

Daniel Howarth – Blackley

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May 2016

Teen flew 4,000 miles to confront blackmailer who turned her into virtual sex slave

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A schoolgirl who had been turned into a virtual sex slave by an Internet blackmailer flew 4,000 miles from America to the UK to confront her tormentor in court.

The victim – who cannot be named for legal reasons – told Daniel Howarth, ‘look at me when I’m talking to you’, as she described her horrific ordeal in the courtroom .

Incredibly, she then expressed her forgiveness of Howarth, despite having suffered a mental breakdown after months of domination and abuse at his hands.

The girl was 15, depressed and had just started a new school when the campaign of control began

Once Howarth, 18, had nude images of his victim, he was able to control her – even though she lived in Georgia, USA, and he lived in north Manchester .

He ordered her not to shower, to become ‘nocturnal’, to drink her own urine and to send him images of herself performing sex acts.

But the teenager found the courage to confront Howarth face-to-face in court as he was sent down for offences against her and a 15-year-old boy he also groomed online.

Both victims ended up performing extremely degrading and bizarre acts on camera, over the web, at Howarth’s instruction.

As he was sent down, the girl described her ordeal in a victim impact statement she read in court, telling him: “Look at me when I’m talking to you”, when he refused to meet her eye.

She concluded by telling him: “God forgives you – and I forgive you.”

Howarth, of Grange Park Road, Blackley , has been locked up for four years, and will remain on licence until 2024.

The sentencing judge said the female victim had been ‘utterly trapped’ by him and completely ‘overwhelmed’.

In a disturbing twist, police learnt Howarth had actually set up an online mental health and self-harm support forum, which would have given him access to a pool of vulnerable victims.

However it was on the popular social networking site Kik that Howarth found his two victims.

On November 1, 2014, the girl entered into a private chat with him on the app, which lasted all night and resulted in them swapping intimate photos.

He promised her support and friendship, but days later became angry when she hesitated to send him more indecent pictures, resulting in her giving in and sending more.

Once he had the images, Howarth threatened to send the pictures to her school if she did not obey him.

Over the next three months, he told her to stop showering and to eat coffee and her own hair, among other things.

He also made her send him images of herself writing abusive phrases across her body.

At one stage he even manipulated her into contacting other men online, and pretending she liked them, before ridiculing them.

He threatened to fly to the US and ‘beat and rape’ her in front of her family – and once made her take 100 pictures of herself in one night as a ‘punishment’.

Howarth was traced by police via his IP address after the girl finally broke down and confided in a friend and then a teacher.

When police went to Howarth’s home they found an iPhone containing child and extreme pornography, and an iPad which revealed his abuse of the 15-year-old boy over the web in March 2015.

The male victim had been made to perform a number of degrading sex acts, and had been coaxed by Howarth into drinking his own urine, filling his mouth with toilet paper, and eating his own faeces and smearing it over his face. He also injured himself with wire and knives at Howarth’s instruction.

The family of the male victim – described as ‘extremely disturbed’ even before he met Howarth – did not co-operate with the prosecution, so it is not known what effect the abuse had on him.

But the American girl has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, and has been forced to drop out of school. Her ‘devastated’ mother has left her job as a high school principal, placing the family under considerable financial strain – not least because of their daughter’s medical bills.

Sentencing Howarth, who admitted inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, inciting a child to engage in pornography, possessing indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornographic images, Judge Richard Mansell QC described Howarth as an ‘extremely troubled young man’.

A psychological report revealed that he has had a raft of mental health difficulties for some time, including a long-standing sleep disorder, depression and severe social anxiety.

Passing an extended sentence of the kind reserved for dangerous offenders, the judge told Howarth: “A number of factors are present in this case indicative of you presenting a serious risk of causing serious harm from further offences.

“The degree of planning, the manner in which you groomed each child with friendly behaviour which very soon turned to sexualised aggression, humiliation and victimisation.

“The fact there was more than one victim, the length of time over which the offences were committed, the sado-masochistic nature of some of your demands.

“A further factor relevant to the risk you pose is the complete lack of remorse expressed by you, as well as a lack of insight into what harm you may have caused. On the contrary, you have sought to justify a lot of what you have done.”

