June 2016

Man who sexually abused four young daughters in “horror of a home” sentenced to JUST four and a half years

A father who sexually assaulted his four young daughters in a “horror of a home” has been jailed for JUST four and a half years.

Judge Patrick McCartan said that Mayo native Bernard Cunningham (66) has never shown any remorse for subjecting his children to “unspeakable mental and physical cruelty”.

The victims have waived their right to anonymity so that their father can be identified.

Last April, a jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court returned unanimous guilty verdicts on eight charges of indecent and sexual assault committed between 1978 and 1992.

Cunningham of Royston, Kimmage Road West, Dublin had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

At his sentencing hearing Judge McCartan noted how Cunningham had met the case by instructing his lawyers to put it to his daughters that they were lying.

He noted the “absolute absence of any remorse” and said the victims had been subjected to the most protracted and careful probing during cross-examination of their testimony.

The eldest daughter, who was the first and youngest victim, was subjected to the most serious of abuse, the court heard.

Cunningham began abusing her in the late 70s when she was about five years old.

He took her into his bedroom and undressed himself and simulated sex between her legs until he climaxed.

The court heard that after these incidents Cunningham told the child he had made her happy and that it was their secret which nobody would understand.

This woman described her father as a “very violent man” and a “manipulative, powerful bully”.

She said he was a “street angel, house devil” who would brainwash people.

She told Gerardine Small BL, prosecuting, that Cunningham was “the nicest person to anyone looking in” but behind closed doors he was drinking heavily and would get great enjoyment out of seeing his daughter crying and making inappropriate comments when she was physically developing.

A number of references from Mayo people who know Cunningham and knew about his convictions described him as a kind and compassionate man.

Around 19 years ago he separated from his wife, the victims’ mother, and met his current partner and had been a father figure to his partner’s daughters, Tara Burns SC, defending, told the court.

His partner, who continues to support him, told the court that he was a kind man who cared for her dying brother.

Judge McCartan said that although the referees were well meaning, he could not marry their comments to the evidence of Cunningham’s cruelty.

He said the victims were reared in a “horror of a home” where because of their father’s drinking they were subjected to “sustained abuse, physical, mental and sexual”.

He said in the absence of one word of apology or remorse it was difficult to show the mercy that someone of his age might otherwise deserve.

One woman told the court that she had suffered from bulimia, self-harm and mental health problems as a result of the abuse.

Burns told the court that her client had fought cancer recently but that the chemo and radiotherapy had left him with problems, including issues around ingestion of food and excessive saliva. She said there was a significant risk of a tumour recurrence.

She described him as a man on borrowed time.

Judge McCartan said this left it all the more remarkable that he had not had the “courage and the decency” to say that he was sorry.

Cunningham abused his first daughter on three occasions in the most serious of the offences between 1978 and 1979 at the family home in Dublin.

Some time in 1981 he molested his second daughter while travelling from Mayo to Dublin. This victim was aged seven. He also molested this girl six years later in their family home while her mother was in hospital.

On an unknown date in 1991 he molested his 14-year-old daughter in a caravan park in Co Wexford.

The final offending took place on two dates sometime in 1991 and 1992 when Cunningham twice molested his ten-year-old daughter. This girl raised the abuse with her mother in 1997 and her mother said she must have imagined it.

In victim impact reports one daughter said she had a monster for a father. She said all she wanted was an apology and an acknowledgement.

“Dad’s mission was to make me as miserable as possible,” she said.

She said the suggestion during the trial from Cunningham that she had organised the whole prosecution was “the final confirmation that what I was doing was the right thing to do”.

Another one of the victims said she now realised it wasn’t her fault because she was just a child.

Judge McCartan told the victims they were very brave and stated: “I’m deeply impressed. You never did any wrong”

One victim told the court that she had suffered from bulimia, self-harm and mental health problems as a result of the abuse.

June 2016

Babysitter jailed in Plymouth for sexually abusing siblings 20 years ago

A babysitter has been jailed for sexually abusing a brother and sister more than 20 years ago.

Shaun Burton, aged 40, groomed the horse-loving young girl by encouraging her to ride on his back in return for sexual favours.

The two siblings attended Plymouth Crown Court to finally see justice done two decades late.

Police and prosecutors did not pursue the case when they first complained eight years ago because they believed there was insufficient evidence.

The brave brother, now in his 30s, faced his tormentor to speak in court of his anger and sadness, but also his sense of injustice that Burton had not been prosecuted earlier.

His sister told Burton as he was taken away: “I hope you rot in Hell.”

Judge Ian Lawrie locked Burton up for three years, but said it was a matter of regret that he could not be sent to jail for longer because sentencing guidelines were much lower at the in the late 80s and early 90s.

He said: “This behaviour is appalling. It is predatory and persistent and corrupting. It leaves everlasting damage.”

Burton, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to 17 counts of indecency with a child in a Cornish village between 1989 and 1994.

The siblings complained to police in 2008. Burton was interviewed by police but never prosecuted until after he was jailed in 2013 in Cornwall for similar offences.

He was only released in October last year.

Joss Ticehurst, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Burton looked after the siblings several times a week when they were aged five and seven respectively.

He added that they were regularly abused. Burton persuaded them to touch him indecently and encouraged them to inform indecent acts upon him over five years.

Some of the contact would now be classed as rape, the court heard.

Mr Ticehurst said the horse-loving girl was encouraged to touch him sexually when she was too young to know what she was doing – in return for “horse rides” on his back.

He added that neither of the children told anyone at the time, but confided in their mother in 2008.

Mr Ticehurst said that police were called, but Burton was not prosecuted due to insufficient evidence.

Michael Green, for Burton, said his only mitigation was guilty pleas at an early stage in the proceedings.

THIS IS AN EDITED EXTRACT OF THE MAN’S STATEMENT:

The victim bravely took to the witness stand across an open court to read a statement only yards from his tormentor.

He described how he still experienced flashbacks, and had abused drink and substances to blot out the memories. He also drifted into crime himself.

The brother said: “I rarely sleep at night and am rarely engaged in my life. I get by. Had it not been for a few close friends I doubt that I would have. As of today, I have not drunk for a week and I am adamant that I will continue to stay sober.”

He added: “I felt weak, persecuted and angry for years. I was outraged that the matter was seemingly not worthy of the police’s attention.”

The brother said he became increasingly angry about the lack of any prosecution.

He said: “My only hope is that following the outcome of these events, that I can find a way forward without the self-doubt and anger which has affected my life so far.”

His sister told the court in a much shorter statement directed at Burton and read by the prosecution barrister: “You robbed me of my innocence. I will not let you damage the rest of my life.”

July 1999

Paedophile groomed and abuse boys

A YOUNG man abused five youths when he became part of a massive web of sexual deviance with a paedophile, a court heard.

Graeme Overmass, 21, turned himself and Anthony Bridger in after they were involved in a series of offences together.

Bridger, 52, was jailed for a total of 238 years at the Old Bailey in January after he confessed to inflicting sexual ordeals on 13 boys.

The court heard how the air traffic controller would ask prospective victims to his home in Keswick Road, Fetcham, near Leatherhead, to do odd jobs.

They would be plied with alcohol by Bridger and Overmass also supplied cannabis, the court was told.

When police raided the house they found more than 800 indecent pictures of boys which had been downloaded from the internet.

Bridger, a self-confessed paedophile, admitted he would have carried on with his crimes had he not been shopped by Overmass. “It was this defendant going to the police and making a clean breast of it which led to the Bridger arrest,” said prosecutor Susan Tapping.

