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A DANGEROUS sex offender is back behind bars after she abused a youngster for the third time.

Jacinta Brooks sent dozens of sexually explicit messages to a 12-year-old girl, telling her to send indecent, nude images of herself for the 41-year-olds sexual gratification.

Brooks, who was formerly called Duncan Smart but now lives as a woman, was described by the victims mother as a pathetic excuse who left her daughter haunted by her disturbing behaviour.

It was the third time Brooks had attacked a child under the age of 16, after having unlawful sex with a girl and indecently assaulting another.

Jailing Brooks for a minimum of 11-years, Judge Nicholas Rowland said Brooks was a danger to children.

Southampton Crown Court heard Brooks was bought to justice after officers investigating a different sexual allegation seized devices from her home.

Berenice Mulvanny, prosecuting, told the court Brooks had deleted messages, but captured screenshots of parts of the conversation.

This led to Hampshire Constabulary unearthing further communications, as well as sexually explicit images of the victim.

Miss Mulvanny said: Brooks knew the girl was underage but sent her sexual messages. The defendant originally pretended to be a 14-year-old boy but soon admitted [her] real age.

When Brooks was interviewed by officers she gave answered no comment except saying she couldnt argue about being attracted to children.

Further searches on her devices also found her to be in possession of hundreds of indecent images of children, ranging between the most and least serious categories.

In a victim impact statement, the victims mother who cannot be identified for legal reasons said: The fact that I cannot protect my daughter from this pathetic excuse of a [person] will haunt me forever.

She added that her daughter had been forced to leave her school and had suffered terrible trauma as a result of the incident.

Brooks was released in 2016 after serving more than 10 years in prison and in an institution after she attacked a child in 2003.

Mitigating, Robert Harding said that because technology had changed so much in the past 15-years, Brooks had struggled to understand social media and online networking.

As part of her sentence, a sexual harm prevention order was made, with the requirement that should Brooks ever make an online social media account or email address all details and passwords must be handed to the police before they are created.

PC Leon Simon, said: Brooks is a dangerous individual and we are pleased this case has now come to a conclusion.

Brooks, of HMP Winchester, pleaded guilty to three counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and three counts of possessing indecent images. She was jailed for six years, extended by five years.

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Police say a convicted sex offender who went missing from Southampton has been found in Poole.

Police launched a hunt for 49-year-old Leonard Ayres, who has schizophrenia.

Officers urged the public not to approach him as they say he has no medication with him, which could "cause him to act in an unreasonable manner".

Police say Leonard has been convicted of sexual offences in the past.

He was last seen at his supervised living accommodation at 9.45pm on Sunday night.

He lives in Lordshill, Hampshire but also has links to Poole.

Leonard is managed under the multi-agency public protection arrangements.

He was convicted of sex offences in 2001, and in 2006 was convicted of sexual activity with a child, and has served sentences for the offences.

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A CHILD abuser who carried out multiple attacks on his seven-year-old victim has been jailed after judges at the Court of Appeal overturned his sentence.

Antonio Lawrie, who worked as a sports coach in the city, had initially been handed a suspended sentence for his crimes against the youngster.

Following his trial at Southampton Crown Court, a top judge said the 22-year-old should not be sent to prison as he would be taken advantage of inside.

However, the Crown Prosecution Service launched an appeal, describing the original sentence of two years imprisonment, suspended for two years, as unduly lenient.

He was also ordered to complete a rehabilitation activity, and put on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years.

Now Lawrie faces three years behind bars following the hearing yesterday in London.

Lawrie, an ex-apprentice at Hedge End-based firm My Coaching, denied all seven counts of assault by sexual touching, none of which happened in his coaching role.

When My Coaching, which delivers further education programmes for teenagers, learned of the allegations, Lawrie was sacked.

My Coaching were later praised for Hampshire Police for their actions.

During his trial the young victim was forced to give evidence.

Lawrie was reported to the police when a witness saw him with his hand under the victims dress.

The court heard former Cantell School pupil Lawrie attacked the child at least 16 times during six-months of abuse.

