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A "depraved sexual predator" already serving a life sentence for raping a two-year-old girl has been sentenced to a further life term after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a teenager.

Daniel Kilbee, 38, formerly of Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, was jailed in 2016 for dozens of sexual offences against six victims.

He has now been given another life term, to serve a minimum of five years.

He was convicted in June of four rapes and two assaults against the girl.

He was previously given a life sentence with a minimum of 10 years for 30 offences, including rape and making indecent images of children, between 1997 and 2015.

Judge Peter Ross, at Oxford Crown Court, ordered that the second should run consecutively, while Kilbee will be on licence for the rest of his life.

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AN ABINGDON man has been given a five year jail sentence for a string of child sexual offences.

Linus Rickett, 20, of the Holt, pleaded guilty to the counts - involving boys between nine and 13 - and was sentenced yesterday at Oxford Crown Court.

He was also given a further three years on extended licence after admitting to 13 counts involving 10 boys.

Police say he was a 'prolific offender' who pretended to be a young girl and filmed boys using urinals.

Seven counts involved inciting boys under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

He also admitted to three counts of voyeurism and three counts of making indecent images of a child (one in categories A, B and C respectively).

Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Ali Driver, of Force CID based at Abingdon police station, said: “Rickett is clearly a prolific offender, targeting young boys to abuse for his own sexual gratification.

“Rickett committed these crimes by pretending he was a young girl of a similar age to the victims online and by filming boys using urinals.

“Crimes of this nature will not be tolerated in the Thames Valley and we ask that anyone who believes they could be a victim of this type of crime or knows a child that could be affected to get in touch.

“Cases of this nature will always be thoroughly investigated to ensure every effort is made to take them through the criminal justice system.”

Rickett will also be placed on the sex offender register for life and will be issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

The offences took place between February 2017 and October 2018.

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A MAN who was the face of a shop in the heart of Witney has been spared jail after viewing thousands of sexual pictures of children.

Ian Pilcher, 63, who for 30 years worked at Domino Menswear in Corn Street, was yesterday handed a community sentence at Oxford Magistrates Court for making (downloading) indecent images of children.

The court heard Pilcher viewed the images to cheer himself up.

Pilcher, of Apley Way, Witney, had pleaded guilty to downloading more than 5,000 indecent images of children.

The court was told that Pilcher, who has been married for 34 years, had a preference for Category C images of young girls.

Police seized a number of electronic devices from Pilchers home and he helped identify where to find material.

John Berry, defending, said Pilchers interest in looking at the indecent images came during a difficult period of his life.

He said: His son attempted suicide. His sister-in-law committed suicide. Both of these happened just a year before he began looking at these images.

His employer had become unwell and Mr Pilcher was having to work very long hours. He was at a very low ebb and found that looking at these images cheered him up, to use his expression.

Mr Berry said Pilchers obsession grew over time. He quoted Pilcher as saying: I was at a point I could not stop it. Im glad the police came along because I knew that would cause me to stop it.

I knew what I was doing was wrong.

Mr Berry said that Pilcher was yet to reach a full understanding of his desire to look at indecent images.

He continued: He has some insight into his offending but Im not sure he fully understands why it started.

He doesnt fully accept that he must have found the images stimulating.

He has been to see a doctor and is receiving counselling. He better understands that, though he has not done anything to harm young girls, that this sort of behaviour has or could result in young girls being harmed.

He is willing to work fully with anyone able to help him.

District Judge Kamlesh Rana gave Pilcher an 18-month community sentence, which included 100 hours of unpaid work and a 30-day rehabilitation requirement.

She said it was regrettable Pilcher was appearing in court after a life of previously good character.

The judge added: I have to take into account the number of images and that, by viewing these images, you were condoning the exploitation of young children.

District Judge Rana also ordered a sexual harm prevention order that will control how Pilcher accesses various electronic devices.

Pilcher appeared in the Oxford Mail in October when he revealed that Domino Menswear, which had sold menswear and school uniforms for 34 years, was moving to Abingdon to escape soaring business rates.

Pilcher, who was made redundant after the story was published, said at the time he was immensely sad after serving four generations of customers at the store.

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A MAN has been convicted of further historic sex offences after more victims came forward after reading reports of his crimes.

Terry Haynes, 75, formerly of Matthews Way, Wootton, was sentenced to six years’ in prison at Reading Crown Court on Monday, following a five day trial.

A jury unanimously found Haynes, who was known as Rev Haynes, guilty of one count of gross indecency with/towards a child and eight counts of indecent assault of a boy.

Haynes carried out the offences against two boys in Tubney Woods near Frilford during the 1960s and 1970s.

In 2014 Haynes was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of 12 counts of rape, 11 counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape at Oxford Crown Court.

Among his victims was his daughter Teresa Haynes, who waived her right to anonymity. After his conviction she told the Oxford Mail at the time that she had forgiven him and added: “No amount of time in prison is going to change what he did.”

His latest six year jail term will run consecutively. Investigating officer, Det Sgt Sarah Berry, said: “The victims showed tremendous courage after 50 years to come forward and report these heinous crimes to the police.

“I hope that Haynes’ sentence will give the victims some resolution. I know that they have been hugely affected by these terrible crimes.”

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A SELF-PROCLAIMED playboy who preyed on two vulnerable schoolgirls has been put behind bars for 10 years.

Paedophile Lucas Irons huffed and puffed as Oxford Crown Court heard how he targeted the youngsters to satisfy his 'sexual ends' between July 2014 and January 2015.

Sentencing on Tuesday, Judge Peter Ross branded the 28-year-old dangerous and condemned him for his 'calculated and pre-meditated' offending.

He handed Irons an extended licence period of four years, warning the defendant he may have to serve all of his sentence in jail.