Overmass was being counselled by a woman from Redhill in Surrey and they became close.

“She counselled him and he became friends with her family. Then he went to the police,” said Miss Tapping. The court heard the woman has since become a surrogate mother to Overmass.

Overmass was due to be tried for one charge of buggery, one of rape, four of indecent assault, one of supplying cannabis and one of offering to supply the drug.

The offences all concerned the same boy. But Miss Tapping told the court the complainant did not want to give evidence and the prosecution had decided to drop those charges.

Overmass had already admitted indecently assaulting that boy and four others.

He also confessed to supplying cannabis to two of those boys. The offences date between July 26, 1994 and September 30, 1998.

Overmass had been granted bail on condition he did not approach any boys under 16.

The surrogate mother went into the witness box to ask that the bail conditions were changed so he could see her two young boys under her supervision. “I have never had any problems about Graeme being in contact with my children,” she said.

Overmass, of Prince Road, Selhurst, wept in court as Judge Richard Hawkins, QC, granted the application.

But he warned the man: You must not read into that how you will be ultimately dealt with. Overmass will now be sentenced on September 24 after the preparation of pre-sentence reports.

June 2016

Pervert avoids prison over indecent images of children

A Golcar man has been given a suspended sentence after police found over 1,000 child sex abuse images and movies on his computer

Dean Mallinson, 42-years-old of Sycamore Avenue in Golcar appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he admitted possession and making over 1,000 indecent images of children and three movies of child sexual abuse

The court was told that some of the images were classed in the highest category which showed children being raped by adults.

The Judge ordered Mallinson to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register and made a Sexual Harm Prevention Order against him which bans him from owning a computer or using the internet without permission.

June 2016

Gateshead pervert sexually assaulted two sleeping girls and a teenager he plied with drink

A pervert who groped two young girls as they slept and molested a schoolgirl after plying her with drink has been jailed.

Michael Todd admitted sexually assaulting two youngsters when they were as young as seven while they were asleep.

And while on bail for those offences, he groped a 14-year-old girl after plying her with vodka and lager.

Now the 37-year-old has been jailed for three years at Newcastle Crown Court after he admitted six offences of sexual assault.

The court heard the first victim was aged between seven and eight when Todd touched her.

While she was asleep he tried to pull down her trousers and on another occasion molested her over her clothing.

He also sexually assaulted a nine-year-old over her clothing while she was asleep, stopping when she woke up.

Todd was arrested and bailed for those offences when the children revealed what had happened.

While on bail, he went on to offend against the 14-year-old girl.

In February he provided her with lager and followed her to the bathroom, where he sexually assaulted her.

A few days later he gave her vodka and coke and encouraged her to drink it in one go and also gave her lager.

When she went to be sick, he followed her and again molested her over her clothes.

Todd, from Gateshead but of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault of a girl under 13 and two of sexual assault of a child under 16.

As well as the three year prison sentence, he must sign the sex offender register and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order.

The court heard Todd has no previous convictions and was well thought of.

Robin Patton, defending, said: “Until these offences he was hard working, industrious and attracted praise. Pleading guilty means he loses his home and family and access to them in the ordinary way”

June 2016

Man ordered to pay £145 after asking for picture of young girl’s breasts

A south Devon man has been ordered to pay £145 after he asked a 13-year-old girl to send him a picture of her breasts.

Neil Martin Weeks admitted causing or inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity without reasonably believing she was over 16.

Weeks, 31, of Vineyard Terrace, East Allington was said to have requested a photograph of the 13-year-old breasts for his sexual gratification after attempting to groom her online.

Torbay Magistrates made a community order made and ordered Weeks to take part in the Thames Valley Sex Offender Programme.

He was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60 and costs of £85.

December 2015

Child sex offender claimed to have escorted Princess Diana across minefield as he charmed his way into women’s lives

A CHILD sex offender claimed to have escorted Princess Diana across a minefield as he charmed his way into the lives of numerous women, taking advantage of their generosity.

Serial liar Joshua Matthew Walmsley’s web of deceit included claims that he had been in the Royal Marine Commandos special forces, spoke six languages and had four degrees, Blackburn magistrates heard.

He also claimed to have protected the late princess and to have worked as a bodyguard.

But his list of lies hid the sinister secret that he was a child sex offender – and he was breaching requirements of the sexual offenders’ register by spending the night in their homes while their children were present.

Walmsley, 39, of Bedford Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to comply with notification requirements and three charges of fraudulently attempting to obtain employment at restaurants by producing a false CV.

He was sent on bail to Preston Crown Court to be sentenced on January 18.

Tracey Yates, prosecuting, said one of Walmsley’s victims had met him at a barbecue organised by the Dean of Blackburn Cathedral.

She said: “He spoke with a Canadian accent and she said he was charismatic.

“He said he had lived in Germany for the last 10 years but originated from Vancouver. He claimed to be an engineer, a deep sea diver, in the Marine special forces, a bodyguard and even that he had guided Princes Di across a minefield.”

She said the victim became suspicious when she said she had been to Vancouver but he quickly changed the subject.

“She Googled him and started to unravel his lies,” said Mrs Yates. “She discovered a blog created by women who had been subjected to his charms under various names.”

A second victim met him through a dating site and he spun her the same tales,the court heard.

Mrs Yates said the fraud offences related to Walmsley’s attempts to pass himself off as a top chef and gain employment at establishments including the Stanley House Hotel and Spa in Mellor and Clog and Billycock in Pleasington.

“He produced a CV which suggested he had worked at many leading establishments,” said Mrs Yates. “Statements have been obtained from three of them but there were many others. In all cases he failed to reveal any previous convictions.”

Mrs Yates said his record showed 49 previous offences from courts the length and breadth of the UK.

It included 30 aliases and false dates of birth.

The sexual offence in Scotland in 2013 resulted in a prison sentence and him being placed on the sex offenders’ register.

Jonathan Taylor, defending, said none of the women Walmsley had spent time with had raised any concerns about his behaviour towards their children.

“He perhaps hasn’t understood the finer points of the sex offender requirements which are different in England and Scotland,” said Mr Taylor.

May 2016

A conman who duped single mothers by saying he was a scuba-diving bodyguard of Princess Diana and an ex-SAS Michelin-starred chef has been ordered by a judge to use his real name, even in conversations.

Joshua Walmsley, a jobless ex-con on the Sex Offender Register, used 30 different names and made a series of false boasts to woo women.

The 39-year-old claimed he was a former bodyguard who helped Princess Diana inspect the minefields of Angola during her famous visit to the civil war ravaged region in 1997.

He also said he was a former Royal Marine Commando, served in the SAS, was a deep sea diver, spoke six languages, and had up to six university degrees. 

He even claimed to have a Michelin star for his gourmet cooking and said he was due to become the next Dean of Blackburn Cathedral in Lancashire.

A string of lonely hearts women were taken in by Walmsley’s patter and had affairs with him and gave him money. 

He was found out after one of the women discovered a blog created by previous victims of Walmsley who told how he used his tall tales to charm them into bed.

It emerged he had used a false CV to get an interview and work trial as a chef in the kitchen of a luxury hotel and spa but he was unmasked as a fraud when it was discovered he couldn’t even bake a tray of brownies.

Today at Burnley Crown Court, Walmsley – who used different names to avoid being tracked on internet search engines – was issued with the ban on using any aliases for the next three years after admitted fraud offences involving two women.

