August 2014

Lydney man admits to possessing more than 750 indecent images of children

A 25-year-old man has admitted six charges of possessing indecent images of children.

Daniel Farr, of Lancaster Drive, Lydney North, admitted possessing more than 750 images on June 25 last year.

Peter Ashby, prosecuting, said police called at Farr’s home as the result of an internet investigation, and executed a search warrant.

“He admitted to the police that he had indecent images of children.

“He had an external device with 82, category C images on it, a lap top with 206 category C images and two category b images on it.

“A memory stick had 472 category c images on it.

“The defendant doesn’t come into contact with his job.

“He told police his interest in indecent images of children started off as curiosity.

“Police say he accepted he had a sexual interest in girls, aged 13.

“He said he viewed a large quantity of images over three to four years but regularly, deleted images.”  

Farr was released on bail to return to court on September 2, for sentence, pending the production of a pre-sentence report.

August 2014

OAP performed sex act in front of children

AN ELDERLY man performed a sex act in front of a group of children, a court was told.

Southampton Crown Court heard that 72-year-old Michael Beckett performed the act in view of a group of girls, and on a second occasion exposed himself to a woman.

The offences happened while Beckett was in his first-floor home in Lundy Close, Lordshill, Southampton, which backs on to a small green.

He admitted to police that he found the idea of children watching him sexually gratifying, and that he would stand in a window up to six times a week knowing that youngsters and dog walkers would be in the area.

The court heard how Beckett had an “unhealthy preoccupation” with pornography, watching it for hours each night.

Prosecutor Rebecca Austin told the court that on June 2 an 11-year-old girl was playing with her friends in the area behind Beckett’s flat.

She saw some teddy bears in an upstairs window but in the same window noticed a naked man, who was later identified as Beckett, performing a sex act.

Ms Austin said: “She was scared and ran to let her mother know what she had seen. Her mother was preparing dinner when her daughter told her and it made her stomach turn.”

The second incident occurred on July 7 when a woman visiting a friend in the area thought she heard someone shout to her.

She looked up at the building, seeing Beckett with his dressing gown open.

The victim described the incident as “offensive” and said she believed he intended to be seen.

At a previous hearing Beckett pleaded guilty to intentionally exposing himself and taking part in a sexual act in the presence of a child under 13.

Recorder Maria Lamb told him: “Your behaviour is wholly unacceptable. I think you are able to control your behaviour but you choose not to.

“The fact that these offences took place when children were likely to be around makes it an aggravating factor. You have done one month in custody and you can do more if you come back before this court again.”

Defence barrister Jamie Gammon said Beckett had no previous convictions, and that he does not have “any particular attraction” to children.

Beckett was given a four-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and a one-year supervision order. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register.

August 2014

Tipton child abuse images pervert is spared prison term

A pervert who deserved jail because of his haul of child abuse images has been allowed to remain free so that he can receive treatment.

After he had been arrested, Jonathan Foster, 24, from Tipton, even exposed himself to a mother and her child while he was a passenger on a bus and they walked along the street next to it.

Computer experts discovered that Jonathan Foster had down loaded almost 600 indecent images of children – both still and moving – of which nearly half were from the two most serious categories of pornography, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

Police uncovered the stash in a swoop on Foster’s home in Anderson Gardens, on October 18, 2012, said Mr David Lees, prosecuting.

Various items of computer equipment were seized and taken away for forensic analysis that revealed 599 still and moving indecent images of children – 287 of which were rated among the worst kind of child porn, the court heard.

Mr Lees suggested the actual figure may have been much higher if entry had been gained to inaccessible parts of computer discs recovered from the property.

Foster was arrested and, while on bail for this offence, indecently exposed himself to a mother and her two-year-old child in Blackheath town centre on March 29 of this year, it was said.

Mr Lees said the woman and child were walking along the pavement on the busy Saturday afternoon when the defendant exposed himself to them while a passenger on the No. 53 bus.

The prosecutor continued: “The bus was moving slowly due to the amount of traffic and fortunately a police car was nearby allowing officers to board the bus and arrest him.”

Mr David Houldcroft, defending, said: “He accepts he has a problem and needs help in addressing it. This young man has not been successful with relationships, drifted into adult porn which led him to websites and these images. He clearly has an unhealthy obsession.”

Foster, now of Locarno Road, Tipton, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of making indecent images between January 2010 and October 2012 and indecent exposure.