Janet Robinson – Gosport

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May 2016

Perverted grandmother pleads guilty to indecent images of children

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A grandmother from Gosport has admitted having indecent images of children.

Janet Robinson, 49 years old, of Prideaux Brune Avenue, Gosport, pleaded guilty to 14 charges of possession of indecent images and one charge of possession of extreme pornography.

The charge of extreme pornography relates to 33 images of a woman having sexual intercourse with a dog.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard the charges include a movie of the most serious rating, category A.

She had 27 still images at that rating, 24 at category B and 12 at category C.

Robinson had also been charged with having sexual intercourse with a dog but pleaded not guilty and Matthew Lawson, prosecuting, offered no further evidence.

Judge Linda Sullivan QC entered a not guilty verdict on the intercourse charge.

The bulk of the images charges date between January 2010 and June 2015, with the movie charge dating back between April 2006 to June 2015.

Robinson is due to be sentenced on June 3.

Addressing Robinson, judge Sullivan said: ‘All options will be available to the sentencing judge, including immediate custody.’

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Scott Whitlock – Bedford/Kimbolton

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May 2016

Ex-teacher admits possessing “extremely disturbing images of children”

A former Cambridgeshire school teacher has today (Monday, May 9) pleaded guilty to a number of sexual offences involving children.

Scott Whitlock, 45, of no fixed abode, was arrested on June 12 last year (2015) after police received an anonymous letter stating that Whitlock was in possession of ‘disturbing images of children’.

After receiving this information in May 2015, a police investigation started and warrants conducted at premises within Kimbolton School and Whitlock’s then home address in Bedford.

A number of electronic devices were seized which uncovered a large amount of indecent images of children, along with chat logs in Whitlock’s name detailing obscene material and explicit sexual fantasies involving children.

He was arrested at the school on June 12 and immediately suspended from teaching, before having his employment terminated on November 17.

On March 1 this year (2016) he was charged with two counts of making indecent images of a child, one count of possessing indecent images of a child, one count of distributing an indecent image of a child and one count of publishing an obscene article.

When making the charging decisions, Senior Crown Prosecutor Samantha Woolley described the chat logs as being of a “horrific nature”, saying: “The written content of the messages is of an obscene and distressing nature based on the sexual abuse of children and young children.

“Whitlock has a clear entrenched sexual interest in children which is evidenced in his own words in the chat logs which he stated in interview are his.”

He appeared at Cambridge Crown Court this morning (Monday, May 9) and pleaded guilty to all charges apart from one count of making indecent images of children, which was accepted by the prosecution.

The possession of indecent images of children relates to 112 images consisting of 90 category C images, six category B images and 16 category A images of children. Category A being the worst.

The making of indecent images of children charge relates to 505 images consisting of 345 category C images, 53 category B images and 107 category A images of children.

The distributing of indecent images of children relates to one image.

The charge of publishing an obscene article relates to the exchanging of chat messages online, detailing explicit conversations concerning fantasies involving young children.

Sentencing has been scheduled for the end of this month (May) at Cambridge Crown Court. An exact date is yet to be confirmed.


Christopher Hampton – Bath

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May 2016

Man jailed for life 32 years after killing teenage girl

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A man who sexually assaulted and stabbed a girl 32 years ago has been given a life sentence for her murder.

Melanie Road, 17, was attacked as she made her way home from a nightclub in Bath in June 1984.

Christopher Hampton, who changed his plea to guilty as his murder trial was due to begin at Bristol Crown Court, must serve a minimum term of 22 years.

He was arrested last year after his daughter was cautioned following a a minor tiff with her boyfriend and was required to provide police with a DNA sample.

A familial match was identified between her DNA and the DNA taken from Melanie’s body and clothing in 1984.

As a result, Painter and decorator Hampton was asked for a DNA sample and after it was tested it showed a match for a semen stain on the crotch of Miss Road’s trousers.

Sentencing Hampton, Mr Justice Popplewell told him the attack had been “lengthy and brutal” and “for your own sexual gratification”.