The three year Prohibited Activity Requirement – under the terms of a community order – bans Walmsley from changing his name by deed poll and undergoing any other name on any media including Facebook and dating websites. 

He must also use his own name during conversations with other people and will have to complete 80 hours unpaid work.

The Judge Mr Recorder Nick Clarke QC told Walmsley: ‘You are an individual who has engaged in relationships with women but who has lied about who you are to avoid them finding out about your history. 

‘The women you approached were overwhelmed by your charms and succumbed to your manner and you were always very forward with them.

‘You pretended you had been a bodyguard, medic, engineer, deep sea diver and been in the special forces. You claimed to have guided Princess Diana over a mine field. 

‘You said you spoke six languages and had four degrees much of that was obtained through your military service.

‘When people questioned what you were saying you had an answer for everything. You suggested you had run a Michelin star restaurant but you couldn’t even make a tray of brownies or produce a simple sauce. 

‘Should you make a fresh start, you must do it honestly and openly without lying about your past history and name. You are prohibited of telling anybody your name is anything other than Joshua Walmsley.’

The court heard the first victim, a single mother of one, met Walmsley in September last year at Blackburn Cathedral where he falsely claimed he was called Joshua Faulkner and was to become the next Dean.

‘He was using a Canadian accent and much of his back story related to his family in Canada,’ said Francis McEntee, prosecuting. 

‘She was embarrassed to admit she was overwhelmed and described him as being charismatic and she thought she had nothing to lose.

‘He told her he had lived in Germany for the past ten years and said he was originally from Vancouver – but when she started to chat to him about Vancouver she noticed that he immediately changed the subject. 

‘She described him as a nice guy but said that within five or ten minutes he leaned in for a kiss which took her off guard.

‘He told her he had been in the marines and the special forces, a medic in the army, an engineer, a deep sea diver and a chef. He even went so far as to say that she could trust him because he had been the person to take a Princess Diana across a minefield. 

‘He said he could speak six languages, had four degrees whilst in the military. She did question these claims but she says he ‘had an answer for everything’.

‘She described the defendant as being extremely persuasive. She let him use her car to go to job interviews but he started to drain the petrol and not replace it. 

‘He obtained parking tickets on the vehicle which she was required to pay. Four weeks after meeting him she gave him money for haircuts, taxis, food and even gave him money for his rent.

‘She did check his details on google using Joshua Faulkner and was finding nothing that concerned her. She was told he had a Michelin restaurant in Canada and then she said things were not adding up but admits that she was still drawn in.’

Walmsley began staying at the woman’s house but she became suspicious when she took him to a job interview and noticed his name on the CV was Joshua Walmsley.

A further search on Google under than name revealed he was a convicted sex offender.

But by then Walmsley had already met the second unsuspecting victim – a single mother of three – on a dating website claiming he was a qualified chef, served in the marines and had six college degrees. 

They went for a day at the seaside where she paid for their lunch and travel he stayed over at her house for sex but she later found out the truth about him when a friend noticed a blog about Walmsley.

Walmsley, of Blackburn, admitted failing to comply with Sex Offender Register rules, fraudulently attempting to obtain employment and unrelated offence of shoplifting. 

The court heard he had a 2013 conviction for a sexual assault on a girl with Down’s syndrome plus 39 other undisclosed previous offences.

June 2016

Man jailed for 14 years for sexual abuse

A man convicted of ten offences of sexually abusing a girl has been jailed for a total of 14 years.

Durham Crown Court heard that many were specimen charges, reflecting a more prolific course of conduct by 62-year-old Terrance Wooley.

The victim subsequently spoke up about the abuse, reporting what took place in her youth to police, but twice chose not to proceed with her initial complaint.

It was only after making a third approach to police, in 2014, that she felt able to take part in the investigation process through to subsequent court proceedings.

Shaun Dodds, prosecuting, said it resulted in Wooley, of Eggleston Walk, St Helen Auckland, County Durham, facing the ten count indictment, which he denied, claiming the incidents did not happen, although he could not think why the victim would make such allegations.

But, after a four-day trial, a jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts on all ten charges, four of indecent assault against a child and six of indecency with a child.

When Wooley was brought back into court for sentencing the judge said he had gone beyond the guidelines in some cases, due to the repeat nature of the offending.

He also made Wooley subject of registration as a sex offender for life and passed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

A restraining order was also put in place preventing the defendant from trying to contact the victim, also for life.

November 2008

Shame as Bellshill man is put on probation

A BELLSHILL man who had 6000 indecent/sexual images of children has been put on probation.

Officers raided Paul Quinn’s home in Clyde Drive and found the images on two computers.

The photos were of children aged between 13 and 16 

The images were found amongst a quantity of adult pornography at the house where Quinn lives alone.

Divorced Quinn (46) admitted a charge that he took, permitted to take, or made indecent photographs – or pseudo-photographs – of children between June 8, 2006, and June 19, 2007, at his home.

The Crown accepted Quinn’s not guilty plea to an additional charge of possessing indecent photographs, or pseudo-photographs, of children in his house during the same period.

Sentencing Quinn, Sheriff Shiona Waldron deemed the offence as very serious, adding that probation “will help change your behaviour”.

The Sheriff sentenced Quinn to a three-year probation order subject to a number of special conditions which include: attendance at a community sex offenders’ programme, not having any unsupervised contact with any children under the age of 17 years and not having Internet connection in his home or owning a mobile telephone with Internet capabilities.

Furthermore, Quinn is not allowed to live at an address unless it has been approved by his supervising officer.

He was placed on the sex offenders’ register for three years and must also inform his supervising officer if he wishes to travel outside the UK.

As Quinn left Hamilton Sheriff Court, members of the public shouted “beast”.

August 1995

Abuser jailed for 12 years

A MAN who sexually abused four young girls over a number of years has been jailed for 12 years at the High Court in Glasgow

The victims sobbed with relief as Peter McCuaig, 65, whose address was given as c/o Barlinnie Prison, was sentenced.

Sentencing him, Lord Coulsfield said: ”I have heard a number of histories of sexual abuse, but this was an appalling series of offences which quite clearly have had disastrous consequences for the victims.”

Glasgow-born McCuaig, was found guilty of 17 charges relating to offences between 1964 and 1979, nine of the convictions were for rape.

The incidents were committed mostly in the east-end of Glasgow, but also in Bellshill, Coatbridge, Greenock, and Blairgowrie.

Three of the girls were the repeated victims of rape, one when she was just eight. Another was sexually assaulted when she was only six.

June 2016

Gateshead pervert cries in the dock as he is jailed for sex attacks on terrified schoolgirl

A pervert who stole a young girl’s childhood by subjecting her to a campaign of sexual abuse has been jailed for 17 years.

Feridon Ali left the youngster terrified after carrying out a series of sex attacks when she was as young as 11.

A court heard the abuse has had a devastating impact on the victim, who has had nightmares about Ali coming to get her.

Now the 37-year-old, convicted of nine sex offences, has been sent to serve a lengthy spell behind bars in tears.

Sentencing Ali at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Penny Moreland said: “She was frightened of you and you told her not to tell anyone and said she would be the one who would be in trouble.

“She told the jury she was terrified of you.

“What you did has had, and will continue to have, a devastating effect on her.

“She has caused herself harm in a variety of ways over a long period of years. She has suffered severe psychological harm.

“What you did effects the way she lives now, her perception of herself and the world around her.

“She fears it will continue to affect her the way she lives her life in the future.

“You stole her childhood from her.”

