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Following a thorough investigation by Hampshire Constabulary a 59 year-old man from Hayling Island has been jailed for 20 years after he admitted ten offences relating to the sexual assault of two children, who were under the age of two at the time of the offences.

Enquiries conducted on electronic devices seized during an ongoing investigation led to the arrest of Danny John Richards of Salterns Lane on Thursday 28 July 2022. He was subsequently charged.

Richards admitted the following offences at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday 13 October:

• Rape of a girl under 13 contrary to the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003.
• Two offences of assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration contrary to the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003.
• Two offences of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching contrary to the Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003
• Three offences of making an indecent photograph of a child.
• Two offences of taking an indecent photograph of a child.

He was sentenced to 20 years at the same court today (Friday 11 November). He will also be subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and be placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for the rest of his life.

Detective Inspector Heather Noad said: “I hope today’s sentence goes some way in helping the victims and their loved ones begin to move forward with their lives after these appalling offences were committed. In this particular case Richards’ guilty pleas entered for all of the offences avoided the need for a trial.

“Our investigation started when the Internet Child Abuse Team (ICAT) received intelligence that indecent images of children had been uploaded to the internet from a specified IP address. A warrant was subsequently undertaken at an address on Salterns Lane on Hayling Island and a number of devices were seized. Ultimately indecent images of children (IIOC) were found on those devices, which directly led to and secured the charges against Richards.

"If you are concerned about offending of this nature please be reassured that we work incredibly hard to provide victims and their families with the support they need. We take all reports of sexual assault very seriously, and will do everything in our power to bring those responsible to justice.

"It is so important to us that people have the confidence to report any activity that could relate to offending like this to us, especially if this has happened to you or somebody you know. It is also important to us that survivors and their families are provided with the support they need, and we work in partnership with other organisations to ensure this happens."

Ashleigh Doy, CPS Wessex Senior Crown Prosecutor, said: “Richards subjected two innocent children to the most sickening crimes, all for his own sexual gratification.

“We take offending of this nature incredibly seriously and worked closely with police colleagues to build a strong case.

“This resulted in an entirely evidence-led prosecution, meaning Richards pleaded guilty at an early stage in the face of the overwhelming case against him.

“Our joint working and early engagement with police meant the case was prosecuted swiftly, so that justice could be delivered for everyone who has been deeply affected by this case.

“We are committed to bringing people to justice for serious crimes such as this and hope today’s result sends a clear message to other perpetrators.”

Anyone who has been a victim of child abuse, or has any information about this type of abuse, is encouraged to contact police on 101.

Alternatively, contact Child Line on 0800 11 11, or if you are an adult who has been affected, you can call the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000.

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Repeat offender Michael Tyler, 37, was exposed by the paedophile hunter group after trying to lure his victim into sex whilst warning her not to tell anyone.

The Hayling Island predator sparked up a chat with the child online before the conversation quickly became sexual.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard how the pervert sought to entice the child with compliments to achieve his own warped gratification during a two-week period in January.

Tyler sent the apparent girl an avalanche of crude pictures and videos of himself after the chats became increasingly sexualised as the conversation moved on to Whatsapp.

The court heard how Tyler told the girl she was beautiful and gorgeous before adding: This will be our secret.

Prosecutor Edward Hollingsworth said: The sexual communication carried on and he sent images of his penis and a video of himself (performing a sex act).

He said they should meet up and suggested visiting her or going to a hotel.

The court was told how Tyler attempted to gain the girls trust to achieve his ends. We dont have to have sex. I can touch and kiss you in places, he told the child.

Another video of himself performing a sex act was then sent before he added: You can touch if you want.

Tyler said he would be gentle and loving as he continued his bombardment to the child, who he encouraged to perform a sex act on herself.

He arranged to meet her on January 30 at Salisbury train station after the girl said she was house sitting nearby.

But when members of the paedophile hunters turned up Tyler was nowhere to be seen.

However, the paedophile was later doorstepped and confronted at his home in Westfield Avenue where he gave no comment responses.

Police were called before Tyler was arrested.

The court heard how Tyler was jailed in 2010 for like offending when he was snared by a decoy after trying to get a 14-year-old girl to perform a sex act on a webcam.

He went on to commit breaches to his sexual notification requirements in 2019, which he was given a suspended sentence for.

The court was told how Tyler had not gone to meet the girl.

Judge, Recorder Robin Sellers, said: Obviously you didnt go (to meet the girl) and had no plans to.

Highlighting the previous offending, the judge said: It is a recurrence of the same type of behaviour.

You put yourself out there not knowing who you were going to be talking to. You fell foul of the trap from the decoy.

Recorder Sellers highlighted Tylers history of non-compliance with court orders before adding: You are dangerous and present a significant risk to the public.

Tyler was then served a five-year jail term with a one-year extended sentence.

Tyler admitted four offences including attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child, arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence, causing or inciting a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity, and attempting to cause a child under 13 to watch/look at an image of sexual activity.

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A WOMAN says she has been through the most ‘horrendous experience of her life’ – but feels relieved after historical charges against a predator who abused her when she was a child were found to be proved.

The lady, now in her 30s but who was aged between four and nine years old when the regular indecent assaults took place, told The News she was ‘relieved’ but ‘numb’ following the verdicts at Portsmouth Crown Court.

Hayling Island child-exploiter Raymond Hawker, of Castlemans Lane, was found to have committed the lewd acts by a unanimous jury following a trial in his absence.