He was told by Judge Michael Challinor: “Most people would expect a prison sentence to be imposed for these kind of offences. They are serious and the second offence of exposure was committed while on bail.

“A prison sentence is deserved but I must follow the sentencing guidelines and they do not allow me to impose a sentence long enough to ensure your rehabilitation or keep you long enough to protect the public, particularly young girls.

The judge, who expressed concern at the ‘inordinate’ length of time taken to resolve the case’, continued: “This can be achieved over three years which is much longer than the period of time you could be sent to prison for. I will deal with this in a way that will do more to protect the public than a short prison sentence.”

Foster was given a three-year community order under supervision during which he must attend the community sex offender programme for as long as necessary. He was put on the sex offender register for five years and made the subject of an indefinite sex offender prevention order banning him from accessing the internet in a way that prevents police from checking its use.

August 2014

Dad jailed for eight years after leaving son with life-changing injuries

Baby batterer John Davis has been jailed for eight years after leaving his 21-day-old son with lifelong injuries including cerebral palsy

The defenceless baby needed his skull reconstructed after suffering severe head injuries, five broken ribs, bleeding to his brain and a broken collarbone at the hands of the vile thug.

He was rushed to hospital and twice stopped breathing on the way, with paramedics having to bring the tot back to life.

But despite admitting grievous bodily harm, Davis, 30, has refused to reveal how the injuries were caused – at first claiming he dropped the baby and later saying he blacked out.

The court heard narrowly avoided prison in 2012 for dangling another small child from a balcony in Herne Bay. 

The horrifying incident was reported to police by a passer-by, but Davis resisted arrest and fought with officers. On that occasion he released a suspended sentence

But the little boy’s mum, who now lives near Canterbury, has told a judge: “In a period of time Davis will be released and he will go back to his life.

“But my baby will be a victim of what he did, not just for a few years, but for the rest of his life.”

Family members from both sides packed the public galleries at Canterbury Crown Court to hear the heart-wrenching details of the injuries caused to the three-week-old child, who now suffers from cerebral palsy.

Prosecutor Paul Raudnitz said that the night before the incident in March last year, Davis, of Sea Street, Herne Bay, and two pals had binged on vodka to celebrate the birth of the child.

He said: “The case for the Crown is that on March 12 John Davis assaulted his three-week-old son and caused him serious and life-threatening injuries, including fractures to his skull, his collar bone and to his ribs.

“The victim suffers ongoing consequences to this day and the extent to which those injuries are likely to be either longer-lasting or indeed permanent remains to be seen.”

Because Davis refused to own up, the child’s mother was initially arrested after the incident and was expecting to give evidence at his trial.

But earlier this year Davis changed his plea to guilty – and gave two accounts of how the injuries were caused.

Initially he told police he had dropped the baby after going to feed him but later claimed he suffered a blackout and had no idea how the injuries had been caused.

Mr Raudnitz said Davis’s boozing habits had been a cause of arguments between the couple.

Davis claimed he had quit drinking and taking drugs in the weeks before the tragedy.

However, in March the couple had decided to celebrate the birth and invited two other people to a party when nearly three bottles of vodka were consumed and they played a drinking game. The baby’s mum only drank a little, he said.

In the morning the mother was about to give the child his early morning feed when Davis volunteered to do it.

Mr Raudnitz said: “He took the baby downstairs and very regrettably that was the last time the mother saw her child fit and well.

“She had remained in bed and heard her baby crying what she thought was a normal hungry cry and she went back to sleep.

“The first time she realised that something was wrong was when she heard the defendant crying – although from the bed she was unable to see him standing at the top of the stairs.

“Davis appeared to be hysterical, holding the baby to his chest and repeating ‘I’ve dropped him. I’ve dropped him’.”

The prosecutor said Davis then ran into the bedroom claiming he had dropped the baby when trying to find a dummy for him and the baby ‘had fallen out of his arms’.

Mr Raudnitz said by now the baby had turned blue and the mother kept shouting for Davis to get a phone and 999 was called.

Twice while on his way to the QEQM Hospital the baby stopped breathing – once for between 10 and 15 seconds – and had to be revived by paramedics.

The baby boy was later transferred to Kings College Hospital in London and an X-ray revealed five rib fractures and a broken collarbone.

The victim’s injuries were examined by consultant paediatric radiologist Dr Stephen Chapman, an expert in non-accidental injuries.

He concluded that the head fracture – which included bleeding both within and outside the brain – would have required a greater level of force than normal in domestic incidents.