Ali, of Cheviot Gardens, Lobley Hill, Gateshead, was found guilty last month of nine sexual assault offences after a trial.

Prosecutor Matthew Bean referred to a statement prepared by the victim, outlining the impact of what happened to her.

Mr Bean said: “She says she now finds it difficult to trust anyone and that she felt so alone, like she had no one to confide in or talk to.

“She says she feels like ‘I’m not going to be good at anything and as though I’m just not good enough. This is because of what he drilled into my head’.

“She says all of the abuse seems stuck in her head and that, even today, little things remind her of him and what he did to her.

“She’s had difficulty sleeping and would have nightmares. She says she dreamed that he was coming to get her.”

As well as the 17-year prison sentence, Ali must sign the sex offenders’ register for life, was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order and was barred from working with children or vulnerable adults.

Shaun Routledge, defending, said: “He will find any custodial sentence more difficult that a lot of people. He has found it extremely difficult for the last few weeks and has suffered assaults.”

June 2016

Dark Justice fury after police admit pervert they snared has probably fled UK

Paedo hunters Dark Justice have hit out after police admitted a Teesside child groomer they snared has probably fled Britain.

Stockton pervert Abdullah Hardari-Moqadam was confronted by the North-east web vigilantes as he went to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

He pleaded guilty to sexual grooming but failed to appear at his sentencing hearing.

Two months on, police admit they don’t think he’s in the UK.

Now Dark Justice has criticised authorities for letting Hardari-Moqadam sneak out the country – and evade justice.

“This is a kick in the teeth not only to us, but also to every parent in this country knowing that he will never face justice in this country,” said a member.

The secretive group, which poses as underage girls online to trap sex predators, spent weeks stashing evidence against the 25-year-old.

They even claim they told police that he was selling kebabs in a Teesside takeaway – but he still wasn’t found.

But after the force’s admission, one of the group said: “The fact he is allowed to still be at large, never mind leave the UK, shows that the British justice system is failing.

“He will be somewhere like Turkey or Syria by now, laughing as he knows he will never be made to pay for what he did.

“He will be free to keep on preying on children if he wants.

“I don’t know how those in authority can sleep at night knowing that he has got away so easy.”

How Hardari-Moqadam seemingly was able to slip under the net is unclear.

After admitting trying to meet a girl he sexually groomed via texts, he was due to be sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court on April 14.

After his barrister John Wilkinson told the court Hardari-Moqadam had been written to at his Blacksail Close home, in Newtown , with hearing details, Judge Robert Adams issued a warrant for his arrest.

It isn’t known if Hardari-Moqadam, who had been bailed, was ever ordered to surrender his passport.

Northumbria Police told the Gazette the force believes Hardari-Moqadam has probably left the UK.

In a statement, the force said they were working with border control agencies, adding: “Northumbria Police is carrying out enquiries.

“They are ongoing”

But for the group that exposed Hardari-Moqadam, that isn’t good enough.

“They gave him the chance to run.” said a Dark Justice member.

“It takes a long time for us to start an investigation to getting them to court, and for him to then just walk out the country – it is a joke.

“If he didn’t have his passport taken off him, why not? Surely he should be classed as a flight risk.

“If he did then he should never have been bailed.

“It isn’t racist to say that if you are not from the UK – be it black or white, Syrian or from Ireland – and you do something like this then you are a flight risk and shouldn’t be bailed.

“By letting him escape they are telling people they don’t care.”

Dark Justice has so far seen a number of paedophiles convicted by the courts following their online conversations.

June 2016

Music tutor had 3,500 child sex images

A music tutor who has taught hundreds of pupils and worked with members of a chart topping 70s band was found with a stash of indecent images and videos of children.

Iain Reddy, 44, taught music at Blackburn College and was so well thought of that people mounted a “Get Iain Reddy Knighted” campaign on Facebook.

Today his reputation lies in tatters after it emerged he was one of more than 80 men in Lancashire arrested as part of a global operation tackling paedophiles.

Preston Crown Court heard a raid was carried out at his home on Fermor Road, Preston on April 13 last year in which around 3,500 indecent images and video clips of children were recovered from his computer.

Judge Stuart Baker suspended his six-month sentence for two years but barred him from working with children, and imposed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order limiting the way he uses the internet.

Reddy had played in several bands including a wedding group and had worked as a session musician. It is understood he had also taught at schools in the Chester area, and gave private tuition.

Fellow musician Tony Thorpe, a former Rubette, told of his shock.

He said: “I’m broken hearted really, I never suspected anything like this. I haven’t heard from him nor have the former students for around two years, and we were bewildered.

“We were very friendly and did gigs together. He was a terrific player.

“I don’t understand what he’s done and why.

“It has been immensely painful for all of us. We are shocked and choked by what’s happened.

“I’m not supportive of what he has done, but at the same time am worried about him. I have no idea what makes anyone do this.”

Reddy admitted offences dating between August 2011 and April 2014 including possessing 3,500 images of children, and three counts of making indecent images, 18 of the most serious in law.

He must take part in the internet sex offender programme and have two years supervision. His computer was forfeited.

June 2016

Final chance for Whittlesey man who sent explicit pictures to young teens over internet

A man who tried to entice a young girl to have sex with him has avoided a jail term after sending explicit pictures to other young teens online.

Robbie Aylott (21) of Pinewood Avenue, Whittlesey, had been given a community order last year after pleading guilty in causing or enticing a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity.

The order which included a sexual harm prevention order was imposed in May 2015, and said he was not allowed to activate profiles on social media, or contact girls aged under 13. The sentence also included a requirement to take part in a sexual offenders treatment programme.

But when officers carried out a spot check at Aylott’s home in October last year, they found he had been using a number of social media profiles – some under the false name of ‘Jimbob.’

He had been using the profiles to contact girls as young as 14 – and sent them indecent images of himself.

On Friday Aylott appeared at Peterborough Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to breaching the order three times.

Judge David Farrell imposed an eight month jail sentence, suspended for two years, after hearing Aylott had made progress since starting the sexual offender programme in November. The court was told Aylott had committed no offences since October, and Judge Farrell said there would be more benefit in Aylott getting the help he needed, which would give the public better protection than a jail sentence.

Judge Farrell said: “The real question is now he is receiving the treatment he wasn’t having before, whether he should receive another chance.”

He added: “I have thought long and hard about the sentence. If I was to send you to prison, you would end up with a jail term of about eight months in custody. This would be insufficient time to receive any treatment in prison. It would be punishment, however, and many may think that is what you deserve.

“But I am also concerned of the long term protection of the public, and if you do not receive treatment you may be a danger.

“If you breach the order again, you will be going to prison for years as a sex offender. You have to make sure you resist any of these perverted acts, you continue to attend the course and you start to address the obvious problems you face.”

Aylott was also ordered to pay £100 costs.

June 2016

Pervert pleads guilty to possession of child abuse images

Andrew Waring, aged 50, of St Aidans Street, Tunstall, pleaded guilty to 13 offences of making indecent photographs of a child between March 8, 2013 and January 10, 2015.

He will be sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after a report is prepared on him.

Waring was granted bail.

June 2016

Derby police officer downloaded obscene images of children

A DERBY police officer has been convicted of downloading child pornography.

PC Ross Dorricott pleaded guilty to one count of making indecent images of a child between August 29, 2006 and April 30, 2014 when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court.

The 36-year-old, who lives in Aston-on-Trent and who is based at Pear Tree station, also admitted three similar counts between December 1, 2008 and October 21, 2015.

