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A Derbyshire pervert has lost his home, wife and job after he "used and abused" an underage girl for sex over a two-year period and threatened to kill her if she spoke out. A graphic and detailed account of Michael Scott's abuse was given to the court by prosecutors.

Scott, 48, began abusing the girl after they started speaking on social media. A friend of the victim then noticed naked pictures on her phone exchanged between the two. Videos and pictures of Scott, of no fixed abode, abusing the girl were then also found on his phone.

His actions, committed in the Derby area, were described in court as "debasing and disgusting." Scott has now been jailed for six years, his first time in prison, is barred from having any contact with females under the age of 18 and is on the sex offenders register and subject to a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely.

Henry James, prosecuting, told Derby Crown Court on Tuesday, June 7: "He showered her with gifts out of a depraved and sexual interest. She was confused. She knew it was wrong. Mr Scott systematically used her as a thing that he could maul and foul."

Mr James said that the gifts included a laptop and the victim later detailed to police a "catalogue of foul and depraved" acts committed by Scott. Scans of Scott's mobile phone also showed internet searches of whether iMessages could be used as evidence in court.

In a short victim personal statement, read out by Mr James, the victim said: "At the time of when this happened I felt scared and worried. He said he would kill me. I did not feel safe. I feel like I'm dealing well with what happened."

Scott, who had no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to two counts of having sex with an underage girl on March 23. Pleas of not guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images were accepted by the prosecution and were instead considered an aggravating feature of the offences.

James Varley, defending, said that Scott had been granted time by a different judge to get his affairs in order including putting his narrowboat home into storage and handing his notice in with his employers. Mr Varley said his wife had also left him as a consequence of his offending.

He said: "This is a man who is now 48, who stands to lose his good name. He has worked all his life. He will lose his livelihood as his plant operating licences will lapse and when he is released he will have to start from scratch again.

"He has had to spend the last few weeks explaining to his family what has happened and what the consequences will be. In a more eloquent testament to the man he is, his family have come along to support him. I am not suggesting that they have forgiven him but they have come along to show him some love. He is a man who has a lot of good about him.

"He has acted in the last few weeks with a great deal of integrity and realism. What I submit to the court is genuine remorse."

Sentencing Scott to concurrent six-year sentences on both charges, Judge Shaun Smith QC said: "You showered her with gifts and attention and over a two-year period you proceeded to develop a relationship with her and you abused her in a particularly significant and unimaginable way. To use the words of the prosecutor, you systematically used and abused her.

"You recorded some of what happened and while they no longer form any charges, they aggravate your position. Your phone had images showing you abusing her. What you did must be unimaginable to any normal human being.

"The whole thing was debasing and disgusting and it was at your hands, a 48-year-old adult. Your desires clearly got the better of you because up to then you were of good character. You had a good name which you have now lost, someone with a livelihood which you have now lost, someone with a home which you have now lost."

Scott will serve half of his sentence in custody before being released on licence. He must both sign the sex offender register and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely, and is barred from contact of any sort with females under the age of 18 and from contacting the victim directly or indirectly.

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A "dirty old man" from Derbyshire who keeps getting caught with sick child abuse images of underage boys told police "I just can't stop it - like an alcoholic".

Derby Crown Court heard how pensioner Michael Brewer-Taylor's latest offence saw police find more than 100 horrific images and films on his laptop. The 72-year-old also had cleaning software on his computer which he would use to delete his browsing history.

And the defendant's sentencing hearing was told he had been carrying out similar offences for around two decades.

Jailing him for 32 months, Recorder Adrian Reynolds said: "There are young kids being forced into sexual activity that they either don't understand or don't consent to for the gratification of a dirty old man like you. What am I supposed to do with someone like you?

"You have been doing this for 20-odd years now and I have read a thoroughly written report about you and in it you come across as a totally deceitful man.

"You turn up for the meetings and say the right things but behind this you don't change at all. It gives me no pleasure at all to send someone of your age to prison but you have given me no choice whatsoever."

Leanne Summers, prosecuting, said Brewer-Taylor has been supervised by experts since being released from his last prison sentence for possessing indecent images of children.

She said two police officers arrived unannounced at his home in Heanor on June 23, 2020, and while one of them spoke to him the other checked his computer.