The expert added that he had only ever seen such fractures “in road traffic accidents or non-accidental injuries and said they were quite out of keeping with an accidental domestic fall”.

August 2014

Clacton teaching assistant not guilty of sex with pupil but guilty of other sex offences

A teaching assistant who admitted sending sexual photographs of herself to a 15-year-old boy has been cleared of having sex with the pupil.

Elaine McKay, 58, was found not guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child.

She worked at Clacton Coastal Academy in Essex at the time of the offences, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.

McKay previously admitted causing a child to watch a sexual act, by exchanging indecent images with him.

She broke down in tears as she told the court she had sent explicit pictures to the schoolboy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, for about a year.

The mother-of-two and grandmother-of-two claimed the boy had asked for a picture of her, before sending her a picture of his privates.

She told jurors: “He kept pestering and asking me, ‘please, just one picture, just one picture, even if it’s just a pair of knickers’.”

Asked why she sent the images, McKay said: “I have no idea whatsoever. This is my regret. I don’t know, I don’t know the reason.”

Ms McKay also performed a sex act for the boy over the video messaging website Skype.

Unbeknown to her, some of his friends were also watching, the jury was told.

The relationship came to light when the boy showed the indecent photographs of her, which had been stored on his phone, to one of his friends.

The victim later told his friend they had also had sex, said prosecutor Richard Scott.

But McKay denied having sex with the pupil, saying the teenager had told a lie which had got out of control.

Judge Patricia Lynch said she would sentence McKay next month for sending the pictures.

August 2007

Two Men Who Got a Schoolboy Hopelessly Drunk and Then Sexually Assaulted Him Have Been Jailed

Two men who got a schoolboy hopelessly drunk and then sexually assaulted him have been jailed.

At Exeter Crown Court Paul Manley, 44, who forced the 13-year- old to drink, was jailed for seven years and Joseph Hampton, 20, who took a less active role, was given three-year sentence.

Hampton and another man, 44-year-old Paul Manley, were in a Paignton park when the teenager came up and asked them for a cigarette. After giving him a roll up and letting him have a sip of the sherry they forced him to drink quarter of the bottle.

August 2014

Guilty plea over child abuse pics

AN EASTON man found to have amounted a sordid stash of child abuse photos has been put on a sex offender programme. Police investigated Christian Miller’s computer after he was arrested following an allegation by his ex-partner.

Bristol Crown Court heard he was found with just over 28,000 images of youngsters at the lowest abuse category.

Miller, 35, of High Street, pleaded guilty to 13 charges of making indecent images of children and one charge of possessing an extreme pornography image.

Judge Michael Longman told him: “Images of this sort require an audience. Those who chose to become part of the audience contribute to the abuse which is depicted.

“There was an enormous volume of material and therefore a very large number of victims. You downloaded in bulk, these were not images viewed individually.”

The judge handed Miller a three-year community order with three years supervision and an order to attend the Thames Valley Sex Offender Programme.

Miller was told to register as a sex offender for five years, his offending computer equipment was destroyed and he was ordered to pay £400 court costs, payable at £10 a week.

James Ward, prosecuting, said police found Miller had 28,230 child abuse images at the lowest “erotic posing” category, and had deleted 2,839 similar photos.

The court heard the collection included indecent photos of girls aged as young as four. He also admitted having a photo depicting bestiality.

Timothy Rose, defending, said: “I accept 28,000 is a significant figure.

“It is not that unusual in cases of this nature, regrettably.”

Mr Rose said his remorseful client downloaded files of images in bulk and had actually viewed a small minority.

The court heard that at the time he offended Miller suffered an “extreme bereavement” as well as a relationship breakdown.

Since then he had made efforts to address and change his ways, the court heard.

Mr Rose said: “He hasn’t sat back and waited to trust his luck in the criminal justice system.

“He has used this as a catalyst to significant change in his behaviour.”

August 2014

Pervert trapped in under-age sex sting

A PERVERT turned up with a bottle of vodka when he expected to meet a 14-year-old girl at a Leamington supermarket car park – only to be confronted by a group who had set up the meeting.

And following the sting, Terence Matthews was traced by the police through his registration number.

The 56-year-old of Bury Road, Leamington, pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to attempting to meet a girl under the age of 16 for sexual activity following grooming.

And at Coventry Crown Court, following an adjournment for a pre-sentence report to be prepared on him, he was sentenced to 13 months in prison suspended for two years.