He was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. It has not been revealed how many images Dorricott was caught with on his computer or which categories they were. He is no longer a serving officer after being sacked in April.

In 2014, PC Dorricott was handed a Divisional Commander’s commendation in Derby for his work at Pear Tree station.

And in 2010, when he was based at Swadlincote police station, he spoke at the inquest of former Pingle School teacher Nigel Simm, who was ruled to have taken his own life.

Derbyshire’s Chief Constable Mick Creedon said: “Very unusually I sacked Dorricott at a disciplinary hearing in April, which had to be held in private because the criminal proceedings were pending. Ordinarily I would have to wait for the conclusion of the court process.

“I’m horrified by his behaviour which would be unacceptable for anyone in society. It is far more unacceptable for a police officer, trusted to uphold the law, to act in this way. The public rightly expect the highest possible standards from police officers and he has let his colleagues and the force down and betrayed the trust put in him by the communities we are charged to serve.

“When the allegations first came to light we acted quickly to arrest and suspend him from duty. Specialist officers investigated the case and found damning evidence against him and the facts before the court show this was not an isolated incident.

“I took the unusual decision to hold a special disciplinary hearing in advance of the court case because of the weight of evidence against him

“I can assure the community that I have taken steps to make sure that he will never work in the police service again.

Nottingham Crown Court: The Kayleigh Haywood murder trial in full below

Stephen Beadman is on trial for the false imprisonment of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood of Measham.

The 29-year-old defendant, of George Avenue, Ibstock, has already admitted raping and murdering the teenager.

His next-door neighbour Luke Harlow, (27) has also pleaded not guilty to falsely imprisoning Kayleigh in the hours before her murder in November last year.

He has already admitted grooming Kayleigh online and two counts of sexual activity with her.

Pictured: Stephen Beadman, 29, (left) & Luke Harlow, 27

Monday 13, June 2016 – Afternoon session

14:28  Trial resumesThe jury returns to court after lunch. The first witness of the afternoon will be a pathlogist who examined Harlow after he was arrested.

14:37  Harlow had injures all over his body

Jury members are shown a diagram of the injuries found on Harlow’s body after his arrest.

Prosecutor Miranda Moore describes “multiple superficial injuries on his face, back, arms, fingers and lower limbs.”

14:46  Harlow claimed he injured his own fingers by biting them

The jury has heard that Harlow had a habit of biting the skin on his fingers.

During his examination by a pathologist, Harlow claimed the injuries were from “finger-biting. Not nailbiting, but fingerbiting,” Mrs Moore tells the jury.

He also gave explanations for bruises on his body and other injuries.

15:03  Kayleigh was sent picture of alcohol to encourage her to visit Harlow

The jury is being read a number of statements including one from Kayleigh’s mum, Stephanie.

The discovery of Kayleigh’s smashed phone led to her mother finding out Kayleigh was not staying at her school friend’s home.

When she went on Kayleigh’s Facebook page she found messages to Kayleigh from Harlow including a picture of bottles of vodka and rum along with the words “We will have a good time at the weekend”.

15:09  Jury told of “whispered” call to friend

At 7pm on Saturday night – the night Kayleigh is alleged to have been held against her will by Beadman and Harlow – she tried to make contact with a friend.

Earlier in the weekend the friend received one text message with the world “help” but Kayleigh later texted again to say she had meant to say “hello”. On Saturday night she also sent a message to the same friend saying she wished she was with her.

Prosecutor Mrs Moore said at 7pm on Saturday Kayleigh left the friend a voicemail message “saying ‘call me’ in whispered tones”.

Monday 13, June 2016 – Morning session

11:10  Fourth day of the trial begins

The jury file back into court for today’s evidence. Only Luke Harlow, flanked by two security guards, is in the dock today.

Beadman’s lawyer announced on Friday that his client did not want to listen to the rest of the prosecution opening.

11:17  Beadman looked like he had been in a fight

The jury has heard read statements by a couple who saw Beadman at 11am on Sunday, November 15, after he raped and killed Kayleigh.

Beadman was walking on the road near an entrance to Sence Valley Forest Park and had a phone to his ear. He had blood on his face.

One of the witnesses told police: “He looked like he’d been smacked.”

11:23  First person sworn in to give evidence

The trial’s first witness in the witness box has been sworn in.

Sam Green, who lives in a house on the A447 in Ibstock, is giving evidence about the night of November 14, when Kayleigh was allegedly being held against her will at Harlow’s home in Geroge Avenue.

11:29  Female heard screaming “mummy”

Mr Green tells the jury he went to bed with his partner at midnight and later heard a scream.

He said: “All of a sudden I heard a loud scream. It was someone screaming “mummy”.

“It sounded like a female. Whoever it was sounded frightened.”

He said his partner grabbed hold of his arm and asked him if he had also heard the sound. He then opened the bedroom window and shouted “is there anybody out there” but heard no response.

11:34  Jury watching video of Harlow’s first interview with the police

The jury is now watching a video showing the first police interview with Harlow, carried out before he was arrested and when he was just being treated as a witness.

Harlow has since admitted grooming and sexually touching Kayleigh but denies holding her against her will.

11:39  Harlow describes meeting Kayleigh online

Harlow is heard telling police in the interview that he met Kayleigh on Facebook where his name is “Luke Fun Times Harlow”.

He said: “We just started speaking, getting to know each other. I liked her and she liked me.”

11:47  Harlow heard admitting chat with Kayleigh was sexual

The video shows Harlow being asked if his online chat with Kayleigh was sexual and he admitted it was. He was asked if he did that a lot with girls on Facebook.

He replied: “It’s not something I did that often.”

Describing how the first meeting on Friday, November 13, was arranged he said: “It was a mutual feeling – we should meet up, come round mine, she said ‘yeah’.”

11:58  Kayleigh and Harlow were drinking together in his house on Friday

On Friday, November 13, two days before her murder, Kayleigh was dropped off by her dad and then met Harlow, he told police.

He said Kayleigh drank a bottle of wine and had some vodka. Harlow told police: “I could see she was quite drunk.

“I was saying to her to put her head down to have an hour’s nap.”

He said he and Kayleigh later slept fully clothed on a matress on his bedroom floor together.

12:04  Kayleigh “necked vodka” on Saturday night – Harlow

In his police interview Harlow is heard saying that after spending Saturday watching films on television with Kayleigh they started drinking again in the evening.

He said they ran out of fizzy drinks to mix his vodka with and he went to see his neighbour Beadman and they went to the shop together.

Harlow said: “We got back and looked at the vodka and she had obviously necked it straight out the bottle.

“She had necked a considerable amount. Then she was really drunk again.”

12:21  Harlow claims Kayleigh fell asleep while he and Beadman drank

Harlow tells the officers: “She got on the settee and went to sleep. She was asleep a good couple of hours while me and Stephen were in the kitchen having a few more drinks, just having a chat.

“I put a plastic bowl down in case she was sick. She said her head was spinning.”

12:30  Harlow claims he woke up to find Kayleigh and Beadman gone

Harlow tells police in the videoed interview that later on Saturday night he left Kayleigh sleeping on the settee and went to bed, expecting Beadman to let himself out.

He said he awoke early on Sunday morning to find he was alone in the house.

He went to Beadman’s house but no one was home. He later got a phone call for Beadman claiming he had left his keys at Harlow’s house and gone to his sister’s home. When they met Beadman had scratches on his face.