The prosecutor said: "The officer noticed on the home screen mentions of 'boy' and 'teen' and when he clicked on them that led them to indecent images. There were 36 of (the most serious) category A, 94 category B and 67 category C.

"There were also Google searches that suggested he had been looking for child sex pornography."

Miss Summers said also on the computer was cleaning software which would be capable of erasing the user's browsing history which the defendant was not allowed to have as part of a previously-imposed sexual harm prevention order.

She said in his interview he denied having any illegal material and instead suggested the images were legal and that those pictured were aged 18 and over.

The prosecutor said that in 2013 Brewer-Taylor was arrested and convicted of having indecent images of children.

Miss Summers said: "When asked about those images he told the police 'I just can't stop it - like an alcoholic'."

The defendant, of Buxton Avenue, pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children and breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

Roger Wilson, mitigating, said his client's husband is in jail, but he did not say what for, and that he is due to be released from prison next year.

He said: "He had a good career, paid his mortgage off, lives alone, living like a hermit and happy in his own company. He is extremely terrified at his age of a prison sentence. A stand-alone suspended sentence would be like the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head."

As well as the jail sentence, Recorder Reynolds handed Brewer-Taylor a fresh lifetime sexual harm prevention order. He will also be on the sex offender register for life.

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A pensioner from Derbyshire has been jailed for five years for committing sexual offences against three young girls. The youngest of his victims was just 11 years old at the time. Patrick Costello, of Sun Street in Woodville, appeared in Derby Crown Court charged with 13 offences, of which he denied 10, forcing victims to give evidence and relive their ordeals.

The 68-year-old was found guilty by a jury of all ten charges which included several counts of gross indecency with a girl under 16, sexual activity with a child aged 13-17 and voyeurism. The court heard how Costello repeatedly committed acts of gross indecency over the bodies of two young victims whilst they were asleep.

He also filmed one of the girls showering and watched whilst she changed in her bedroom. Costello's voyeurism continued when another girl became an adult and he watched her in the shower. Costell had previously admitted to making indecent images of a child, one count of voyeurism and possessing extreme animal pornography.

The pensioner was sentenced at Derby Crown Court on 18 May and, in addition to the prison term, was handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a notification requirement for when he has served the custodial sentence.

Detective Staff Investigator Lindsey Scribbins, who led on the case said: I am so proud of the courageous and dignified way in which the three (now) women affected by Costellos crimes have conducted themselves during this investigation and subsequent trial.

Costellos behaviour was truly abhorrent. His offending was predatory, pre-meditated, and repeated, against three young girls when they were at their most vulnerable. My message for anyone out there who has been affected by sexual abuse or violence of any kind whether now or in the past is please come and speak to the police about what happened to you.

The survivors, in this case, came forward in recent years, despite the onset of this offending happening in the 90s. This shows that even cases of non-recent sexual abuse can result in a conviction. If you feel able, please report what happened to you -- we will listen, we will support you, and we will not judge.

Costello's first offence dates back to 1992 with the most recent being in 2016.

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A Derbyshire dad who was found to have thousands indecent images and videos on his laptop sobbed in court as he was labelled a "hardened paedophile" by a judge. James Conquest's home in Lumsdale Crescent, Matlock, was searched three times by police and despite being on bail during the latter two searches, police found more images every time, including some involving children as young as three.

The restaurant supervisor lied to police by saying that he had been sent the images at random and deleted them immediately as he did not have a sexual interest in children. When he was found to have sent images to another paedophile, 33-year-old Conquest told police that he was trying to "educate" the other offender and that he was on the dark web to try and help people.

But this story was dismissed as "nonsense" by a judge as the father-of-one appeared at Derby Crown Court on Wednesday, February 13 to be sentenced for 12 separate offences committed over the past three years. Alongside the thousands of indecent images of children, he was also found to have extreme pornographic images involving humans and animals on his phone and laptop.

Sentencing Conquest, Recorder Jason MacAdam said: "You are a hardened paedophile who will blame everybody but yourself for offending of this type. I conclude that passing my public duty in sentencing you means only an immediate custodial sentence can be passed. There can be no question that that is appropriate for this sort of persistent and maintained serial offending.

"You claimed to go on to sites to educate people. I dismiss this as nonsense. You are a paedophile. You get pleasure from looking at images and films of various children. You are very obviously sexually attracted to children.