Judge Richard Griffith-Jones also made him subject to supervision for two years and ordered him to take part in a sex offender treatment programme and to register as a sex offender for five years.

Prosecutor Simon Phillips said Matthews first made contact with a girl through an internet chat site at the beginning of March last year.

The girl’s profile, on which her real name was used, said she was 14, and included a picture which was obviously of a school-age girl.

In fact, although the picture was of a real 14-year-old, it was a fake profile which had been placed on the site by a man called John Stokes, a member of a group calling itself Letz Go Hunting.

Over the following few days Matthews communicated with the girl who made it clear she was only 14 and a schoolgirl – with comments about her teachers, and even posting a picture of herself in school uniform.

Despite that, when they discussed meeting, Matthews suggested he could touch her breasts and perform other sex acts with her.

They arranged to meet on the car park of the Asda supermarket, and he arrived with a bottle of vodka which the girl had said she wanted.

“He turns up, but rather than her, he is confronted by a group including John Stokes,” said Mr Phillips.

The confrontation was recorded on camera and posted on You Tube, and Matthews was subsequently traced through his car number plate.

When he was arrested Matthews, who had no previous convictions, denied he was going to do anything unlawful.

And during his police interview about the offence he claimed he thought she was 19, and that her comments about being 14 was ‘just banter,’ Mr Phillips added.

Sentencing Matthews after reading the pre-sentence report, Judge Griffith-Jones also made him subject to a sexual offences prevention order for ten years.

August 2014

Dwarf faces jail for harassing schoolgirls for sex

A dwarf who makes £150 an hour by dressing as an Oompa Loompa or Superman at stag dos and hen parties is facing jail after harassing schoolgirls for sex.

Marc Corrieri, 21, who can make £750 per night by being handcuffed to the groom, first messaged a pair of twins on Facebook when they were 15 and asked one to feel ‘his third leg’.

The 4ft 2in performer, from Motherwell, also sent explicit messages to a 13-year-old girl whom he met at an under 16s disco.

He initially offered the girl a job as a face-painter for £50 per day, but soon started asking about her sex life.

Corrieri admitted four charges of sending sexually explicit messages to two 15-year-olds and two 13-year-olds between May 2011 and August 2012 when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

The court heard he was caught by police after one girl’s mother found the messages and feared her daughter was being groomed.

The court heard Corrieri – who did not know any of the girls before he started message them – boasted he was rich and had a flash car.

He stopped messaging the twins for a few months – but started with the sexually-explicit messages again once they turned 16.

Depute fiscal Imran Bashir told the court: ‘He originally asked the sisters to go for a walk with him. He sent regular messages but they stopped abruptly for about six months.

‘When they turned 16 he messaged them again and they described the messages as being a lot more ‘creepy’ than before.

‘He asked one of them how far she had gone with a boy and told her to wear a mini skirt and tights and that he had a fancy car.

‘He would message her about five or six times a day and he made sexual remarks. He told one of them he was now her boss and she would have to do what he said.

‘She was worried he would be waiting for her after work.’

The court heard Corrieri contacted another 13-year-old and repeatedly asked her what school she went to.

The entertainer earns up to £750 in one night, usually by handcuffing himself to grooms during stag parties.

Talking about his career, he previously told the Mail: ‘It’s a different career. I wanted to have a laugh and I just thought, “go for it”.

‘I get paid to go out and party with different lads, we get a lot of attention from the ladies and I get to enjoy myself.

‘I dress up for them [stags] as Superman or as an Oompa Loompa but I draw the line at dressing up as a woman – that’s a no go.’

The rules of Corrieri’s act include no picking up or throwing, no tampering with his drink, not using the word ‘midget’ and no police involvement.

Corrieri will be sentenced next month.  He has been put on the sex offenders’ register.

July 2014

Man jailed for masterbating in front of a 5 year old child

At his trial on the 31st of July at Worcester crown court, Darren Lee Etwell was found guilty of engaging in a sex act in the presence of a child aged under 13 years old.

The court heard that unemployed Etwell, 32 years old of Birches Coppice, Kidderminster had told the five year old boy that masterbating was a good thing to do whilst carrying out the sex act on his bed in the presence of the child. 

The court was not able to establish if this was a single act or if it had been repeated over a course of time.

The judge dismissed Etwell’s version of events and told the court he felt Etwell committed the act for his own sexual gratification and subsequently jailed him.

Etwell was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and is required to register on the sex offenders register for 10 years.