After a jury returned a guilty verdict in April, Judge Gary Burrell QC told the court that due to his complex learning difficulties Lawrie would struggle in prison.

He added that it would be unjust to send Lawrie directly to custody because he would be taken advantage of physically and mentally.

At the sentencing hearing in June, Jon Swain, mitigating, said: Certain sections of society will say he must be punished and locked up with the key thrown away. But they are not aware or have the knowledge of what his needs are. They know nothing about his life but make up opinions of what he has done.

The solicitor general, Robert Buckland QC MP, referred his sentence to the court of appeal.

He said: Lawrie carried out a campaign of sexual assault against a young girl, and I hope that she will take some comfort from the increased sentence today. Lawrie continues to pose a threat to other children, and it is therefore important that he serves an immediate custodial sentence.

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Terry Roberts, 58, sent a naked photo to what he believed was a 14-year-old boy, before attempting to meet him at Southampton Sports Centre.

But Roberts was actually talking, through an online dating app, to members of the 'paedophile hunter' group TRAP.

And when he went to the meeting, he was confronted by TRAP 'hunter' Stephen Dure.

At Southampton Crown Court on Monday, Roberts was given a 21-month prison term after evidence was provided by Mr Dure.

The court heard how Roberts, on the dating app, began messaging Dure’s false account, and “within six messages”, Dure had informed Roberts, of Plaitford Walk, that he was under-age.

Within 36 hours, Roberts had sent Dure’s account a naked photo of himself, and asked to meet, adding “we can take it at your pace, maybe we will have a kiss”, prosecuting barrister Giles Bedloe told the court.

He added: “On February 17 at 10am, Mr Roberts sent a message asking if he was still happy to meet at 3pm that day. When Mr Dure arrived, he went into a nearby pub, and identified the defendant. He then sent a message to Mr Roberts informing him he was down by the tennis courts and was confronted by Mr Dure.”

Defending, Timothy Akers told the court that the probation service “hadn’t given up” on Mr Roberts, who has similar convictions from 25 years ago.

He said: “The offences themselves are, of course, attempts. He took an overdose this time of his blood pressure medicine after committing these offences. I would have concerns over his mental health.”

Sentencing Roberts for attempting to meet a child for sexual activity, judge Nicholas Rowland said: “You didn’t know that (it was not a 14-year-old boy) and you turned up at the meeting with the intention of sexual activity.”

Roberts was given a 21-month prison term.

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Portsmouth Crown Court heard crack cocaine addict Billy Cooper confessed to the police officer he had a sick sexual interest in children aged eight to 16.

Cooper, 36, he thought was talking with a 41-year-old woman with access to a girl aged three '“A but the woman was actually a covert operative from the South Eastern Regional Organised Crime Unit.

Now a judge, who was told Cooper had indecent images of children showing 'deliberate torture of a young child', has jailed the pervert for 44 months.

Prosecutor Unyime Davies revealed how one sick message from Cooper said: 'I know it seems bad but I'm so desperate.'

The prosecutor added: 'He asked whether the [covert officer] had access to children.'

Writing in the private conversation area of the paedophile chatroom, Cooper, of Hunts Pond Road, Park Gate, detailed his own claimed experience with a young girl.

'He asked whether this undercover officer needed a hand while babysitting,' the prosecutor added.

Cooper later made plans with the fake babysitter to meet at Tesco in Guildford on July 18 - but backed out of the arrangement claiming he had been 'called into work'.

The next day he sent messages asking about the young girl and the officer went to meet him again '“A but Cooper claimed he had 'car trouble' and backed out.

Officers raided his home two days later and seized his phone and laptop, finding 441 indecent images of children '“A with 71 at the worst grade of category A. Six extreme pornographic images involving animal sex were also found.

Just seven days after his arrest and police interview Cooper took to the paedophile website again, sending more sick messages about children.

He later admitted attempting to arrange or facilitate the commission of a child sex offence, 24 charges of making and possessing indecent images, and publishing an obscene article.

Daniel Reilly, mitigating, said Cooper potentially has post-traumatic stress disorder from a brain injury he suffered nine years ago after being punched and hitting his head on a pillar on a night out.