"Your mitigation matters little in light of the evil you have done in your life, by accessing this sort of disgusting, vile material and so encouraging the industry of sexual abuse of children for profit. I have to accept that your offending thus far is for non-contact offences.

"I very much fear that there is a danger that you would go on and commit contact offences. That is the natural progression for somebody like you and you shake your head, but with somebody like you, who can't stop committing non-contact offences, it would be perfectly proper for me to say that I can't predict whether the intervention of the probation service in prison will work to stop you committing further or more serious offences."

Anthony Cheung, prosecuting, told the court that police searched Conquest's home on December 12, 2019, and seized a Samsung phone. The device was found to have a 848 category A images, the most serious category, 869 category B images and 4,107 category C images, including over 200 videos across the three categories and alongside 12 prohibited and 42 extreme images.

When police searched his home again on September 27, 2021 - while Conquest was on bail - police found another 524 images on a laptop and discovered that he had distributed 36 of the sick images to other paedophiles. While awaiting sentencing for nine counts related to the two searches, officers then looked at his phone on March 3 of this year and found another 29 indecent images, which he said he had as he knew police would look and he wanted to, according to the judge, "speed the process up".

Benn Robinson, mitigating, did not contest the facts of the case but said that his client was of previous positive good character and was responsible for looking after his elderly mother at home, who has terminal cancer. He said that the isolation caused by this, as well as no longer being able to see his young son, created a "perfect storm" for his offending.

He said: "His mother has suffered with various health difficulties for a great number of years and in more recent times this has escalated. When contact with his son stopped, at around the same time his own father left his mother.

"Mr Conquest then went to live with his mother who has various health difficulties, so he shouldered all the financial responsibility. In his spare time he had to physically support her by putting food on the table, collecting medications and such.

"It is perhaps not difficult to see how isolating that sort of existence can be. Less than 12 months later we know he has been downloading this sort of images. The elephant in the room is that it persisted after he was arrested.

"They are not contact offences. He directly has not caused the children in these images any serious harm. There is no suggestion he was trying to contact children himself."

Mr Robinson's pleas for a suspended sentence were rejected by the judge, who sentenced Conquest to concurrent 45-month sentences for counts of making indecent category A images of children, distributing indecent category A images and possessing extreme pornographic images.

He was given concurrent 12-month sentences for a second count of making indecent category A images, two counts of both making indecent category B and making category C images, and single counts possessing prohibited images of children, distributing category B and distributing category C images.

He was given a 24-month sentence, also concurrent, for a third count of making indecent category A images of children. Conquest will be on the Sex Offenders Register and the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely and his devices will be destroyed. He will serve half of his 45-month total prison sentence in custody, with any time spent on remand to be taken off. He must also pay a 170 victim surcharge.

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A nappy-wearing predatory paedophile from Derbyshire has been jailed raping a young boy.

Derby Crown Court heard how Rikki Poyser sent an image of himself wearing nothing but an adult nappy and sucking a dummy to what he thought was an underage teen.

Under the pseudonym "Steve Turner," the vile 33-year-old shared images of young boys engaged in sex with adults with a like-minded predator who called himself "Daddy Boy".

And in one of them, which showed a toddler aged just two being raped, he typed the words "I wish".

Jailing the defendant for 17-and-a-half years, Recorder Jason Macadam said: "This an appalling case that there is no doubt.

"(The victim) was particularly vulnerable because of his extreme youth and background.

"You are demonstrably capable of manipulation and you pose a high risk to children.

"I do consider you pose a significant risk of harm to members of the public.

"You are a manipulative and predatory paedophile."

James Varley, prosecuting, said police discovered an internet address linked to the defendant had been sharing horrific child abuse images with "Daddy Boy" in October 2020.

He said Poyser was arrested, his devices were seized but he refused to give the pass codes to access his iPhone.

Mr Varley said the National Crime Agency arrested his like-minded pervert "Daddy Boy" and it was discovered the pair had shared images, movies and talked explicitly online about what they had either done or wanted to do to children sexually.

He said it was discovered the defendant had raped a young boy.

Mr Varley said: "This was not sudden, it was a planned assault.

"Having been arrested he answered 'no comment' to the questions he was asked.