12:38  Harlow claims he asked Beadman where Kayleigh was

Harlow said his first thought was that Kayleigh had gone to Beadman’s, leaving her shoes and handbag at his house.

But Beadman denied knowing where she was. 

Harlow told police: “I asked him what time he’d left and if he’d seen her. He said ‘no’.

“He’d got scratches all over his face.”

12:43  Harlow tells police he was ‘confused’ by Kayleigh’s disappearance

Harlow tells police he tried phoning Kayleigh and sending her a message on Facebook.

He said: “I was really confused. Even if she had left why would she have gone without her shoes and without her handbag.

“It wasn’t long after that I got a message from my sister saying ‘the police are looking for you’.”

12:45  Harlow admits he woke up looking like he had been punched

Having already described Beadman’s badly scratched face, Harlow tells the officers he had woken up on Sunday, November 15, to find his glasses were broken and he had an injury to his eye.

He says in the interview: “I can’t remember when they broke. They were broken on Sunday morning.

“A mate said ‘looks like you’ve been punched in the face’.”

12:53  Harlow claims he and Kayleigh were kissing and “messing about”

Going back to the Friday night – the first of Kayleigh’s two nights in Ibstock – Harlow describes kissing Kayleigh to the police.

He said: “We kissed a bit. Just messed about. I only kissed her mouth twice.

“She was on her phone for ages. We were just sort of chatting. I was happy just lying on the mattress.”

13:05  Harlow raised doubts about Beadman’s story in police interview

Harlow tells police that Beadman had told Harlow’s parents that the scratches to his face were caused on Thursday. He had previously told Harlow he got the scratches at work on Sunday morning.

Harlow told police: “He definitely said he did it Thursday to my mum.

“What reason would he have to lie?”

June 10, 2016

Court told of kidnap message to second girl

The man accused of kidnapping schoolgirl Kayleigh who was raped and murdered was trying to arrange “a weekend of sex fuelled by alcohol”

The 15-year-old girl who was held captive texted a friend pleading for help just hours before she was raped and murdered

Luke Harlow, 27, is accused of keeping Kayleigh Haywood a prisoner in his home for a month before she was beaten to death by his friend Stephen Beadman, 29.

Today, it emerged that Harlow had told another girl he befriended online that he wanted to kidnap her ‘for Christmas’ and keep her as a slave, Nottingham Crown Court.

A friend of Kayleigh’s, Katie Simpson, said she had messaged her on Facebook in the middle of the night before she was killed, but when she replied in the morning, someone else seemed to reply.

Nottingham Crown Court was told Harlow had messaged Kayleigh and other girls with the intention of “getting them to come to his home for a weekend of sex fuelled by alcohol”.

Prosecutor Miranda Moore QC said: “He was saying he would kidnap them. All of whom he knew would be underage.”

The prosecution read a series of social media messages sent by Harlow to a girl he had befriended online when she was aged 15.

Among the messages was one saying: “I wish I could kidnap you for Christmas but I would probably be arrested and sent to prison.”

Another message sent to the girl, who cannot be identified, read: “If I kidnap you, I am keeping you.”

Further messages, allegedly sent during 2014 and 2015, are said to show that Harlow had an interest in having sex with “drunk, unconscious” girls and wanted to keep a girl as a slave.

The court heard Kayleigh had gone to Luke Harlow’s flat in Ibstock willingly on 13 November.

Addressing jurors on the second day of the trial, prosecutor Miranda Moore QC read a series of social media messages sent by Harlow to a girl he had befriended online when she was aged 15.

In one of the messages, allegedly sent between 2014 and 2015, he wrote: ‘Having sex with drunk, unconscious girls is my favourite,’ Miss Moore said.

Among the messages, sent to girls as young as 13, was one reading: ‘I wish I could kidnap you for Christmas but I would probably be arrested and sent to prison.’

Another message sent via WhatsApp to the girl, who cannot be identified, read: ‘If I kidnap you, I am keeping you.’

At the conclusion of her opening speech to the jury, Miss Moore invited jurors to consider whether Kayleigh was trying to escape from a fight or a struggle.

The QC told the jury: ‘Why have we shown you all these messages between Luke Harlow and these young ladies?

‘We say it will help you to understand what was in his mind. At some point Kayleigh clearly wanted to leave that flat.

You don’t run out into the night dressed like she was unless you want to get out of there fast.’

The jury was told neighbours heard ‘loud bangs’ and ‘screams’ from the property at 10.30pm and at 3.30am a witness saw Kayleigh trying to flee the property half-naked.

Project Manager Simon Baker’s house overlooks the pathway from Harlow’s home to Sense Valley Forest Park.

In a witness statement read out by prosecutor Teresa Hay, he said: ‘At around 3.30am I was in my bedroom when I heard a loud scream that sounded like a female in distress.

‘My partner said “Did you hear that?” I went to the window and I saw what I thought was a policeman pinning a girl down on the ground.

‘I couldn’t see clearly who it was, but he was wearing a dark jacket with white stripes so I thought it was a policeman.

‘I looked back a few moments later and she was on her back lying down and he was pinning her down with his knees on her elbows.

‘Her arms were up with her hands either side of her head. He was sat astride her, near her neck.

‘He looked up for about 20 or 30 seconds. The male and female then got up and made their way back towards the Croft Estate.

‘They appeared perfectly normal and there were no altercations or fighting or shouting.

‘About ten or 15 minutes later I heard another scream. I could see them walking back along the path towards me.

‘They appeared calm. I heard the girl calmly say “Hold my hand,” and they walked along the path that leads into Science Park. I did not see or hear them again.’

In her witness statement read out by Miss Hay, witness Angela Bailiff said: ‘I was awoken to the sound of banging and screaming in the early hours of November 15.

‘At about 3.15am I woke up with a start and I could hear a girl screaming and men’s voices.

‘It was not just a normal scream, this was quite intense. I just lay there, rigid. I was petrified, it sounded really serious.

‘The screaming and shouting lasted for about three or four minutes and then it went silent.’

Sophie Hunt said in a witness statement read out by Miss Hay: ‘Throughout that evening I remember hearing banging and crashing from number seven. It was constant throughout the evening.

‘Later on, at around 10.30pm I suddenly heard a scream. It was a girl’s scream. It lasted for around two to three seconds.’

Beadman, a 29-year-old landscape gardener who also lived in George Avenue, denies a charge of false imprisonment.

The tragic teenager had spent the hours before her death held ‘against her will’ and was ‘sexually touched’ at the home of Beadman’s friend and neighbour Luke Harlow jurors were told yesterday.

But when she tried to flee, Beadman chased and tackled Kayleigh to the ground before ‘taking her into the night’, where he raped and murdered her on remote farmland next to a stream.

The court heard how she had tried to fight him off by scratching his face and hitting him with a brick. But he retaliated by throwing the brick in her face and hitting her over the head with it, killing her.

Her parents reported her missing to the police after she failed to make contact the following day and a desperate search involving hundreds of police officers and members of the public was launched.

However, it came to a tragic end with the grim discovery of her remains in undergrowth near Sence Valley Forest Park. She had suffered massive head and facial injuries and had to be identified by her dental records.

Nottingham Crown Court heard Kayleigh, who lived in the village of Measham, around five miles from where her body was found, was the ‘last in a line’ of young girls groomed online by Harlow.

After contacting her on Facebook using the name Luke ‘Fun Times’ Harlow and plying her with compliments and flirtatious messages which gradually became more explicit, he persuaded the teenager to lie to her parents and stay at his home on the night of Friday, November 13.