August 2014

1,400 images of child abuse images held by ‘family man’

A FAMILY man has pleaded guilty to downloading more than 1,400 images of child abuse.

Anthony Allison, 50, of Farm Road, Warlingham, pleaded guilty to six counts of making images of child porn, ranging from more than 800 level A images (those involving penetration, animals or sadism) to more than 130 level C images (any sexual images of children).

Allison’s hearing at Guildford Crown Court on Friday started later than planned, and defence counsel Sarah Lindop told the court she had to explain to Allison that downloading the images, which included films, led to a charge of making them.

The court heard how Allison, a “family man” of previous good character, had progressed from viewing adult pornography online to viewing child abuse images.

Ms Lindop told the court: “I have told Mr Allison that by double-clicking and downloading the images, he is making the image. It is quite difficult for members of the public to understand.”

She added: “There is no dispute that he downloaded [the images]. There is some dispute about whether he viewed them all in terms of the full cycle of viewing.”

Ms Lindop told the court there was “significant mitigation” in the case, claiming Allison had sometimes downloaded an image without first checking the title. She asked for a non-custodial sentence to be considered.

She added: “It is not uncommon for people to progress in this fashion [from viewing images of adults to viewing images of children].”

But Recorder Peter Crabtree warned Allison he was facing a possible jail term when he returns to the court for sentencing.

He said: “The titles of the movies that were downloaded indicate a range of young, teenage and pre-pubescent children as young as two, three or four, and children being abused in the highest possible category.

“There are significant aggravating factors.”

Mr Crabtree told Allison that by downloading the images he was involved in a cycle which destroyed the lives of children forced to be involved.

He added: “You have pleaded guilty to an extremely serious offence, the images include moving images and a large number at the highest level involving some very young children.”

Allison was ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register.

He has been released on unconditional bail to appear at Guildford Crown Court for sentencing on August 29.

August 2014

Businessmen jailed for child sex attacks

Two successful businessmen who sexually abused a young girl have been jailed by a judge.

Scott Cordner and Robert Dunn met in an internet chat room and after exchanging ‘disgusting’ messages about sexual offences against children, did it for real.

Cordner also sexually abused a second girl and after being released on bail, continued to download indecent images of children from the internet.

Cordner, aged 42, of Ferrers Road, Yoxall, Staffordshire, was jailed for a total of six years at Stafford Crown Court after admitting sexual activity with the first youngster, three charges of sexually assaulting the other girl and nine counts of making indecent images of children

Co-accused Dunn, aged 47, formerly of Windmill Bank, Gentleshaw, Staffordshire, now of The Parks, Trentham, Stoke on Trent, was jailed for a total of 32 months.

He admitted sexual activity with the first girl and five offences of making indecent images of children.

Judge Mark Eades told them: “You both have a dark secret – you are both attracted to young girls. It’s easy to hide that secret in the privacy of your own home, behind your computer. It seems harmless but it’s not.

“The evil doesn’t stop there, the more you view these pictures, the easier it is to persuade yourself it’s really not so bad, that most people talk about it in internet chat rooms.

“Some of the disgusting conversations you two had on the internet have been read out, horrible conversations dealing with horrible acts.

“The trouble with that is it can lead to the execution of those acts, which is what happened in this case.

“After the balloon went up, you Cordner were released on bail and you reverted to type.”

Mr Nicholas Cartwright, prosecuting, said both defendants were married family men holding down work in respectable occupations.

They met on the internet exchanging messages which saw them discuss young girls.

The offences against the first girl came to light when Cordner’s wife was using her husband’s computer in January last year and found his conversations with Dunn.

The second case came to light when another girl reported to Childline that she had been sexually assaulted.

After being arrested Cordner told police the conversations with Dunn had started out as just ‘fantasy’.

Cordner was released on bail, but police investigations into another internet paedophile led them to discovering Cordner was still downloading child pornography.

He was re-arrested and questioned in April this year.

Miss Laura Pitman, for Cordner, said: “He was a man of previous good character and a businessman. He appeared to have everything you could hope for, but he then disturbed not only his own life, but also his wife’s.

“On the last occasion [in court] he asked to be remanded in custody. He’s applied for a place on the therapy wing at the prison where he is being held.”

Mr Rupert Lowe, for Dunn, said:”He does feel genuine remorse, not only for what he’s done but also for others who have been affected. As to why it happened, I can’t give an explanation and don’t seek to. It was an escalating internet chat which led to the activity.”