"When it was discovered he was "Steve Turner" there was evidence that during his chats with Daddy Boy these two men talked about child abuse in pretty extreme terms.

"Aware the police were very keen to break into his phone he turned to the dating app Grindr and met a young boy aged 15.

"The age seemed to excite him but it was a police decoy.

"He told the decoy he was into what is termed 'adult baby diaper love' or ABDL and there were pictures of him wearing an adult nappy and sucking a dummy.

"Packs of nappies were (later) recovered from his car."

Poyser, of Glamorgan Way, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, pleaded guilty to a number of charges including rape of a child under the age of 13, distributing indecent images of children, making indecent images of a child and attempting to engage a child in sexual communication.

He has no previous convictions.

Nicola Hunter, his barrister, told the hearing that since being remanded into prison last summer, her client had been working on one-to-one sessions to address his behaviour.

She said: "He accepts he buried his head in the sand, he has done all sorts of soul searching and he recognises he has a long way to go.

"He's willing to engage and wants to be better equipped for when he's released from custody."

The 17-and-a-half-year sentence is made up of 13-and-a-half years custody with a four-year extension.

It means Poyser will not be eligible to apply for parole until two-thirds of the way through the 13-and-a-half years.

He will be on the sex offender register for life and was handed a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.

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A man has been jailed for 38 years after he was found guilty of abusing two young girls.

Jamie Dawson, 41, of Garden Crescent, South Normanton, Derbyshire was convicted of 13 counts of raping a girl under the age of 13.

He was also found guilty of two counts of assaulting a girl under the age of 13 by touching.

The 41-year-old had denied the offences but was found guilty at a trial at Nottingham Crown Court.

Derbyshire Police said the girls were abused in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

The force said both victims had attempted to take their own lives as a result.

Det Con Brett Turner praised the victims for their bravery.

"Without their support and resilience Jamie Dawson would not have been brought to justice," he said.

"His actions, and then continued denials, show him to be nothing short of evil.

"The sentence imposed on him is one of the highest I have seen as an officer and is testament to the truly horrific crimes he committed.

"While it goes no way to repairing the damage that he wrought on these two women - I hope that this is the beginning of a new, brighter, chapter for them both, free of Dawson's shadow."

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A judge has jailed a "manipulative" Derbyshire sex offender for 24 years after he was found guilty of abusing girls.

Cruel Mark Reap bought gifts to try to persuade his victims to keep quiet but his offences came to light when one told her teacher.

Reap, 45, targeted his victims on multiple occasions between 2012 and 2018.

Reap, formerly of Bath Street, Ilkeston, was arrested in January 2019, but he continued to deny the offences, saying that both girls had made up stories.

Reap eventually pleaded guilty to seven separate offences at the start of his trial at Nottingham Crown Court on August 2.

The offences included five counts of rape and two of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

He appeared again at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday, October 8, and was sentenced to 24 years in prison.

Reap was added to the Sex Offender Register for life and has been made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order that will tightly control his behaviour when he is released.

Detective Inspector Craig Hall, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Reap is a manipulative sex offender who repeatedly raped and sexually abused two young girls – causing them considerable physical and emotional pain.

“By failing to take responsibility for his actions and accusing his victims of lying he caused needless additional distress and has rightly been handed a very lengthy custodial sentence.

“Detectives in Nottinghamshire Police’s public protection teams work every day to investigate cases of rape and sexual abuse and it is thanks to their hard work and tenacity that people like Reap are held to account and their victims are offered the support they need.

"Had it not been for their very thorough investigation and attention to detail Reap may very well have evaded justice

“So if you have been the victim of sexual assault we want to hear from you. It doesn’t matter that an offence happened many years ago; what matters is that it happened at all.

“If you make an allegation we will listen carefully to you, we will investigate and we do everything we can to get justice for you.”

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A paedophile bragged to friends about targeting vulnerable underage girls despite being on bail for previous offences.

Ben Dawson spoke to three girls over two years, but two were decoy profiles operated by paedophile hunters who later confronted him.

The 34-year-old repeatedly asked the girls for nude images and videos while also sending them explicit pictures and encouraging them to watch pornography.

But despite being on bail for his earlier offending and being warned by a friend about his actions, Dawson, of West End, Alfreton, continued to prey on young girls and tried to meet them, telling them that he could not have sex with them until they were 18.