Judge Ross added: "It is clear from the evidence in this case that you were out of control. You were using networks of young girls as a means of targetting them for your sexual ends."

A jury of six men and six women unanimously convicted Irons of two counts of sexual activity with a child, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual assault.

But jurors were unable to reach a decision on a further count of sexual assault after more than five hours of deliberation following a trial last month.

Defence barrister Peter Du Feu told the court the sex offender, who appeared via video link from Bullingdon Prison, continues to maintain his innocence but 'respects' the decision of the jury.

He went on to claim Irons, who was hunted by police when he failed to appear at Oxford Magistrates' Court after being charged, did not deserve to be branded a paedophile.

During the trial, prosecutor Kevin James Barry claimed Irons, of Ock Street, Abingdon, had a 'powerful sexual attraction' towards the schoolgirls.

The court heard he used social media to target one victim, lying about his age and convincing the 'incredibly naive' teenager he wanted a relationship.

Irons, a former manager of Oxford’s All Bar One, invited the schoolgirl to his home, where she felt she had no choice but to 'go along' with having sex with him.

The sex offender, who claimed he had thousands of Facebook friends, preyed on his second victim in Littlemore Park, sexually assaulting her after swaying her away from her group.

She was left 'disturbed' by the assault, fleeing the park to a friend's house, the court heard.

Wearing a blue shirt and trousers, Irons took to the stand during his trial to refute the allegations, swearing on the Bible before claiming he had been 'completely honest'.

Irons, who also claimed he worked at St Clement's bar Joe Perks & Co, was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order and must pay a victim surcharge.

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A "PREDATORY" ice skater from Oxford who groomed and abused two vulnerable young girls has failed in a bid to get his jail term slashed.

Rapist Joseph Tsang, of Sandy Lane, Oxford, was sentenced in his absence to 15 years behind bars at Oxford Crown Court on October 20 last year.

But it was not until February this year that the 32-year-old, who had fled to Hong Kong, was caged.

Tsang was a 'well-known' ice skater, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker told London's Appeal Court.

He got in contact with a 15-year-old girl on Facebook. They later met at a hotel where he assaulted her and twice raped her.

She has since suffered with depression, nightmares and self-harming, said the judge.

Tsang met a 14-year-old girl at an ice rink before keeping in touch via social media.

When she came to his home, he took her into his bedroom and locked the door.

He kissed her and she pushed him away.

But he went onto molest her before removing his clothing and making her engage in a sex act.

Police also found 28 indecent images of children on Tsang's computer.

In August last year, while still on the run, he was found guilty of two counts of rape and two of sexual assault.

He was previously found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child and two of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Tsang was also convicted of making indecent images of children.

The judge who jailed him said he had a "predatory sexual fascination with adolescent girls".

He had 'groomed' them to the point of them becoming 'infatuated' with him, as a result of the interest that he, a well-known ice skater, had shown in them.

Tsang was extradited to the UK from Hong Kong in February and was handed an extra six months for failing to surrender to custody the following month.

He had no previous convictions, the court heard.

Lawyers for Tsang argued his jail term was far too tough.

But Mr Justice Jeremy Baker, sitting at London's Appeal Court yesterday with Lord Justice McCombe and Sir Alistair MacDuff, said the Crown Court judge had taken account of the overall length of the sentence.

"We are satisfied that the sentence of 15 years properly reflects Tsang's sexual criminality in respect of these two vulnerable girls," he concluded.

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FORMER Shetland resident Chris Readings was jailed for 13 years at the High Court in Edinburgh after being found guilty of sexually abusing a young boy and girl in the islands.

The 44 year old, who left Shetland for Oxfordshire last year, was found guilty of six charges of abuse in various parts of the isles between May 2008 and January last year.

The offences included sodomy, attempted rape, making the 12 year old girl and 13 year old boy give him oral sex and perform sex acts on each other.

In court on Friday defence QC Bill Taylor said that Readings still denied the allegations and produced several character references.

These included a scrap book of photos and newspaper cuttings about his work helping female victims of sexual and other attacks, a reference from a former line manager in the ambulance service describing him as a diligent worker and a letter from a senior police Northampton officer praising him for risking his life by stopping at an accident on the M1 and tackling a blazing vehicle before emergency services arrived on the scene.

Readings had been involved in the attempt to set up an independent ambulance service in Shetland in recent years.

Judge Lord Brodie told Readings: Sexual abuse is cruel, it is selfish, it is damaging and in my view it falls to the courts to impose what is, frankly, a punitive sentence.

The judge also made an order extending his licence conditions for three years and added Readings name to the sex offenders register.

Northern Constabularys Det Ch Insp Kenny Anderson said: This was a serious child abuse case which has involved a number of agencies working together and resulted in inquiries being conducted throughout the United Kingdom.

I also wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the young victims who, despite suffering what can only be described as prolonged and sustained abuse, have shown immense courage.

Although Readings was presented with compelling evidence of his guilt, he continued to deny his crimes and chose to put his victims through the further ordeal of having to relive their abuse to give evidence in court.

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AN OXFORD paedophile has been jailed for five years after repeatedly targeting a vulnerable teenage girl over a three-year period.

Paul Saunders, of Furlong Close, Blackbird Leys, was sentenced at Oxford Crown Court for charges of engaging in sexual activity with a child, making indecent images of a child and two counts of sexual assault.

He admitted the offences, which took place between 2006 and 2009 when his victim was aged between 15 and 17.

Sam Mainds, prosecuting, told the court 47-year-old Saunderss offending was uncovered after he was jailed for eight weeks for benefit fraud in May last year.

His partner discovered a number of photographs of the victim on his mobile phone.

Judge Julian Hall jailed Saunders for five years and ordered him to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.