Kayleigh was last seen alive by her father Martin Whitby, 57, that evening when he dropped her off outside Ibstock Community College – thinking she was spending the night at her best friend’s house.

But she instead went to Harlow’s flat in the village, and stayed there until around 3am the following Sunday when she attempted to flee.

On the Saturday morning, she had texted her parents asking if she could stay another night. But at around 10pm that night Harlow’s neighbours heard loud banging and screams coming from his home.

Hours later Kayleigh was seen sprinting out of his home half-naked into the street pursued by Beadman.

A neighbour saw Beadman wrestle Kayleigh to the ground but did not act after mistakenly believing he was a police officer making an arrest.

Miranda Moore QC, prosecuting, said Kayleigh had been given a ‘substantial amount of alcohol’ and sexually touched by Harlow on the Saturday night, before trying to escape.

She told jurors: ‘She was clearly running away.

‘The prosecution case is that at some point, far from being this drunk, compliant girl, Kayleigh became someone who wanted to get out of that flat.

‘What happened on any view is Kayleigh made her way out of that flat partially clothed. No trousers, pants or shoes. She may have had socks on, but there was nothing else on her bottom half.

‘What happens to her in that property to make her flee into the night? It is November. It is not a pleasant evening like we have had recently.

‘The essence of this case is these two men kept her in Luke Harlow’s house against her will for a period of time, in the late evening and early morning of November 14 and 15 last year.’

Miss Moore said it was the prosecution’s case that Beadman and Harlow held Kayleigh from around 9pm – when her phone, to which she was ‘surgically attached’, suddenly stopped sending out messages – to around 3am.

The prosecutor added neighbours had earlier heard loud bangs and screaming coming from the flat, before one local resident looked out of his window between 3am and 4am and saw Beadman pinning Kayleigh to the ground.

She said the witness thought Beadman was a police officer because of the jacket he was wearing which had a reflective stripe, and that the pair appeared to get up together and walk away having resolved their ‘dispute’.

Miss Moore added: ‘She had been groomed by Harlow, a man much older than her; she being 15 and he being 26 at the time. Kayleigh was not the only girl that Harlow groomed – she was the last in a line.

‘He has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet two other underage girls for sexual purposes.

THE vile messages sent to schoolgirls via Facebook

June 9, 2016

Morning & afternoon sessions

A 15-year-old schoolgirl murdered after being groomed online tried to flee her attacker while naked from the waist down but was tackled by him in the street and later killed, a court heard today.

Landscape gardener Stephen Beadman, 29, forced terrified Kayleigh Haywood to walk more than a mile through woods and fields on a freezing night while wearing no shoes or clothing on her bottom half – then killed her on farmland and left her body in undergrowth in Ibstock, Leicestershire.

The tragic teenager had spent the hours before her death held ‘against her will’ and ‘sexually touched’ at the home of Beadman’s friend and neighbour Luke Harlow, 27, after he enticed her there following two weeks of messaging on the social media site, jurors were told.

But when she tried to flee, Beadman chased and tackled Kayleigh to the ground before ‘taking her into the night’, where he raped and murdered her on remote farmland next to a stream.

The court heard how she had tried to fight him off by scratching his face and hitting him with a brick. But he retaliated by throwing the brick in her face and hitting her over the head with it, killing her.

Her parents reported her missing to the police after she failed to make contact the following day and a desperate search involving hundreds of police officers and members of the public was launched.

However, it came to a tragic end with the grim discovery of her remains in undergrowth near Sence Valley Forest Park. She had suffered massive head and facial injuries and had to be identified by her dental records.

Nottingham Crown Court heard Kayleigh, who lived in the village of Measham, around five miles from where her body was found, was the ‘last in a line’ of young girls groomed online by Harlow.

After contacting her on Facebook using the name Luke ‘Fun Times’ Harlow and plying her with compliments and flirtatious messages which gradually became more explicit, he persuaded the teenager to lie to her parents and stay at his home on the night of Friday, November 13.

Kayleigh was last seen alive by her father Martin Whitby, 57, that evening when he dropped her off outside Ibstock Community College – thinking she was spending the night at her best friend’s house.

But she instead went to Harlow’s flat in the village, and stayed there until around 3am the following Sunday when she attempted to flee.

On the Saturday morning, she had texted her parents asking if she could stay another night. But at around 10pm that night Harlow’s neighbours heard loud banging and screams coming from his home.

Hours later Kayleigh was seen sprinting out of his home half-naked into the street pursued by Beadman.

A neighbour saw Beadman wrestle Kayleigh to the ground but did not act after mistakenly believing he was a police officer making an arrest.

Miranda Moore QC, prosecuting, said Kayleigh had been given a ‘substantial amount of alcohol’ and sexually touched by Harlow on the Saturday night, before trying to escape.

She told jurors: ‘She was clearly running away.

‘The prosecution case is that at some point, far from being this drunk, compliant girl, Kayleigh became someone who wanted to get out of that flat.

‘What happened on any view is Kayleigh made her way out of that flat partially clothed. No trousers, pants or shoes. She may have had socks on, but there was nothing else on her bottom half.

‘What happens to her in that property to make her flee into the night? It is November. It is not a pleasant evening like we have had recently.

‘The essence of this case is these two men kept her in Luke Harlow’s house against her will for a period of time, in the late evening and early morning of November 14 and 15 last year.’

Miss Moore said it was the prosecution’s case that Beadman and Harlow held Kayleigh from around 9pm – when her phone, to which she was ‘surgically attached’, suddenly stopped sending out messages – to around 3am.

The prosecutor added neighbours had earlier heard loud bangs and screaming coming from the flat, before one local resident looked out of his window between 3am and 4am and saw Beadman pinning Kayleigh to the ground.

She said the witness thought Beadman was a police officer because of the jacket he was wearing which had a reflective stripe, and that the pair appeared to get up together and walk away having resolved their ‘dispute’.

Miss Moore added: ‘She had been groomed by Harlow, a man much older than her; she being 15 and he being 26 at the time.

Kayleigh was not the only girl that Harlow groomed – she was the last in a line.

‘He has pleaded guilty to attempting to meet two other underage girls for sexual purposes.

‘Neighbours said they heard three loud bangs coming from that house and after the bangs there was silence. The bangs were heard between 10pm and 10.30pm, and there was a female voice screaming.

‘But Beadman was not in the property at 10.30pm, he was at a late night garage buying a bottle of rum.

‘What we do know is as she left the property she is chased by Beadman and pinned to the ground.

‘This was seen by a neighbour from their upstairs window.

‘At about 3.30am in the morning he heard a loud scream, which sounded like a female in distress.

‘He saw a male pinning a female down with her leg showing, he thought she was wearing a short skirt.

‘Because of a stripe on Beadman’s shirt he thought Beadman was a police officer.’

The court heard Beadman then marched her across the road into Sence Valley Park where he raped her before killing her with a brick.

Miss Moore said: ‘We say it is very likely having realised he had been seen, Beadman forced Kayleigh to walk back with him. He has not taken her to his. He takes her miles away.’

Kayleigh was reported missing by her worried mother Stephanie, who was sat in the public gallery during today’s court hearing, at around 11.15am on the Sunday morning.

A passing motorist found her smashed iPhone close to the adjacent flats of Beadman and Harlow and called the last number dialled on it after placing the SIM card in another handset.

The court heard it rang through to the phone of the friend Kayleigh was supposed to be staying with – and a hunt for her was launched.