Sentencing Dawson to five years in prison at Derby Crown Court, sitting at the Mercure Hotel in Nottingham, on Friday, October 29, Recorder Adrian Reynolds said: "What makes this case particularly serious is, in a nutshell, the determination with which you have continued to offend.

"You had already ignored a specific warning that [one of the girls] was vulnerable and should be left alone. That made no impact..

"Even when you were arrested a second time you continued to offend again. It is of considerable concern to me that you appear to be completely in denial about your sexual attraction to underage girls and you rather see yourself as the victim of all this.

"I don't agree with the defence's submission about that you were insisting that you would not have had sexual intercourse with any of these girls until they are 18. I can't for the life of me think of what other reason you had to meet them other than to engage in sexual intercourse.

"I'm going to pass a fairly substantial prison sentence upon you."

David Outerside, prosecuting, told the court that Dawson's offending began when he started messaging a 15-year-old girl in January 2019, despite being told by a social worker that the girl was vulnerable and at risk of exploitation.

He asked for sexually explicit videos of her and even got his nephew to convince the girl to unblock him on social media when she tried to stop speaking to him.

Dawson, who has a previous conviction for indecent assault, also repeatedly invited her to his house, but she never accepted, before he was arrested in August 2019.

But while this was being investigated, he made contact with a fake profile named Ellie Stevens in February 2020, who was actually a self-styled paedophile hunter posing as a 13-year-old girl.

He messaged the decoy saying "I'm 32 and have my own place" and offered to buy her gaming credits, before starting to talk about sex and having a relationship with her.

He later called her while touching himself and said that she should too, saying that he hoped "you get horny".

The group then contacted police and he was arrested again in April 2020, before being bailed, only for Dawson to then contact a second decoy, posing as a 14-year-old girl called Danni, on March 17 2021..

Despite the fake profile again making her age clear from the start, Dawson bragged about being arrested and said that the investigation was based on fake evidence as his account was hacked.

He admitted that he could "get done" for meeting a girl under the age of 16, and at this point was warned by his friend about his behaviour, but neither stopped him from telling the fake profile that she was "stunning" and that he would have asked her on a date if she was 18.

He repeated his earlier behaviour by sending explicit photos and arranged to meet the girl at Alfreton bus station, sending her links to pornographic websites so that she could "get ideas" in the meantime.

When he went to meet who he thought was Danni, he was confronted by the group and arrested again.

Andrew Fitch-Holland, defending, admitted that the case was "difficult" to defend but said that he did not pose a serious risk.

He said: "It is clear that this defendant is at pains to point out that he has no intention of forcing himself upon anybody and the need of any sexual activity to be postponed until the victim is 18.

"The reality is that Mr Dawson himself is a man with a high degree of vulnerability. He has learning difficulties, he is dyslexic.

"He [Dawson] has a extreme degree of naivety. He seems prepared to disclose the nature of his offending to others in custody.

"The reality is this is a very immature man. His desire to stay at home, locked away playing video games, means he has not been able to engage properly with his offending behaviour."

Alongside his prison sentence, Recorder Reynolds also placed Dawson on the sex offender register for life and gave him an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

He had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and one count of engaging in sexual communication with a child, attempting to meet a girl under the age of 16 years, attempting to cause or incite a girl 13-15 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to cause or incite a girl aged 13-15 to watch or look at pornographic images, attempting to engage in sexual activity in the presence of a child and attempting to meet a girl under the age of 16 years following grooming.

He must also pay a victim surcharge.

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This is the face of a Derbyshire rapist who took advantage of a young woman - paralytic on drink and drugs - to sexually attack her.

A judge told Simon Sowden what he did to the brave victim was "a horrific incident" for her.

In her own victim impact statement she told how she did not even want to look at herself in the mirror because of what the 32-year-old did to her.

She and her family showed huge courage to come to Derby Crown Court earlier this week to see Sowden jailed for 10 years and nine months.

But her attacker could not even begin to muster the same courage, choosing instead to turn away from the public gallery and shield his face from her during the hearing.

Now, after consulting with the victim, Derbyshire police has released a custody photograph of Sowden.

Sarah Phelan, prosecuting, said the sex attack happened in the early hours of the morning one day in April 2019.

