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A man has been jailed for 18 years after he was found guilty of non-recent child sex offences in Farnborough.

Dominic Mulligan, 52, of Elles Close, Farnborough, assaulted two victims in the Farnborough area between 2003 and 2012. The offences were reported to police in 2023.

Following a trial at Winchester Crown Court, he was found guilty of:

• Rape a girl under 13
• Rape a girl under 16
• Rape a woman 16 years of age or over
• Assault a girl under 13 by penetration
• Assault a girl under 13 by touching
• Cause / incite a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity

Mulligan was jailed for 18 years, with an extended licence period of one year, at the same court on Monday 26 January.

He was also made subject of a restraining order and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which prevents him from contacting children. He will also be on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

T/Detective Sergeant Bethan Hastelow, from Hart and Rushmoor CID, said:

“Firstly I would like to thank both victims for their bravery throughout the investigation and trial.

“I hope both women can try and move forward knowing that Dominic Mulligan will spend a large portion of his life behind bars for what he did to them.

“I sincerely hope this sentence gives other victims of sexual offences the confidence to bring their case to us.

“No matter how long ago the incident occurred we will do everything we can to investigate and bring offenders to justice.”

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A teenager was the subject of a paedophile hunter sting after sending photos of his genitals to a decoy he believed to be a 12-year-old girl.

Cameron Davidson, now 20, was also found in possession of indecent images of children after being arrested on August 21 last year in Barry .

Members of Alpha Predator Hunters created a profile for a 12-year-old girl, with a photo of a woman manipulated to look like a child with a Snapchat filter, on dating app Badoo.

When Davidson messaged the profile the decoy replied: "How old are you? I'm 12 and shouldn't be on here." He replied saying he was 19 years old.

A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday heard the conversation between the defendant and the decoy moved to WhatsApp and Davidson began sending sexually explicit messages in which he asked the 12-year-old to engage in sexual activity.

During the conversations Davidson sent pictures of his penis on two occasions and asked the decoy to send a picture of her breasts.

An arrangement was made between the two to meet at Barry railway station on August 21 but when the day came the defendant cancelled saying he was too busy at work.

Having sent a picture of himself in his work uniform the decoy was able to track down the address of his place of work in Barry and members of the paedophile hunter group travelled there to confront him and saw him walking along the street.

Prosecutor Clare Wilks said Davidson was approached by two men who asked him his name and if he had arranged to meet a 12-year-old. He said he had but claimed he thought the girl was 18. He was detained until the police arrived and arrested.

A black Samsung mobile phone was seized and was discovered to contain two category A indecent images, four category B images, and seven category C images as well as nine extreme pornographic images.

In interview Davidson accepted the decoy had told him she was 12 years old but claimed he thought she was "messing around". He also claimed to have a "high sex drive", which he requested treatment for, but denied have a sexual interest in children.

The defendant, of Ship Alley, Farnborough, Hampshire, later pleaded guilty to attempting to communicate with a child, attempting to engage a child in sexual activity, and possession of indecent and extreme images.

Defence barrister Ruth Smith said her client was a young man who "needed help" and would benefit from intervention from the probation service.

Sentencing, Recorder Greg Bull QC said: "Sexual offences are always serious and the offences you have committed are likely to have a heavy impact on your life.

"Having sexual contact with a child is something that the courts abhor, as does society."

Davidson was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment suspended for two years and was ordered to carry out a 55-day rehabilitation activity requirement and do 200 hours unpaid work.

He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order and must register as a sex offender for 10 years.

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A sex offender has been fined after he admitted failing to tell police where he was living.

Edwin Eddie Toop, 52, is required to visit his nearest police station at least once a year to tell police of his whereabouts, Aldershot magistrates heard on Thursday, September 9.

But this year Toop failed to inform police where he was living in Farnborough putting him in breach of the terms of his notification requirements on the sex offenders register.

Toop was jailed for five years in 2006 after he was convicted of two counts of causing a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity, after a trial at Reading Crown Court.

He had forced his victim to perform sex acts on him on at least two occasions.

Toop had worked as a bus driver in Reading and was on sick leave when the offences happened after he was attacked when a gang threw acid into his eyes.

However his employer, Reading Buses, was criticised for allowing him to continue driving buses for a year after the allegations were made against him.

David Renwick, prosecuting, told magistrates Toop had last told police where he was living, his current address in Curly Bridge Close, Farnborough, on August 17, last year.

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A 16-year-old boy who raped two younger boys in north Hampshire has been sentenced to a minimum of four a half years in secure accommodation.

A 14-year-old was assaulted in January and an 11-year-old was attacked while walking through woodlands on 27 March.

Rikki Patterson, of Farnborough, who was 15 when he assaulted them in his home town, pleaded guilty to the rapes.

Sentencing him at Winchester Crown Court, the judge said victims suffered a "humiliating and traumatic ordeal".
Judge David Griffiths, who lifted legal restrictions which protected the boy's identity, said Patterson would not be released until he was no longer considered a risk to the public.