“She was repeatedly stabbed – 26 times in all – with a sharp-edged knife, causing four-inch wounds.

“Eight of the wounds were to her breasts.

“You first stabbed her while she was on her feet on the street on her way home, before chasing her some 30 metres round the corner to the cul-de-sac where she died.”

Following the attack, Hampton married his second wife and had a daughter, Amy, and stepson Darren with her.

“You married and had a child and lived your family life for all those years knowing the extreme misery you must have inflicted on your victim’s family but you were too callous and cowardly to put an end to their heartache,” the judge told Hampton.

“You will very likely die in prison.”

On the night of her death, Melanie had gone out with her boyfriend and friends to the Beau Nash, a nightclub in Kingston Parade.

She left the club in the early hours of 9 June and was last seen alive by her friends a short time later in Broad Street.

A milkman found her body, which was lying in a pool of blood.

Kate Brunner QC told the court that Hampton, from Fishponds in Bristol, subjected Melanie to a “vicious and sustained” sexual assault then partially redressed her, possibly after she had died.

Three decades a later, a familial match was identified between Hampton’s daughter’s DNA and the DNA taken from Melanie’s body and clothing.

“As a result, her father Christopher Hampton was asked for, and gave, a voluntary mouth swab,” Ms Brunner said.

“Christopher Hampton’s DNA was found to match the DNA from semen staining from the fly and crotch of Melanie Road’s trousers.”

Melanie’s mother Jean said when she first saw Hampton in court she thought he was “a monster”.

“I then realised his wife and daughter were sitting behind me – both with blonde hair like Melanie,” said Mrs Road.

“It hurts beyond repair – how can he do that to somebody and then live with people and with them not knowing?”

In a witness impact statement, Melanie’s older sister Karen told the court: “You would think that nothing could be worse then being told that your little sister has been sexually attacked and brutally murdered… what is worse is no-one being charged with her murder.

“For 32 years this evil person has not owned up to this horrific crime.

“I want to be able to remember her life instead of focussing on her death. She is my sister, she is a person, she deserves to be remembered for herself.”

An impact statement from Melanie’s brother Adrian Road said: “When they told me, I cried, uncontrollably, I cried.

“My six-year-old daughter asked me “Daddy, why are you crying?” I had to tell her, “The man who killed Aunty Melanie, my little sister a long time ago, has now been caught, so we are all safe.”

Directly addressing Hampton, Mr Road said: “You killed Melanie, you raped her, you mutilated her, and you chose to abandon her, you abandoned her when she was dying, our little sister Melanie.

“She was a lovely girl and I loved her.”

Keven McGarahan – Telford

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May 2016

Telford vicar convicted of indecently assaulting schoolgirl

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A vicar who kissed a schoolgirl and said he could rape her if he wanted has been convicted of indecently assaulting her.

The Reverend Keven McGarahan, 64 and now retired, attacked the girl at his home in Telford, Shropshire in 1995.

The girl’s mother complained to the church he was based in 1998, but no action was taken until a review by the Church of England in 2014.

McGarahan, known as “Rev Kev”, was bailed and is due to be sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court on 3 June.

Jurors were told the 15-year-old girl went to his home to see an American exchange student, but by the time she arrived he had left.

The girl said McGarahan started asking her about her experience with boys and offered to teach her how to dance, but as he held her hips he began to kiss her, forcing his tongue into her mouth.

He made the rape comment in a way that sounded as if he was joking, and also told her nobody would know, she said.

The girl said she “froze” and tried to escape before running home and locking herself in the bathroom and brushing her teeth in tears.

The girl subsequently told her mother who lodge a complaint at his church – but no further action was taken and police were not involved.

The information sat on McGarahan’s file until the Diocese of Hereford, which covers Telford, began looking into safeguarding files in 2014 and found her original statement.

The case was then reopened.

In a statement, the Diocese of Hereford said all those involved in the case asked for no action to be taken, other than speaking to McGarahan.

The defendant left the Hereford diocese in 1996 and officials referred the information to his then employers.