She said Sowden met the victim in a pub in Chesterfield and the two of them drank heavily and took cocaine.

Miss Phelan said: "He took advantage of her when she was heavily intoxicated, took her back to his flat under the guise of protecting her when she was paralytic through drink and drugs and was not capable of consenting.

"Two taxis refused to take them and it was only a third taxi, driven by a female, who was prepared to take them.

"They arrived at his flat and she recalls taking her false eyelashes off.

"She said she then recalls feeling she was being (touched sexually) and then felt him inside her and could hear him moaning and breathing.

"She got to the bathroom, grabbed her things and left.

"There is CCTV of her trying to flag down an ambulance."

Miss Phelan said the victim rushed home and told her mother she had been raped and the police were called.

She said the defendant was arrested at around 9.45am in a van in Chesterfield and answered "no comment" to questions he was asked in two police interviews.

Sowden, of Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, pleaded guilty to rape, assault by penetration and sexual assault but only on the day his trial was due to begin.

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A warped University of Derby lecturer manipulated and fantasised over pictures of students and staff he had downloaded from their social media accounts.

Pervert Thomas Dodsley superimposed images of genitalia over their photos and created text boxes accompanied with captions featuring obscene messages.

One of the lewd images included wording that read: "look into my eyes, Mr Dodsley".

Over a six-year period, the married 34-year-old also downloaded just short of 3,000 sick child abuse images, including infants being raped.

And police found vile footage on his laptops, including humans engaged in sexual acts with animals.

Jailing him for a year at Derby Crown Court, Judge Shaun Smith QC said: "At the time you were caught you were a lecturer in criminology at the University of Derby.

"You had been there for three years and previously to that you were involved in youth work.

"You have, it is true, some significant personal mitigation in what you have done since you were caught.

"But I emphasise 'since you were caught' as the author of your (pre-sentence) report is of the opinion you would have carried on if you had not been caught."

Eunice Opare-Addo, prosecuting, said police executed a warrant at Dodsley's address in Grosvenor Avenue, Breaston, at 6.50am on September 1 last year.

She said his wife answered the door and the defendant appeared a short while later.

Miss Opare-Addo said laptops and other electronic devices were seized and analysed.

She said on them were 62 category A movies or images which is the most serious category, 70 category B, 2,842 category C, five prohibited images and 16 extreme pornographic images.

Miss Opare-Addo said: "On a USB stick were photos of past and present Derby University students and staff which appeared to have been obtained from social media.

"Some of them had genitalia and text superimposed over them with one saying 'look into my eyes, Mr Dodsley'."

The defendant pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, possession of prohibited images and possession of extreme pornography between March 24, 2014 and September 1, 2020.

His barrister, also called Sean Smith, said: "He has already been addressing his offending by completing an accredited programme which included behavioural therapy."

In a statement, a spokesperson for the University of Derby said: The University was unaware of any allegations or concerns in relation to this individual until he appeared in court to enter his plea.

"He is no longer employed by us, having left his role in March this year.

As well as the jail sentence, Judge Smith made Dodsley sign on the sex offender register for 10 years and handed him a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

He also banned him from working with children for the same amount of time.

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Jamie Woodland had horrific images on his mobile.

A Derbyshire man was caught with horrific images of young children being abused on his mobile phone.

Dozens of indecent images were found on the device by police in March this year after they took possession of a phone belonging to Jamie Woodland.

These included some of the very worst type of child abuse images, including ones showing children thought to be between the ages of three and five being raped.

Derby Crown Court was told on Thursday, May 20, that by possessing the mobile phone and by deleting images on a device, the 29-year-old was in breach of an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

That order was given to him at Sheffield Crown Court in 2018, when he was jailed after spending months of sending sexualised messages to an undercover police officer who he thought was a teenager.

Sarah Allen, prosecuting, told the court, that the father-of-two had not told police he had bought a new phone in December last year.

"That was handed to the police by his girlfriend after his arrest," she said.

She said police had found 70 Category A images on the device - the worst type of abuse images.

These included images of girls aged between three and five years old being raped and abused.

The phone also had 17 Category B images showing children between the ages of six and 12, and 83 Category C images.

"He denied he had seen any of the images on the mobile phone, he said he had purchased it and forgotten he had had it," Ms Allen said.