He was deemed not fit to take the stand due to mental health issues after facing five charges of indecent assault on a female under the age of 10 years and one charge of inciting a girl under 14 years to commit an act of gross indecency.

Hawker, 78, will be sentenced on March 8 where he is set to avoid jail and instead faces the prospect of a supervision order, depending on medical assessments.

Speaking to The News after the case the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she doesn’t ‘care what happens to him now’, before adding: ‘Whatever punishment he receives will be minimal’.

After waiting more than two years for the case to be brought before the court due to postponements as assessments over Hawker took place, the victim said: ‘I haven’t been able to look past the trial so I’m now just getting my head around it all. Hopefully I can start living rather than hiding away.’

Speaking of the punishment Hawker is likely to receive, she continued: ‘Part of me is gutted he won’t go to prison because of all he put me through.

‘Ideally he should be sent to jail but he’s told so many lies about me and my family I just want people to know the truth and put an end to the rumours.

‘He’s never taken responsibility for what he did. He’s made it so much worse for me by going down the mental health route resulting in the two previous court cases having to be postponed.

‘I don’t accept his mental health issues should have resulted in him being totally cleared of responsibility for what he did. He didn’t have any issues at the start of the trial. But at the end of the day both he and his family know what he did and they will have to live with that for the rest of their lives.’

The woman, who has had counselling for depression and post traumatic stress disorder, revealed she was so angry about Hawker’s horrific exploitation of her when she was a child that she confronted him in 2017.

‘Ray admitted to me what he did,’ she said. ‘I went to his house and knocked on his door and he just said “sorry it was a long time ago”. I had the conversation recorded but it couldn’t be used in court.’

The woman, who kept the painful memories to herself for 30 years until she built up the courage to tell the police, revealed her torment when confessing to her family. ‘I just wrote a letter, I couldn’t say the words,’ she said.

As a child she admitted she could not bring herself to tell anyone after Hawker had manipulated her into silence by insisting it was ‘our little secret’.

She said going through the judicial system had been daunting – admitting she was ‘not sure if it was worth it’ before deciding she had to exorcise ghosts from the past and prevent Hawker from committing further offences. ‘I didn’t want to go to the police but felt guilt over his granddaughter and the children next door,’ she revealed.

Finally taking the stand in court was a nerve-wracking experience – especially with the entire case resting on her evidence. Only Hawker’s wife Barbara appeared for the defence.

Despite questions over whether she was making the whole thing up under cross-examination from defence barrister Sarah Jones, the woman presented a compelling case under fierce interrogation.

‘It was the most horrendous thing in my life,’ she admitted. ‘To just be slated by the barrister and having someone say you made it up made me so angry. To have to listen to glowing references on Ray while I had nothing of a similar nature and was torn apart was tough to take.’

Despite her ordeal, a family member said the prosecuting barrister Mary Aspinall-Miles described the victim as ‘one of the strongest ladies she has come across’ and someone ‘who stuck to her guns and gave as good as she got’.

With the court case over and the woman vindicated, she added: ‘I hope it will give me some closure so I can move on with my life.’

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AN actor who was set to play an Ugly Sister in a forthcoming production of Cinderella at Malvern Theatres has been sacked after performing a sex act on a train.

Wesley Mustapha, who performs under the stage name Wezley Sebastian, was arrested by police at Southampton Central Railway Station after travellers spotted him touching himself in a busy carriage.

Malvern Theatres declined to comment, because Mustapha had not been booked by the theatre but by UK Productions.

Martin Dodd, the producer for UK productions said: "As soon as this came to our attention, his contract was cancelled.

"He had never worked for us before. This would have been his first time."

The show's director, David Ball, will replace Mustapha as an Ugly Sister.

The court heard Mustapha had spent a "heavy night drinking" before he boarded the train, which was destined for his hometown of Portsmouth.

Shocked onlookers urged Mustapha to stop, because children as young as ten were in the same carriage.

Mustapha pleaded not guilty to exposure, but was found guilty in absence when Southampton Magistrates' Court heard his case, last month.

Mitigating, Andrew Coley told the court that Mustapha had been under the influence of alcohol as he carried out his "inappropriate behaviour".

Mr Coley said: "He was found with his trousers down. He had no recollection of this and was seen by someone on the train who assumed he was sleeping."

Mustapha, 37, also pleaded to be in possession of cannabis when he was arrested by officers on January 29.

The court heard that as a result of his actions, Mustapha had lost a contract with a Birmingham theatre company after he explained the situation.

Mustapha previously enjoyed a varied career within the theatre an actor, director and choreographer.

He starred as Miss Understanding in Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert Read as well as a cast member of the West End production of Hairspray.

At his trial, which Mustapha did not attend, the court heard that he told officers when arrested: "I do what I want with my body. I understand my actions may upset people. But I am very liberal."

Witness Shane Dartmoor, a bartender, said that he saw the defendant had his trousers around his knees.

He said: He didnt really seem to see what he was doing as wrong.

All I thought about was the other women and children in the carriage.

Mr Dartmoor added: "It was disgusting."

Mustapha, of Old School Drive, Hayling Island, was given an 18 month community order and 100 hours of unpaid work.

He will also need to inform police of any changes to his circumstances for the next five years.

He was ordered to pay 620 costs and an 85 victim surcharge.

Cinderella will be staged at Malvern Theatres from December 14 to January 7.