Barry Hepworth – York

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May 2016

Paedophile fantasised about sexually abusing girl, 13

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A CONVICTED paedophile who sent another man graphic details on how he would abuse a 13-year-old girl has been jailed for two years.

Barry Christopher Hepworth, 71, had a library of nearly 7,000 films and pictures of children as young as two being abused, Graham O’Sullivan, prosecuting, told York Crown Court.

Of the images, 1,047 were of the most serious category, Category A which included children being raped

He had also printed off sexual images of children and sent them to a man in Stockport with whom he had a lengthy correspondence in which he fantasised about what he would do sexually to a 13-year-old girl.

Hepworth denied that he had a sexual interest in children, claiming he was trying to snare a paedophile.

Hepworth was jailed in 1993 for a series of sexual offences, including attempting to have sex with a girl under 13, indecent assault and gross indecency with a child under 14.

The offences began when the victims were aged seven or eight.

Judge Neil Davey QC told him: “Your sexual interest in children continued after your release from prison and plainly continues until this day.

“The terms of your sexual correspondence makes it plain you are still seeking sexual gratification in respect of your sexual interest in children.”

Hepworth, of Clarence Street, central York, pleaded guilty to one charge of distributing indecent images of children, three of having extreme pornography and five of downloading or possessing indecent images.

In addition to the two-year jail term he was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order restricting his use of the internet and possession of devices capable of accessing the internet and restricting his access to and communication with children.

His period of registration on the sex offenders’ register which began in 2008 was extended by ten years.

Prosecutor Mr O’Sullivan said after police arrested him for the first eight offences, confiscated his laptop and computer equipment, and released him on bail, Hepworth got another laptop and more USB sticks, searched the internet for more illegal sexual images of children and downloaded 28 of all categories including the most serious.

Mr O’Sullivan said Hepworth had got in contact with a 63-year-old man in Stockport whom he called Shana and sent his fantasies about what he would do to “her” 13-year-old daughter.

But Greater Manchester Police received a tip-off about the Stockport man, raided his home and found the sexual fantasy letters from a “Chris Hepworth” living in Clarence Street. That led North Yorkshire Police to Hepworth.

Stephen Scholes – Huddersfield

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May 2016

Former teacher and Scout leader is jailed for sex crimes against boys

Former teacher and Scout leader is jailed for sex crimes against boys

HE appeared a pillar of respectability as a teacher and Scoutleader.

But now Stephen Scholes has been unmasked as a serial sex offender, targetting young boys over some 20 years.

The 68-year-old from Newsome, Huddersfield, is now starting a six-year sentence in jail after his crimes were unravelled in a major investigation.

The inquiry was part of Operation Clyde, a nationwide investigation into allegations of sex abuse.

Scholes abused 12 boys during a 20-year period.

Leeds Crown Court heard he used his various posts in the Kirklees area between the mid 1970s and 1990s to “engineer situations” which would enable his offences sometimes while camping or on outward bound activities.

Some victims were abused at schools where he taught betraying the high level of trust placed in him.

Michael Smith prosecuting said in 2014 Royds Hall School in Huddersfield was celebrating a 90th anniversary and asked for people to send in their memories of time at the school.

They received an e-mail from a former pupil alleging he had been abused by Scholes. As a result of that police went to see Scholes who had left there in 1997.

He immediately made some admissions and when he attended for an interview said he had committed acts on about nine boys although refused to name most of them.

He said he had paid one boy £1,000 while an outward bound co-ordinator at Royds Hall. He also admitted one of the victims was a pupil at Holmfirth High School where he had previously taught.

Mr Smith said police inquiries were then extended to that school and to the Scout movement having been connected to scouts in Newsome and an assistant commissioner and a number of victims were identified.

That led to a further interview in April last year in which he gave details of other victims, some had been traced and did not wish to make a statement. Some described the impact of the abuse on them which most had kept secret and one victim had never been traced.

Some of the offences involved Scholes touching the boys, others involved them touching him. Most were aged around 13.

One former pupil at Royd Hall said the offences happened to him on camping trips while another said he was approached by Scholes and kissed in a cupboard in a maths club and was touched on outward bound activities.