August 2014

Former teacher banned from classrooms for life after indecent images of children conviction

A former teacher at Potters Bar’s Park Education Support Centre, who was convicted for possession of child abuse images, has now been banned from the country’s classrooms for life.

In a decision made on behalf of Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, Mark Edwards-Jones, 59, was banned permanently on the recommendation of a disciplinary panel.

The National College for Teaching and Leadership professional conduct panel’s report states that on September 29, 2010, Edwards-Jones was arrested at his home on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.

It continues: “When the police attended at his home, he attempted to delete some images. On three different computers examined, the police discovered a total of 218 images which were categorised as Level 1 and three images categorised as Level 2.”

Edwards-Jones pleaded guilty at Wood Green Crown Court on October 7, 2011, to possessing an indecent photograph or pseudo photograph of a child.

He was then sentenced to a community order with a supervision requirement for two years, and a requirement to participate in Thames Valley Sex Offender Treatment Programme for up to 60 days.

He was placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for five years and an order was made for forfeiture of the computer seized by police.

Imposing the ban, NCTL official Paul Heathcote said: “Mr Edwards-Jones has been convicted of possession of indecent photographs/pseudo photographs of children. His behaviour is fundamentally incompatible with being a teacher. He has seriously departed from the standards expected of a teacher.

“Mr Edwards-Jones actions were deliberate and indeed he attempted to delete a number of the images before the police were able to view them. He has also admitted that his actions were sexually motivated.

“Given the circumstances of this case, I agree with the panel that a prohibition order is in the public interest. Mr Edwards-Jones has shown no remorse, nor recognised the wider impacts of his actions on children. I agree that the order should be without provision for Mr Edwards-Jones to apply to have the order set aside.”

The decision means that Edwards-Jones is prohibited from teaching indefinitely in any school, Sixth Form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England. He has a right of appeal to the High Court.

Edwards-Jones was employed as a science teacher at the Park Education Support Centre, in Field View Road, between 2008 and 2011, responsible for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 to Year 10 pupils. He remained in the post until he resigned on November 17, 2011.

August 2014

Jail for child sex abuse plotter

A former social worker who arranged to have sex with an eight-year-old girl has been jailed for four years.

Nicholas Allen, 54, believed he was meeting with the mother and stepmother of the girl when he travelled from his home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to the village of Leybourne, Kent, in order to carry out the sexual abuse, Maidstone Crown Court was told.

But the two women, who had also told Allen they were in a lesbian relationship, turned out to be undercover police officers from the Kent force and he was arrested.

Today, the father-of-two pleaded guilty to arranging the commission of a child sex offence between April 9 and May 15 this year, with the intention of having penetrative sex with an eight-year-old child.

He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, the court heard.

Allen claimed that he had been gathering evidence of alleged abuse to give to police when he was questioned about the online and text message conversations with the undercover officers, prosecutor Serena Gates said.

She said that although Allen’s dialogue with the two officers was cautious at first, as he became more confident he talked about what he would like to do to the girl and asked how he would go about meeting up with them to carry out the abuse.

Allen also asked what protection there would be for the three or them saying “no-one wants to end up next to Stuart Hall”, the former BBC broadcaster who was convicted and jailed last year and earlier this year for child sex offences, the court was told.

On May 14, Allen met with the officers and was arrested, Miss Gates said.

She continued: “He told police he had been a social worker for 30 years but that he had been dismissed for sending inappropriate text messages to a 15-year-old girl.”

The court heard Allen also had a caution for a previous sexual assault on a teenager.

Kieran Moroney, representing Allen, said the defendant had suffered a breakdown in his late 40s and early 50s which had culminated in the end of his marriage.

He said that although Allen was a “sexual deviant” he had talked about being “stupid, naive and angry with himself” for getting involved and that there was “remorse” for what he had done.

Judge David Griffith-Jones jailed Allen and told him he would have to sign the sex offenders’ register for an indefinite period.

He also made him the subject of a sexual offences prevention order (Sopo) and said it was likely that Allen would be barred by the relevant statutory authority from working with children.

He said: “It’s quite clear that your offending behaviour was sexually motivated.

“Initial protestations that you were involved in some kind of research or crusade to reveal perpetrators of these offences was wholly untrue.”

He went on: “These offences were, in short, calculated over a significant period of time.”

August 2014

Sentenced to 12 years in prison for string of sexual offences

A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a string of sexual offences.

Charles Tetley, of Kings Road, Long Clawson, near Melton, was sentenced, today, at Leicester Crown Court.