Judge Robert Hill imposed a sexual harm prevention order limiting Cooper's internet use for life. Cooper must sign the sex offenders' register for life.

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A MAN has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after being found guilty of raping and assaulting a sex worker in Southampton.

Christian Hingarau attacked the 36-year-old woman in the early morning incident at an address in Empress Road, Bevois.

The 30-year-old pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury during his trial at Southampton Crown Court.

Hingarau had pleaded guilty to a second count but denied the rape, which happened on January 23.

Hampshire Constabulary said there is often a reluctance for sex workers to come forward and the brave woman in this case initially felt the same.

When asked following conviction if there is anything she would say to other working women, the victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "We can get justice, we deserve it, we are valued.

"If you have been hurt - come forward, get help, you will be listened to."

Hingarau was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison and placed on the sex offenders register for life.

He was also given a sexual harm protection order for 15 years.

Detective Sergeant Janine Bradley, Senior Investigating Officer, said the victim didnt want to report this crime at first as she thought she would not be believed.

He added: "There is often a reluctance to come forward, but this case shows how seriously we take such crimes.

"We want to encourage sex workers in the future to report these crimes. If you report it, you will be listened to."

The investigation is part of Operation Hem, which is Hampshire Constabulary's long-term response to issues around street prostitution in the city.

It sees the force work with other partner agencies to develop routes out of prostitution while safeguarding those street workers who are at significant risk of harm.

It targets those people who abuse, exploit or are violent towards sex workers.

If you have information about the exploitation or abuse of sex workers or if you have suffered abuse, violence or exploitation yourself, please report it to the police on 101 (or 999 in an emergency).

If you are involved in sex work and would like support or advice to keep yourself safe, we can help direct you to the appropriate agency.

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Chris Hatherley viewed live streams of the indecent material as he chatted to other users of an online application and requested videos of children crying due the sexual assaults they were subjected to.

In some instances, the child being abused was a baby and in others was aged between two and three-years-old, Southampton Crown Court heard.

Police searched the 35-year-old's home following online information, seizing his computers and mobile phone.

Although no indecent images were found, Jane Terry, prosecuting, told the court a disturbing set of communications with other users of apps such as 'Kick' were present.

In some of the conversations, Miss Terry said, Hatherley would comment on how much he enjoyed the material and also what acts he wanted to carry out on the abused himself.

He was subsequently arrested.

Miss Terry added: "In his interview Hatherley said he had a huge problem and was crying. He said at the time he was under the influence of drugs. He explained he did not know why it started."

Joanne Chester, mitigating, told the court at the time of his offending, which took place between January and March 2017, Hatherley was in the depths of drug addiction.

She said Hatherley was "ashamed by his clearly depraved behaviour" and had sought help to stop his drug addiction and his offending.

The moment Hatherley opted to turn his life around was when he woke up in London in a flat with people he did not know, Miss Chester said.

Judge Nicholas Rowland said: "These images represent dreadful abuse of babies and children. It's serious.

"And it's because of people like you that they are made because an audience wants to watch it."

Hatherley, of Arnheim Road, Bassett, pleaded guilty to encouraging or assisting the commission of an either way offence.

He was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, which includes the requirement to complete at least 45 days rehabilitation activity requirements and 150 hours unpaid work.

A sexual harm prevention order was made, which banned Hatherley from using a chat room for 10 years.

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Father jailed for having sex with school girl in New Forest car park

A HAMPSHIRE father has been jailed for having sex with a school girl after driving her to a secluded New Forest car park.

Stephen Nicholson had been a bus driver transporting students from a school in the Test Valley area ten years ago, when he began to build a rapport with a number of female students.

Southampton Crown Court heard how Nicholson then started to exchange messages with one pupil, that quickly then grew into flirting.

Then, on one afternoon in the summer of 2008, Nicholson, who was 27 at the time, picked up the student in his car and took her to a secluded car park in Minstead, where the two had consensual sex. He then took her to her usual address so that it seemed as though she had caught the bus as usual.

Nicholson denied the charges of three counts of sexual activity with a child, but was found guilty by a jury after a trial.