He was also taken to Scholes home where on one occasion he was given a gin and tonic and the teacher attempted to have sex with him.

Mr Smith told the court other victims were discovered who had been pupils at Combs Hill Residential school where Scholes was a part-time member of staff for a time. One said he remembered Scholes “fondling” him. He felt the abuse had “violated his childhood.”

Simon Batiste, representing Scholes, said but for his admissions many of the victims would never have been known which was “strikingly unusual” in such a case.

He said Scholes, who had recently had open heart surgery, had expressed genuine remorse for his behaviour and the sorrow he had caused.

Scholes, 68 of Newsome Road South, Newsome, admitted 17 charges of indecent assault, four of gross indecency and one of attempted buggery. He was ordered to register as a sex offender for life.

Jailing him the Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC said his was an abuse of power.

“These are not single assault offences but a pattern of conduct against 12 victims over more than 20 years. It is clear you had some distorted thinking.”

Kirklees Council is likely to face claims for compensation from at least one of Scholes’ victims.

Kieran Chatterton, of Switalskis solicitors, said: “Some of Scholes victims did not want to talk about what happened but others did.

“Our client has co-operated fully with the police inquiry and we will now look to follow a civil claim against Kirklees Council, as the local education authorioty”.

Scholes spent many years with the 45th Newsome Scout Group.

Darren Davidson – Armagh

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May 2016

Man suggested partner’s daughter ‘should be on pill’ while secretly abusing her

A man suggested his partner’s daughter should be put on the birth control pill while he secretly sexually assaulted her, a court in Dublin has heard.

Darren Davidson, 37, formerly of Dungormley estate, Newtownhamilton, Armagh, has been sentenced to nine years for abusing the girl when she was aged between 13 and 15.

The court heard it happened in Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

He had been questioned by Irish police, but emigrated to Australia.

He was arrested in Manchester airport the following year and agreed to be extradited to the Republic of Ireland.

Davidson was convicted last March at Dublin’s Central Criminal Court of 11 sexual offences at the victim’s home between 2008 and 2010.

The woman, who is now an adult, waived her right to anonymity. She told the court in a written statement that she did not wish to be a victim, but felt the abuse would always be with her.

She said she found the trial process incredibly difficult because she had to be in close proximity to Davidson, but was glad she went through with it.

“When I look at my younger sister I feel I have protected her and that makes the trial worth it,” she said.

She said she decided to make a complaint to gardaí (Irish police) because the abuse was getting more frequent and severe and she felt she had to protect her siblings.

“I was no longer going to stand being a sexual object for him,” she said.

The judge said she had the “classic symptoms of being abused by someone they trust”.

He said that without any mitigating factors, he would have imposed a 12-year sentence. However, he took into account Davidson’s good work history, his character references and his epilepsy.

He imposed a 10-year term with the final year suspended and ordered that Davidson be registered as a sex offender.

Caroline Biggs SC, prosecuting, said Davidson moved in with the girl’s mother and started abusing her after she turned 14. The first time it happened he she had fallen asleep on the couch and woke up to find Davidson with his hand inside her pants.

On other occasions he used a vibrator and told the victim to “moan.” Another time she woke up in her bed to Davidson molesting her. The final charge relates to abuse which took place while the family were on holiday in America.

Around this time the victim’s mother became concerned about his behaviour such as going to sleep in the girl’s bed or walking around her in his boxer shorts. At one point he suggested to her that her daughter be “put on the pill”. She asked why and pointed out the girl was not sexually active and did not have a boyfriend.

The girl told her mother about the abuse in 2010 and she took the children and left the house. Gardaí were alerted and Davidson was interviewed. However, the investigation stalled when he emigrated to Australia.

A defence lawyer said Davidson had since married another women who was standing by him.

David Acres – Chippenham

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May 2016

Jailed: Man who sexually abused vulnerable boy from age of 9

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A CHIPPENHAM man who repeatedly sexually abused a vulnerable young boy, starting when he was just nine years old, has been jailed for 16 years.

David Acres, of Deansway, forced the young lad to submit to his perverted desires over a seven year period in the 1980s and 1990s.