"In August 2018 he was sentenced for two counts of attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity. He was made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

"The police report confirms that he had deleted images from one of the mobile phones on March 10."

Woodland, of Shuttlewood Road, Bolsover, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, and two breaches of a SHPO.

Katrina Wilson, mitigating, said her client has two children with his ex-girlfriend, with another on the way, and he is keen to maintain contact.

"This is a situation where denials were made at interview - the [guilty] plea was entered at the first chance before your honour," she said.

 "He is still a relatively young man. He has committed these offences, he accepts he has a sentence to serve as a result of that.

"His father is currently in hospital having been put in a coma and being in critical care. Mr Woodland has only just come into that information.

"Prior to his remand he had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. The best that can be said for is that he is trying to make the best of his time in custody."

Judge Shaun Smith said while Woodland had shown remorse, the images found on the phone had been "particularly disgusting" with some involving very young children.

Jailing Woodland for 13 months, he said: "You know there are very real victims in relation to these images. It's a deliberate breach by you."

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A Derbyshire man has been jailed for 16 years after committing a string of vile sexual offences against young girls.

Ryan Chadwick, of College Street, Long Eaton, committed the crimes against three girls aged under 16 in the town over the course of several months.

The 23-year-old was arrested and brought before the court, which was told he met the first victim over social media.

He began by speaking to the young teenager on Snapchat in February 2020 and offered her money for sex. He then met up with her and had sex with her twice.

He then went onto assault another girl who was under the age of 13, and attempted to rape her twice in May 2020.

Shortly after this he had sex with a third underage girl on two occasions.

Chadwick admitted to numerous offences at a prior hearing, and was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court.

He pleaded guilty to several counts of assault by penetration and sexual activity with a child, two counts of inciting a child into sexual activity, two counts of attempted rape of a child, and paying for the sexual services of a child.

He was jailed for 16 years, and must serve a minimum of two thirds, and was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order stopping him from having any contact with any girl under the age of 16.

He was also ordered to sign the sex offender register for life and banned from ever working with children.

Detective Constable Claire McKeown, who led the investigation into Chadwick, said he had shown no remorse.

"I cannot give praise enough to the three girls in this case, who came forward and bravely spoke about their individual ordeals at the hands of Chadwick," she said.

"This sentencing reflects the seriousness of Chadwick's crimes, for which he showed no remorse, and I am hopeful that it will give some closure to each of the girls whose lives have been turned upside down as a result.

"My message to anyone reading this who may have also suffered sexual assault or abuse, whether now or in the past, is please speak to someone. There is help available, whether you wish to involve the police or not.

"If you do feel able to contact us, we will always listen, investigate and support you through the process."

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A sex offender who was snared by online paedophile hunters has found himself in prison for not telling the police where he was living.

Derby Crown Court heard how Connor Burdett was made to sign the sex offender register after being cautioned by the police for attempting to engage in sexual communication with an underage girl.

Under its terms he was supposed to go to the police station within three days of moving and register his address with the force.

But the 28-year-old failed to do that, was later arrested, charged and has been at Nottingham prison since October.

Judge Shaun Smith QC, jailing him for 35 days over a video-link, said: Mr Burdett, you have really got to start taking responsibility.

You are someone that seems to think you dont have to do what you do have have to do.

Well you do and when you leave prison today you will have to go to a police station within three days and tell them where you are living.

Do you understand that?

Burdett replied: Yes.

Judge Smith said: Because if you dont you will have to go back to prison for longer. Where are you going when you leave prison today?

Burdett replied: Im going to the cop shop then I am going to my mums house.

Judge Smith said: What happens if you move away from living at your mums house? What do you have to do?

Burdett replied: I have got to go to the police station and tell them of my whereabouts.

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The convicted child sex offender and former football coach Barry Bennell has been jailed for an additional four years as he was sentenced over sexual abuse for a fifth time, reports Daniel Taylor. Bennell was already serving a 31-year prison sentence relating to his time as a coach and talent spotter for Crewe Alexandra and, previously, Manchester City.

Who is Bennell?

Bennell, also known as Richard Jones, coached numerous teams in Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire and had almost a quarter of a century working in football, including seven-year associations with Manchester City and Crewe.

In 2017 he was branded sheer evil and the devil incarnate after being sentenced to 30 years in prison at Liverpool Crown Court for subjecting junior players to hundreds of sexual offences.