Nicholson, of Woodland Close, Southampton, had been a driver for the school, with his job listed as taking students home from the school back home across the county.

Prosecuting, Unyime Davies told the court how the girl, who can't be identified for legal reasons, "didn't know how to handle the attention from an older man".

She said: "Mr Nicholson, in a position of trust, began to build a rapport with a group of girls. This quickly turned to flirting with one student and a number of messages were sent. Some of these were recovered from an old SIM card of the victim.

"On one afternoon, Mr Nicholson then arranged to pick her up in his car and drove to a secluded car park in Minstead where the two engaged in sexual activities.

"There was also grooming against the victim before the offences. Significant planning was also needed to establish how much time the defendant would have before the bus reached the victim's home."

Mitigating for Nicholson, barrister Sarah Jones told the court that the now 37-year-old has built a family and a new life in the ten years since the offences took place.

She said: "The life of Mr Nicholson's wife and family is now going to come crumbling down. One of the hardest things for them is to not be able to tell their children, who are aged two, five and seven, when their father is going to be coming home."

Presiding, Judge Peter Henry said that had Nicholson pleaded guilty, he would have received a shorter time behind bars.

He said: "It's a great shame you did not plead guilty to these matters, particularly after the messages were recovered. I agree that there was planning involved in this, and for that I am sentencing you to four years and three months to be served concurrently."

A danger to women and highly manipulative individual. Prays on naivety and innocence.

Pretended to be an ex Royal Marine. Also worked in Poole Dorset for the RNLI with false paperwork.

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A PAEDOPHILE found with more than 70,000 indecent images of children covertly filmed an elderly woman using the toilet, a court heard.

Ronald Dear placed the camera inside the victim’s toilet while he was decorating a home in Southampton.

The 60-year-old’s four year reign of viewing of illegal and explicit pornography was ended after police received reports he had downloaded an single indecent image of a child, Southampton Crown Court was told.

When police searched his computer equipment they found thousands of moving and still images, including many that prosecutor Martyn Booth described as “depicting the most serious type of images you could imagine”.

Also found were two videos of the elderly victim on the toilet, which were made around 10 years ago.

Mr Booth said that some of the images involved children as young as three months old “crying in pain” from the abuse they were subjected to.

After he was arrested on July 2, 2017, Dear gave a no-comment interview but did state he was not attracted to children – a claim labelled “ludicrous” by Mr Booth.

The images were found on a number of devices, which, when examined, revealed he had been downloading images since September 2013.

The court heard that Dear, previously of good character, was also attracted to older women and would use the ‘dark web’ to access material.

Dear pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images, ranging between categories A to C, and a charge of voyeurism when he appeared for the first time at Southampton Magistrates’ Court in April.

Susan Ridge, mitigating, said Dear was at “a low risk of reoffending” and had “suffered with depression after struggling to cope with the arrest and the reality of what he has done”.

Judge Christopher Parker QC said that due to the “seriousness” and “huge” amount of images and his acts of voyeurism, he had no option but to send Dear immediately to prison.

Dear, of Wryneck Close, Southampton, was jailed for 44 months imprisonment. He was also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order indefinitely and will have to notify the police of any changes to his address for the remainder of his life.

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A perverted pensioner has avoided a prison sentence after he groomed what he believed was an 11-year-old girl.

Charles Edwin March, of Southampton appeared at Southampton Crown Court where he admitted sexual communication with a child.

The court was told that March contacted a online profile that portrayed itself as an 11-year-old girl. However, the profile belonged to online child protection team ‘SKID’.

The messages sent by March were highly sexually explicit from the outset. He also sent a number of sexual images of himself.

March arranged to meet the girl for sexual acts and possible full sexual penetration, but the meet failed to take place.

Members from SKID visited March at his address and confronted him over the messages. He made a full admission on video. Police were called and March was aressted.

The judge handed March 16 Months Imprisonment Suspended for 2 years

He was given a 10 Year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and was told that he must register as a sex offender for a period of 10 Years.

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A PAEDOPHILE carried out a string of attacks on two children while he was being investigated for possessing indecent images.