And the 64-year-old also stubbed out cigarettes on the boy during the repeated sex attacks, a jury was told.

Although Acres denied carrying out the abuse he was convicted following a trial at Swindon Crown Court last month.

The jury heard how the defendant first started to molest the lad when he was just nine years old, in 1984.

A few months later he had sex with the youngster and continued to abuse him until he was 16, in 1992.

Kerry Barker, prosecuting, told the court that as a result of what he had been through the victim, now a man in his early 40s, still suffered psychological damage.

Reading a victim personal statement the court heard that he had trouble sleeping, as he was afraid of his dreams, and turned to drink and drugs to block out the pain.

He said it had taken him so long to come forward and make a formal complaint as he didn’t feel emotionally ready earlier.

Mr Barker said that the man had to relive the abuse by giving evidence at trial on two occasions as the first jury failed to reach verdicts.

Acres denied four sex offences but was found guilty at trial.

Frank Abbott, defending, said aside from the convictions his client had led a blameless life and handed in character statements from his wife and her daughter.

He said he had not been in trouble with the police before the offences or since but accepted he was now facing a lengthy jail term.

Jailing him, Judge Peter Blair QC said: “I accept what has been said on your behalf: that since you have not committed any offences and you were a man of previous good character at the time you committed these offences.

“I have most particularly had greatest attention to the fact that this lad had vulnerabilities in terms of his needs in his growing up years, and you took these away from him.

“You have had to consequence of imposing on him severe psychological damage.”

As well as jailing him he told him that he would have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Raymond Duffy – Bellshill

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October 2013

Man had sex with schoolgirl

A BELLSHILL man has admitted having unlawful sex with a schoolgirl.

Raymond Duffy (22) pleaded guilty to having sex with the girl, aged between 13 and 16 over a three-month period earlier this year.

At Hamilton Sheriff Court this week Sheriff Marie Smart deferred sentence on Duffy, of Crinan Place, until November 11 for reports.


Terence Clark – Woodbridge

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May 2016

Former Dover prison officer jailed over sex attacks

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A former Dover prison officer, who sexually abused a girl 35 years ago, has been sent to jail.

Pervert Terence Clark thought he had escaped justice for a sex attack on a schoolgirl in the 1980s.

Even at his trial at Canterbury Crown Court, the 74 year old “frail pensioner” tried to blame the victim for the incident.

But the jury saw through his lies and found him guilty of indecent assault – the maximum sentence at the time was just two years.

Judge James O’Mahony told him that a similar offence today carries up to six years inside.

He said Clark, who now lives in Boyton ,Woodbridge, Suffolk had caused his victim “physical and mental anguish”.

The judge jailed him for 18 months, telling him: “You have displayed absolutely no remorse about what you have done.

“You have shown no understanding nor insight into your offending, instead, during your trial, you set about assassinating the character of your victim – which the jury understandably rejected.”

Clarke was also ordered to sign The Sex Offender’s Register and made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

David Stansfield – York

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May 2016

Man found with indecent images on mobile phone is jailed

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A MAN who used a privacy app on his mobile phone to try to conceal indecent images of children stored on it has been jailed for 12 months.

A judge at York Crown Court said it was ‘truly shocking’ that some of the children in the pictures were as young as one year old and said David Stansfield had a ‘vile addiction.”

The Honorary Recorder of York, Judge Paul Batty QC, said Stansfield, 40, of Stirrup Close, Foxwood, had a previous conviction for identical offences at the court in 2012.

This had resulted in him being given a community order involving attending a sex offender programme and the latest offences were committed towards the end of that order.

The judge said the most serious aspect of these offences was that he used a “Private Album” app on his mobile to conceal his offending.

“This is an extremely aggravating feature because it indicates you have not really learnt at all from the earlier sentence,” he said.

“Some of these victims were very young indeed. Some were only aged up to one year old which is truly shocking.”

He said he gave credit for early guilty pleas from Stansfield to four charges of making indecent photos of a child and one of possession of prohibited images of children.

Rob Galley, prosecuting, said police had obtained a warrant and searched Stansfield’s home and seized computer equipment, and they also seized a mobile phone from his car.