He had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to five counts of rape; attempted rape; eight counts of assault by penetration; three counts of sexual assault, and 10 counts of making indecent images of children.

The conviction relates to a number of offences against one person, which he committed between January 2011 and October 2013.

Speaking after the hearing, Detective Constable Mike Buckey, the investigating officer in the case, praised his victim’s bravery in coming forward.

He said: “The victim has shown immense bravery throughout the investigation and court process.

“Fortunately, because Tetley pleaded guilty to the offences she has been spared the trauma of reliving what happened to her in the court room.”

Det Con Buckley added: “I hope that the sentence passed today, and Tetley’s admission, will help the victim move on with her life and put the events of those two and half years behind her.”

August 2014

Paedophile took sick photographs of girl he sexually abused

A paedophile who took pictures of a very young girl as he abused her over a period of years was jailed.

Alan Gent, 29, was caught after police became aware that his computer’s IP address had been used to download indecent images of children.

They raided the home where he lived with his family, on Swifts Lane, Bootle, and arrested Gent, who has Asperger’s syndrome.

Anthony O’Donohoe, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court that officers searched an Asus hard drive they recovered from his bedroom and found thousands of indecent images of children involving multiple victims.

One series of images showed Gent himself abusing a girl, although his face could not be seen, and he admitted to police it was him.

Gent denied he was sexually attracted to children but said he was confused and needed psychological help.

The images of other victims were ones he had downloaded from the internet.

He pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity with a female under 13 and, making 906 indecent images of Category A, the most serious, 699 of Category B and 750 of Category C.

He also admitted possession of 2,355 indecent images of children.

Stuart Mills, defending, said it was difficult to put forward mitigation because Gent found it very hard to communicate due to his illness.

But he did say that, as well as losing the support of his family: “He is obviously struggling in custody and is likely to go on struggling as he will stick out like a sore thumb as being a vulnerable prisoner. He tells me he spends the majority of his time simply reading.”

Judge Mark Brown said: “You have admitted that over a period of about two years and on five separate occasions you were involved in sexual activity with a child.

“It’s clear there was a significant breach of trust.

“Not only was there a significant breach of trust but you also filmed everything that she did.

“That filming was downloaded onto your computer. When your computer was examined by police, they found there was 906 images of Category A, 699 of Category B and 750 of Category C.

“It will be understood that those photographs are of separate victims and separate victims to her.”

He gave Gent one third off his sentence for his early guilty pleas and frankness with police.

Judge Brown jailed him for three years for the sexual abuse and added another six months for the indecent images.

August 2014

Derby paedophile jailed for 20 years for historic abuse of six young girls

A PAEDOPHILE who raped and abused six young girls three decades ago has been jailed for 20 years.

David Jackson, 59, of Sandringham Road, Chaddesden, was convicted by a Derby Crown Court jury of 14 counts of rape, seven of indecent assault and one of gross indecency with a child.

His victims were aged between five and 14 and some he abused for years.

One of his victims, who is now a mother and in her 30s, told the Derby Telegraph Jackson would say that if she told anyone about the abuse she would never see her mum again.

The woman said: “He knew I loved my mum and I never saw her much, so he used that against me.

“He would take me upstairs in his house and abuse me and then send me off to the shop to buy some sweets.”

She said the abuse had a big impact on her life.

“It has made me wary with men around my daughters and it has affected my relationships,” she said.

The woman, whom Jackson abused between the ages of seven and 12, said she was pleased she had gone to the police but wished she had reported it sooner.

She said: “He’s an old man now and has lived most of his life but I just didn’t feel strong enough to do it before.

“I would encourage anyone who has been abused to go to the police, and it’s never too late to do this.”

Detective Constable Luke Harper, investigating officer in the case, said that the first victim had come forward in February last year and she told them she suspected Jackson had abused more. The others then made statements. Jackson denied the charges throughout.

DC Harper said: “I would like to commend the bravery of each of these six women who have all had to live for years knowing what David Jackson had done to them when they were children.

“They have all shown tremendous strength and courage to come forward to tell the police and the court what happened to them. I hope the findings of the court and the length of the sentence will help bring some closure so they can now move on with the rest of their lives.

“Derbyshire Constabulary always takes reports of this nature seriously and will complete thorough investigations in order to seek justice for victims.”

August 2014

Young girls abused by paedophile babysitter

A MAN who sexually abused two young girls over an eight year period has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

Michael Long repeatedly molested the girls during the 1990s when he was looking after them.