Timothy Tonks raped a seven-year-old girl over four years and videoed himself carrying out the disturbing assaults.

Police initially arrested Tonks for possessing indecent images of children but after he was released under investigation, officers were shocked to spot the 49-year-old on images on a phone carrying out the acts on the child involved.

During his second interview with police, Tonks new mobile was examined and another seven-year-old boy was found to have been sexually assaulted by Tonks with images once again captured on the device.

Tonks, from Southampton but whose address was given as HMP Bristol, smiled as he was given a life sentence when he appeared at Southampton Crown Court.

Daniel Sawyer, prosecuting, said Tonks had been downloading indecent and extreme pornographic images on to devices at his home in the city in September.

When he was arrested, Tonks told officers he was a paedophile and that they would find more indecent images involving children on his devices.

Mr Sawyer: While carrying out the investigation of Tonks computer for the images, the officer was shocked to recognise the defendant in some of the images.

During the full forensic examination it appeared that many of the images involved the sexual abuse of a child by Tonks.

What was clear from the videos was that Tonks was essentially directing the child and telling her what to do.

Tonks had another interview with officers about what they had found, during which time he answered no comment to all questions and his new phone was seized.

On this device, more images involving Tonks were found this time with the young boy.

The court heard that since the investigation began the images involving the child abuse carried out by Tonks had made their way on to the dark web, although Mr Sawyer said it was unclear who uploaded and distributed them. The court was told Tonks had attempted to kill himself by overdosing as he struggled to deal with the guilt these crimes have caused.

Mitigating, Berenice Mulvanny said: Tonks was glad to be caught. It is a relief to him as he knew it was going to happen.

She added: He is now demonstrating a degree of remorse and is now looking for closure on this.

In sentencing, Judge Christopher Parker QC said deviant Tonks was a danger to small children as a result of the disturbing attacks.

He added that the only way to protect the public was to hand him a life sentence.

The judge added: The girl involved in these crimes was aged between four and seven years old, so was abused just as she was developing her earliest memories.

The damage you have done to her is unending.

Tonks, who pleaded guilty to 29 counts of child sex offences, will serve at least nine years imprisonment before he is eligible for parole.

He will only be released if the parole board believe he no longer poses a threat to children.

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A MAN found with more than 200,000 indecent images of children is behind bars.

Jeffrey Bouquet was originally handed a suspended sentence when officers raided his home to find the vast number of photographs.

However, just four months after this sentence the 48-year-old contacted his offender manager to say he “accidentally clicked on a link” that took him to an prohibited site.

After handing himself in, officers checked his devices again and found more indecent images of children.

Southampton Crown Court heard Bouquet was found to have one category B image and 59 category C images when he was arrested last September.

Prosecutor Lucy Conroy told the court that the images had been downloaded from website such as Tumblr. She said: “An offender manager was contacted by Bouquet who stated he clicked on a website that could be bad and that he should not have clicked on.“It was decided that he should come into the police station and bring his phone to be examined - to see if the site was prohibited.”Miss Conroy added: “In his search history there were some searches for items such as ‘teen girl’ and the images that were found.”

Originally, Bouquet was sentenced after he was found to have 200,000 indecent images of children in April.

The court heard that along with that conviction, Bouquet had also received similar cautions for offences in 2001 and 2007.

Mitigating, Guy Draper told that court that Bouquet “accidentally clicked on the link” and handed himself in to help with the operation.

He said: “Bouquet had been viewing lawful material when the link appeared on his screen and he clicked on to it.

“It took him to indecent images.”

Mr Draper added that since Bouquet was given the suspended sentence he had completed 150 hours of unpaid work and had made good progress in his appointments with probation.

Recorder Jane Rowley said Bouquet’s first sentence could be “considered lenient” and that in sending him to prison she was giving a message to other people like Bouquet who continue to offend.

Bouquet, of Albert Road South, Southampton, pleaded guilty to possessing category B and C images and was sentenced to 16 months jail.

He was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order.

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Officers traced Aron Marczylo, who worked for the club until July 2017, to his home address in Shirley where he lives with his parents and found him in possession of the offensive material.