He said the phone app prevented anyone accessing the pictures without a password but an officer had located the password and been able to gain access.

Kristian Cavanagh said in mitigation that Stansfield was well aware of the impact of his offences on he victims and knew he had to take steps to address his offending behaviour.

He said Stansfield understood the triggers that led to him committing the offences, felt he had benefited from treatment programmes in the past and was willing to engage in another one.

November 2012

Sex offender sentenced

A SEX offender whose stash of indecent images of children was uncovered after police raided his York home has been sentenced.

Police found a number of indecent images and videos of children when they seized computer equipment from David Stansfield’s home in Stirrup Close, York, on December 31, 2010.

Of the images recovered, the majority – 84 – were classed as the lowest level of severity. However, seven other images and a video were categorised as hardcore and the second was of the highest severity.

Alan Mitcheson, prosecuting at the sentencing hearing at York Crown Court, said this had been “just the tip of the iceberg” and forensic experts later found a number of other indecent child images deleted from the 36-year-old’s computer files.

He said Stansfield was questioned a year after his arrest – due to the amount of time the experts had to spend examining the computer equipment.

In his police interview he told police he had bought the computers second-hand in an auction. He later admitted charges of making and possessing indecent photos of a child and possessing extreme pornographic images.

Andrew Semple, for Stansfield, said as a result of the charges, Stansfield’s girlfriend had left him, and his future as a manager for an American-based company was uncertain.

Mr Semple said Stansfield had developed an addiction for adult pornography which later led to him downloading indecent images and videos of children.

He said as a result of the charges and the “shame he undoubtedly felt”, Stansfield had sought medical treatment for anxiety and stress as he waited two years for his court hearing.

Sentencing Stansfield, the Recorder of York, Judge Stephen Ashurst, pictured, said as he was a hard-working man, of previous good character, he would be spared an immediate jail sentence.

He sentenced Stansfield to a three-year community order, and ordered him to complete a sex offender’s rehabilitation order. Stansfield was also given an order restricting his internet usage for five years and was placed on the sex offenders’ register.

Ian Younger – Bedworth

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May 2016

Prison for Bedworth pervert who made images

WHEN the police went to a Bedworth man’s home on another matter they seized his computer tower on which they then found indecent movies of young boys.

And at Warwick Crown Court Ian Younger, aged 55, of Hanbury Road, Bedworth, was jailed for ten months over the images.

Younger, who had pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children by downloading them, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years.

Prosecutor Sally Hancox said that in August last year the police went to Younger’s home in relation to another matter.

As part of that investigation his computer tower was seized and taken away by the police.

Although ‘to the untrained eye’ a number of images on the hard drive had been deleted, they were revealed by police experts using specialist software.

The images had been downloaded using software to access them from what is known as the ‘dark web’.

And although Younger had also installed software to wipe the search memory from the computer, the officers found he had been using search terms which showed an interest in indecent images of young boys.

The police recovered a total of 40 such movies, including 24 classed as being in category A which is defined as showing children being subjected to penetrative sex acts.

There were nine category B movies of children in non-penetrative sexual acts, and the remaining seven were category C images of children naked or in indecent poses.

Jailing Younger, Judge Andrew Lockhart QC also made him subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order restricting his contact with children and laying down conditions on his internet access for an indefinite period.

Rejecting a submission that he could be given a community order with a condition of attending a sex offender programme or a suspended sentence, Judge Lockhart said the sentence had to be immediate.

He told Younger the images showed real children being sexually abused for the market of which he was a part.

Michael White – Coventry

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May 2016

Double-amputee spared jail for sex offences against boy

A double-amputee who sexually assaulted a ten-year-old boy more than 25 years ago has escaped being jailed ‘as an act of mercy’ because of his serious health problems.

Pensioner Michael White had pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to six charges of indecently assaulting the boy and one of attempting to have intercourse with him.

White (72) of Lindley Road, Stoke, Coventry, was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years.

Prosecutor Lynette McClement said that in the mid-80s White lived in the same area of Coventry as his young victim, who knew his son of a similar age.