Why was he back in court?

Bennell, 66, had pleaded guilty to three counts of buggery and six counts of indecent assault at an earlier hearing. The offences happened between 1979 and 1988 when the victims were aged between 11 and 14.

On Thursday he appeared via videolink from HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire, where he is serving his life sentence.

Judge Patrick Thompson said the sentence would be served consecutively to his current prison term, meaning a total sentence of 34 years in custody, with an additional two years on licence.

Judge Thompson told Bennell: You were a parents worst nightmare.

What else do I need to know?

A police document shows that detectives investigating the Bennell case privately suspected Crewe officials must have known about the crimes that led to him being branded in court as a child abuser on an industrial scale.

As Bennell faces up to the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison, The Athletic can reveal that the police spotlight was also on Crewe over suspicions that people at the club knew Bennell was a potential danger to young boys.

What is Crewes response?

Crewe were contacted by The Athletic on Tuesday but have declined to comment.

Crewe have always denied any knowledge of his crimes but police correspondence makes it clear for the first time that at least one senior member of the serious-crime unit investigating Bennell found it difficult to believe a club of that size knew nothing about it.

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A sex offender groped a naked woman at a house in Derby just three months after being released from prison for carrying out the exact same offence.

Derby Crown Court heard how Edward Felix “took advantage of the situation” when he sexually assaulted his latest victim at a property in Darley Abbey.

The 39-year-old, who was previously jailed for touching a different victim and taking photographs of her private parts, then “pretended to fall asleep”.

His latest victim, who suffers anxiety, left the property immediately and Felix then sent a text message the following morning apologising for what he did.

She now locks the door to her own home when she is left alone there and has increased her medication, the hearing was told.

'Back to your old ways'

Jailing Felix for 18 months, Judge Shaun Smith QC said: “In March 2018 you were released from a custodial sentence which was imposed for offences of voyeurism, sexual assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm and, within three months, you were back to your old ways again.

“This woman was at that house and felt ill.

“She was in a room under the covers and naked and you took advantage of the situation.

“You started by stroking her hair, moved your hand up to her rib cage and then she was aware of you groping her left breast.

“She moved away but you stroked her stomach and then moved your hand towards her genital area.

“She had the presence of mind to ask you what you were doing and, instead of apologising, you pretended to fall asleep.

“She wanted to leave and went to a friend's house. The following morning, you admitted you stroked her in places you should not have stroked her.

“You sent a text message saying you were sorry.”

Sarah Slater, prosecuting, said the offence took place in June of last year at a property in Darley Abbey.

She said Felix, of Cropper Lane, Oslaston, Ashbourne, had been out drinking and a number of people then found their way back to the address.

While there, the victim began feeling ill and so went to one of the rooms, undressed and got into bed.

Miss Slater said Felix entered the room, got under the covers and started stroking the woman’s hair.

Cupped her breast

She said: “He put his hand under the duvet and she felt him direct his hand to her rib cage and then cup her left breast.

“She did not know what to do and so moved away but then felt his hand on her stomach and then moved down towards her pubic area.

“She said to him ‘what are you doing?’ and he pretended to fall asleep.”

Miss Slater said the woman left the property and, the following morning, Felix sent a text message which read “I really am so sorry”.

In a victim personal statement, the woman told how she feels “jumpy and dirty” if someone touches her and locks all of the doors at her own property when her boyfriend is not in.

Felix was arrested and at first denied anything had happened at the house in Darley Abbey.

But he later pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault.

Miss Slater said he was jailed for 22 months in March 2017 after taking intimate photographs of a woman’s private parts and showing them to his friends.

Julia King, mitigating, said her client was back living with his parents and has admitted himself to Aquarius, which is based in London Road, Derby, and helps people with alcohol and drugs issues.

She said: “Without minimising the seriousness of the offence, there is no significant planning and no violence was involved.

“He has reached the realisation he has a real problem which he needs to address.”

Judge Smith said although the probation service recommended Felix would benefit from a three-year community order, which was also urged on him by Miss King, he would be “failing in his public duty” if he did not send him into immediate custody.

He also placed him on the sex offender’s register for 10 years and handed him a 10-year restraining order not to contact the victim directly or indirectly.