Among his collection included more than 6,000 category A indecent images of children as well as videos in which children were abused by adults.

In some of the videos, the young victims were seen crying as they were abused.

Southampton Crown Court heard that Marczylo used a peer to peer search system in order to obtain and download the images.

Timothy Akers, prosecuting, told Southampton Crown Court that police tracked the 30-year-old and paid him a visit on October 25, 2016.

He said: “Police seized his computer, laptop, mobile phone and tower unit for his pc.

“The defendant had 78 category A, 12 category B and seven category C movies.

“He was also found to have thousands of still images, of which the majority of them were the highest category, on his hard drive...some of the children involved are aged as young as four-years-old.”

“In one video there is reference to a child, thought to be 11-years-old, who is in discernible pain during the events taking place in it.

“There is another video in which a child is crying in pain.”

Mr Akers added: “In his interview he said he would watch the videos with his girlfriend.“

He identifies as pan sexual and describes as having fantasies involving child abuse although he has never committed the fantasy.”

Mitigating, Berenice Mulvanny told the court that Marczylo has struggled with depression, anxiety and suffered bullying as a child.

In one instance, she said, Marczylo had his hair set alight as a child.

Marczylo, of Janson Road, Southampton, was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for two years. He was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order which will run for five years and will be on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.

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A MAN carried out a 'horrendous' rape on a woman before running her over with his car at a Southampton railway station.

Dylan Collins, 20, picked up the woman in his car late at night near St Denys station and drove into the car park.

She became concerned and tried to leave the car but Collins punched her in the face before raping her and biting her neck.

A member of the public heard the incident and ran to help so Collins jumped into his car and reversed over the victim's legs before fleeing the scene.

Police launched a search to track Collins down and caught him after chasing him on foot.

Collins, of Leighton Avenue, Southampton, was convicted of rape, causing actual bodily harm, and dangerous driving, and was jailed for eight years. 

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A STRONGLY religious church-goer who committed dozens of sexual assaults against a child including multiple rapes - has been jailed for 15 years.

Bully Nigel Smith repeatedly molested and raped his victim over several years, starting when the child was around five.

Described by probation officers as a control freak, the now 63-year-old, a former member of Romsey Christian Centre, would often subdue his victim through violence.

The court was even told how Smith would sit his victim on his lap during church services for his own sexual gratification.

However, Smith, of Bitterne Road East, refused to accept his wrongdoings.

Instead, he insisted he had not meant to harm the child who the court heard was now suffering from suicidal thoughts.

He denied all charges against him, but was found guilty during a six day trial at Southampton Crown Court.

Sentencing him, Judge Nicholas Rowland, said Smith had shown a lack of remorse.

He said: What is apparent to me is the impact this has had on your victim.

Youve no appreciation for what you did nor any remorse.

Judge Rowland also condemned Mr Smiths use of violence, describing him as a bully.

Prosecuting, Rufus Taylor told the court that the first incident had occurred when the child was between five and six-years-old.

The court heard how the assaults had caused serious psychological harm to Smiths victim.

Defending, Sarah Jones said Smith had come from a violent background and accepted her client faced a lengthy prison sentence.

Judge Rowland sentenced Smith to a total of 15 years in prison.

His sentence was for four multiple counts of rape, as well as concurrent sentences for sexual assault and cruelty to a child.

Smith was also given a further concurrent sentence for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Regarding the case, a statement from Romsey Christian Centre read: "Romsey Christian Centre adheres to a strict safeguarding policy, and our safeguarding officer ensures that all our workers, paid and voluntary working with children and vulnerable adults, are included in DBS criminal record disclosure checks.

"While Nigel Smith attended the church as a member of the congregation, he has never been in a leadership position in the church and was not a member of our staff team. However, we take our responsibility very seriously to report any concerns regarding any member of our congregation to the appropriate statutory authorities including police, childrens social care or adult services.

"As soon as we became aware of an allegation of physical abuse involving Nigel Smith, we took immediate action to inform Romsey Police Station and Nigel Smith was subsequently arrested. We also informed Nigel Smith that he would no longer be able to attend the church to ensure the safety of our other church members."