When White first abused him by putting his hand down the boy’s trousers while also performing a sex act on himself, the boy, who was just nine, did not really understand what was going on.

Other similar incidents followed, as well as occasions when he was ten when White performed oral sex on him – and one occasion when White tried to have intercourse with him, although there was no actual penetration.

The abuse stopped after the boy went to secondary school and began sex education lessons, which made him realise just what had been happening.

Although he avoided White after that, he did not say anything to anyone at the time and tried to put it out of his mind.

It was only after he bumped into White’s son in 2014 that it all came back and he began to feel overwhelmed, so he went to the police.

When he was arrested White made a number of admissions, added Miss McClement.

After reading a report on White, now a double-amputee who sat in the dock in a wheelchair, Judge Richard Griffith-Jones commented: “He is obviously very infirm and mentally unstable. He’s very ill and very disabled.”

Martin Liddiard, defending, said prisons had limited capacity to deal with people who were so disabled, which mean that if he was jailed White, who was heavily reliant on his wife, might be moved to a different part of the country.

The Judge responded: “I cannot take into account prison capacity, but his condition means a custodial sentence would be much more difficult for him than for an able-bodied person.”

Sentencing White, Judge Griffith-Jones told him: “These matters go back many years, but they are serious matters. Children must be protected from sexual predators. You satisfied yourself at this boy’s expense.

“If you were charged with such offences today it would be a starting point of five years custody, with a range of three to eight before you received credit for your pleas.

“It would be a sentence of two years, and I have considered whether it should be served or suspended.

“People who abuse children must go to prison, and it is appropriate to chase culprits into their old age.

“But you are seriously ill, and I have heard what difficulties you would suffer in custody. You are marooned in your home and wheelchair-bound. As an act of mercy, I intend to suspend the sentence.”

 

Andrew McLeish – Alfreton/Sheffield

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May 2016

Sheffield nurse had hundreds of indecent images of children

Extreme pornography, showing the abuse of animals as well as people, was also among the ‘highly unsavoury’ material viewed by Andrew McLeish.

Father-of-two McLeish, aged 53, a former senior operating theatre practitioner at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, was handed a suspended prison sentence when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court.

Judge James Sampson told him: “I accept it is unlikely that you would transfer your attentions into direct action against children.

“But these are gross offences. You were partaking in the abuse of children by viewing images of the most distressing kind.

“You used particular software to access this material, and you dedicated yourself to this activity for a number of years.”

McLeish was arrested after his home at The Farrows, Main Road, Higham, Alfreton was raided in March last year, the court was told by Nicholas Burn, prosecuting.

He was at work at the time, but his wife and two children were in as police officers executed a search warrant and removed hard drives and computer equipment from a workshop at the address.

When the hard drives were examined, more than 1,100 images of children were discovered, many of them classed as category A, as well as movies.

“Some of the equipment seized allowed McLeish to browse the web and use chat forums with anonymity,” said Mr Burn.

The family computer was also taken away from the house. A hardware fault meant that only five per cent of data could be located, but even this revealed 45 more indecent images of children and another movie.

“Some of the children were as young as six to 12 months,” said Mr Burn. “They were depicted in various sexual settings. It was highly unsavoury material, containing distressing activities.”

When interviewed by police, McLeish offered no comment or explanation for his behaviour.

But in court, he pleaded guilty to four charges relating to making or possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography.

McLeish’s barrister, William Bennett, said: “He accepts that this was illegal behaviour and that he has a real problem and needs help.

“For some time, he has been depressed. He was at a low ebb and had problems in his family life.

“This has had an enormous effect on him.”

The court heard that, since his arrest, McLeish’s marriage had collapsed, and he had lost his job. He was now living with his parents in Essex.

The judge sentenced him to a total of 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years. He was ordered to come under the supervision of the probation service for 12 months and attend an Internet sexual offending programme.

McLeish was also placed on the sex offenders’ register and subjected indefinitely to a sexual harm prevention order, which means he he is not allowed to use or possess any computer material that allows him to access the Internet unless it retains its history and can be easily examined.

Failure to comply with this order would make him liable to a punishment of five years in jail.

 

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