Miss Moore said Beadman and Harlow were later arrested, with Harlow – who had various ‘lumps and bumps’ on his head and body – claiming he fell asleep during the evening and woke up on the Sunday morning to find both Beadman and Kayleigh had gone.

After eight interviews, Beadman, who had scratches to his face, eventually admitted he had killed Kayleigh, and told detectives where they could find her body.

He claimed he and Kayleigh had kissed in the flat, and the next thing he could remember was being on top of her outside on the path. Beadman said he then took her across a road and into a country park where he raped her.

He told officers he then walked her through fields and brambles while she was afraid and upset, and after she managed to push him over and sprint away, she turned and hit him in the face with a brick.

Beadman said he then shoved her to the ground and threw a brick or rock at the side of her head, causing her to bleed – then, as Kayleigh tried to get up, he hit her again with a rock, killing her.

However, Miss Moore said the injuries suffered by Kayleigh were ‘inconsistent’ with Beadman’s story.

She added: ‘The prosecution say he has not given a truthful account. He has tried to paint an account that puts him in a better light.’

The court heard that after killing Kayleigh, Beadman attempted to destroy his blood-stained clothing on a bonfire, and hid items belonging to Kayleigh in a storage yard where he rented a container.

Beadman and Harlow deny the false imprisonment of Kayleigh between November 12 and 16.

Beadman has already admitted her rape and murder at an earlier hearing, while Harlow has pleaded guilty to meeting Kayleigh following grooming, and sexual activity with her, as well as attempting to meet another girl after grooming.

The court heard how Harlow first began grooming Kayleigh online after adding her on Facebook on October 31 and messaging her the next day saying: ‘Wish I could be with you for cuddles in bed.’

Miss Moore said: ‘In messages found on Harlow’s phone, he tells her they have a ‘secret relationship’ and that she is his.

‘He says he wants to have sex with her, but they will not have sex until she is 16. She says she doesn’t want to have sex yet. He then describes in intimate detail what he would like to do to her.

‘He asks if he can kidnap her and keep her forever and says they will be kept up all night – ‘having fun’.

‘He told her, ‘I Just keep thinking I’m too old for you and I could get into trouble so we have to keep it a secret.’

Prosecutor Miss Moore also read out a series of online messages Harlow sent to Kayleigh in which he said he’d like to ‘kidnap her forever’.

She said Harlow, who knew Kayleigh was only 15, discussed meeting up with her and said they would be ‘up all night having fun’.

Other messages, designed to groom the schoolgirl, included: ‘We need to have drinks soon babe so I can get you drunk and take advantage. I’ll be nice baby, honest.

‘If you get too drunk you’ll have to stay at mine.’

On November 2, Harlow wrote: ‘I’ll be your boss. You have to do everything I say. It will last forever because you have to do everything you’re told.

‘Got you all to myself now babe. You have to give me kisses whether you want to or not.

And a day later, he told Kayleigh: ‘I wish you were lying next to me in bed. Can we be friends with benefits?

‘I’ll make you take your clothes off first. I’d be too tempted to do naughty stuff if you was in my bed naked.

‘We’ll get really drunk and I’ll take you to bed. Can I do anything I want?’

He also asked if she was a virgin and said ‘come to my house to get drunk and go to bed – not to sleep.’

Miss Moore said: ‘Kayleigh replied: ‘I would have to be really drunk,’ and Harlow says ‘ok’, before the messages get really explicit.’

The discovery of Kayleigh’s body last year sparked a huge outpouring of emotion in her local area, where many people had joined the search to find her.

A post-mortem revealed that she had been raped before she was battered with a blunt instrument and dumped in a field.

The schoolgirl lived with her mother in Measham, five miles from Ibstock, at the time she was killed.

She had been dropped off in the town evening to meet her best friend, and had told her mother she would be staying with the girl for the weekend, something she did regularly.

The trial at Nottingham crown court, which is expected to last three weeks, continues.

June 2016

Kettering man who raped young girl sentenced to eight years in jail

A 49-year-old Northamptonshire man has been jailed for eight years after he was found guilty of raping a young girl.

Paul Viggars, of Vale Street, Kettering, was convicted by a jury of three counts of raping a girl who was under the age of 13.

Her Honour Judge Adrienne Lucking QC said Viggars is likely to serve half his prison sentence in custody before being released on licence.

He will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and will be banned from having any unsupervised contact with girls under the age of 16 years old.

November 2012

Couple jailed for sex abuse

A woman whose sex offender husband preyed upon a schoolgirl reported him to police and was jailed as well.

Philip Roden, 64, was arrested last year when his 59-year-old wife, Elizabeth, called police and told them of offences he had committed in the 1980s.

But she was arrested too when a second victim came forward and revealed how she (Elizabeth Roden) had once abused him.

A jury at Northampton Crown Court heard the children involved, who are now adults, had never lodged complaints with the police and only did so after Elizabeth Roden had drunkenly called the police.

The pair, of Castle Ashby Road, Yardley Hastings, were unanimously convicted last month.

Philip Roden, who was found guilty of seven indecent assaults, was jailed for four years by Recorder Christopher Donnellan QC, who ordered he be on the sex offenders’ register and subject to a sexual offences’ prevention order for the rest of his life.

Elizabeth Roden was convicted of three cruelty offences and was jailed for three years.

John Lloyd-Jones, prosecuting, said: “He is not a defendant who says he has now realised the error of his ways. This is a defendant who is still entirely in denial.”

Sentencing, the judge said: “Despite clear warnings at the time, your behaviour did not end. This was persistent and repeated behaviour, in gross breach of trust.”

April 2010

Perverted teacher avoids prison

A secondary school teacher’s life is in ruins after he was exposed as a child sexual abuse images addict with a fetish for young girls’ clothes.

Paul Sutton, 50 – who taught at Magna Carta School in Staines – was caught when police searched his two properties in Chertsey and West Molesey.

He was given a suspended prison sentence on Friday after a judge said it meant his behaviour could be monitored for longer than if he was immediately jailed.

Guildford Crown Court had heard how Sutton also took pupils’ underwear and swimming costumes home and used them for sexual gratification.

Addresses in Victory Road, Chertsey, and Balmoral Crescent, West Molesey, had been searched by police investigating offences of child abuse images in September last year.

Wendy Cottee, prosecuting, told the court that a total of 2,032 indecent images of children were found on Sutton’s computer – the vast majority being at level one, the least serious category.

“They were all of young girls aged between seven and 15,” she said.

“He said it had become an obsession.”

Sutton pleaded guilty to 19 offences of making indecent images of children and four of possessing indecent images of children.

The court was told that the defendant was a man of previous good character with a teaching career stretching back 26 years.

David Castle, defending, said his client was a highly-regarded teacher, and a reference was supplied by the deputy head at Magna Carta

“Mr Sutton is deeply embarrassed and ashamed of what he has done and by his appearance in court,” Mr Castle said.

“He and his wife have separated. He has lost his job, his home and his family. Life is not going to be easy for him.”

Sutton was sentenced to 18 weeks in jail, suspended for two years, and ordered to go on a sex offenders’ rehabilitation programme and be under supervision for 24 months.

He was also placed on the sex offenders’ register and banned from working with children or having unsupervised contact with youngsters under the age of 16.

Judge Neil Stewart said an immediate custodial sentence would have meant a lack of supervision following release – whereas a suspended sentence meant the defendant could be monitored for a more significant period of time.

“The public is better protected by you receiving ongoing treatment,” he said.