The 53-year-old pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of indecent assault but was convicted following a trial at Swindon Crown Court.

As he was being led away by the dock officer he mumbled in the direction of the jury: “I didn’t do it, I didn’t do it.”

Long had been babysitting for the young girls when he carried out the abuse on them about twenty years ago.

The court heard that though he had no previous convictions of a sexual nature he had matters of dishonesty and drugs on his record.

Long, of Pinehurst Road, pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of indecent assault between the start of 1990 and the end of 1997 but was convicted following a trial.

The girls were both under the age of 14 years, and as young as about seven years old, when the abuse started.

Chris Smyth, defending, said there was no suggestion he had offended against any other children in the 17 years since the offences.

He pointed out that the maximum sentence for such offences at the time was ten years, though it would be much higher now.

Jailing Long, Judge Douglas Field said he had no option except to impose an immediate custodial sentence.

He said: “You are a man of 53 and the jury has, quite rightly in my view, convicted you of all 12 counts of sexually abusing these two young girls.

“Over time you frequently abused them. The abuse against one was more serious. The penetration was brief and there was no violence.

“The abuse of the other was less serious but also frequent – again momentary, no violence, but frequent

“Both these young victims have been psychologically damaged, both had difficulties with relationships with men. These offences of course merit custody – immediate custody.”

As well as jailing Long for five-and-a-half years, Judge Field also told him he must register as a sex offender for life.

The judge also imposed a sexual offences prevention order restricting Long’s liberty when he is eventually released from prison.

August 2014

Pervert who secretly filmed primary school girls convicted

A pervert who was seen filming young girls on his mobile phone in Camberley and Farnborough said he intended to get caught so that he would be helped to control his urges, a court heard.

Paul Carter, 61, was spotted by parents discretely filming children aged between five and eight, some in school uniform, in Camberley at around 3.30pm on May 24.

He was then seen filming girls aged between six and nine at Farnborough Gate retail park a short time later.

Carter, of Bruntile Close, Farnborough, initially denied two charges of taking indecent photos of children and two charges of outraging public decency, and was due to stand trial in July.

However, when no evidence was offered on the indecent photo charges, he changed his pleas to guilty for the latter two charges last Thursday (August 7) at in Guildford Magistrates Court saying he could see why people may have taken offence.

Carter was seen aiming his phone at the girls in both locations, with one girl in Camberley saying: “Mummy, that man just winked at me.”

Carter was watched walking to his car and driving away, and later arrived at Farnborough Gate where he was challenged by a parent.

He denied he was filming the girls, arguing that he was waiting for a phone call.

He told police in an interview that he had seen the girls and thought they were sweet, but that “nothing funny happened”.

But in a second interview, Carter admitted what he had done and claimed he had wanted to be arrested.

Johnson Shittu, prosecuting, said: “He said he thought he had not been seen in Camberley so went to Farnborough with the intention of getting caught so he could get help for his actions.”

Carter told the police he found the young girls sexually attractive and was suffering from stress and anxiety.

Chairman of the bench, Richard Huckle said the offences were serious enough to warrant a community order of 36 months. During this period, Carter will receive supervision, attend appointments with probation officers and take part in any programmes he is told to.

He will complete 160 hours on a sex offenders’ programme.

Carter was also told to pay £250 costs and a victim surcharge of £60.

August 2014

Convicted child abuse images pervert exposed as Gatwick airport frisker

A SECURITY officer at Gatwick airport has been suspended after The Sun exposed him as a paedophile.

Sheridan Hutton, 41, had powers to frisk kids but was stripped of duties after the Sun newspaper alerted bosses.

He admitted having indecent images of kids in June and received an eight-month suspended jail term at Maidstone crown court in Kent.

But Hutton, who has to sign the sex offenders register, kept his conviction secret and remained in his job.

His role involved searching male travellers of all ages.

Airport bosses acted swiftly when alerted, suspending Hutton and launching a probe.

A Gatwick spokesman said last night Hutton breached the terms of his employment by not informing superiors.

It is likely to lead to dismissal pending an inquiry.

The spokesman added: “We were not aware, at any point, of any convictions relating to offences of possessing indecent images of children.”

Hutton, of Maidstone, has been employed at the airport for a number of years.

He was nicked last year for breaching a harassment order relating to a 19-year-old ex.

Police searched his home and found indecent images of kids on his laptop.

Hutton told The Sun he pleaded guilty but was going to appeal.