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Daniel Davis, 33, from Trowbridge has been jailed for 68 weeks for breaching of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after appearing before Salisbury magistrates today (30/09).

Earlier this year, Daniel Davis was handed a suspended prison sentence for filming and watching people using the toilet in a McDonald’s restaurant in Bath.

The court heard how he was in possession of a mobile phone with a camera, in contravention of the conditions of his order.

His breach came to light in relation to other matters which remain under investigation.

Sgt Gemma Rutter said:

"I'm aware of the community concern relating to this person and I hope that the fact that he has been jailed following a breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order will reassure the public that we will act swiftly and robustly to bring such offenders to justice."

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A man from Trowbridge has been sentenced to 16 and a half years in prison for raping two women a decade apart.

Marcin Janikowski, 39, of Cusance Way, Hilperton, was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court on September 19.

He pleaded guilty to raping a woman last year, but tried to change his plea later in court. He pleaded not guilty to raping another woman ten years previously but he was found guilty by trial in July.

Janikowski was told he will serve 13 years and six months in prison and serve the following three years on licence.

He was also served a Restraining Order.

In a statement to the court one victim said:

"I thought he was that missing piece that made my life complete".

She went on to say

"he stole my hopes, my dreams, my future and every day was filled with fear, sadness and made no sense... No amount of justice will ever undo the damage that he has caused to me, my family and so many others."

Detective Constable James Gatherum, from CID, said:

“First and foremost, I want to express my sincere gratitude to both victims in this case. They have endured incredibly difficult circumstances and shown immense strength and courage throughout the investigation. Without their determination to stand up to Marcin Janikowski, today’s outcome would not have been possible.

"In 2014, Janikowski violently raped the first victim, who was known to him, subjecting her to a traumatic ordeal. At the time, despite a thorough investigation, there was insufficient evidence to proceed. However, as is standard in such cases, the evidence was retained in case further information came to light.

"In January 2024, Wiltshire Police received a report of rape and assault from another victim. A new investigation was launched, leading to his arrest and charges of rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was subsequently remanded in custody.

"Following this, the earlier case from 2014 was reviewed, and the Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges based on the new evidence.

"I also want to acknowledge the bravery of the witnesses who came forward. I am acutely aware of the personal impact this has had on their lives.

"Today marks the end of a long and painful journey for both victims—each of whom had their trust abused by Janikowski, a decade apart. I am pleased that the sentence handed down today reflects the seriousness of his crimes and the danger he poses to women.

"Abuse in relationships rarely begins with violence. It often escalates over time, with factors such as housing, finances, language barriers, and children making it harder for victims—regardless of gender—to seek help. Support is available, and today’s verdict shows that justice can be achieved.”

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A paedophile ex-cop from Malmesbury is being held in custody over an alleged breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Callum Denley has been charged with failing to produce his iPhone for inspection by a police offender manager between 16 June and 23 July.

The 20-year-old was slapped with the SHPO after pleading guilty to possessing 1,590 indecent images and videos of children earlier this year, some as young as five.

He was handed a ten-month suspended prison sentence at Swindon Crown Court, alongside a requirement to complete rehab activities and register as a sex offender for ten years.

Denley was a serving officer at Wiltshire Police at the time of his arrest – but later resigned.

The defendant, of Old Alexander Road, Malmesbury, was remanded in police custody and is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court this morning (Thursday).

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A statistician from Chippenham has avoided jail for possessing child abuse images.

Dr Anthony Masters pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent photos of children when he appeared at Swindon Crown Court last year.

He admitted collecting four category A images – which show penetrative sexual activity, the most serious kind of child abuse.

The Chartered Statistician, of Tavinor Drive, Chippenham, also accepted having two category B images and six category C images.

Despite his conviction for child-related sex crimes, Masters remains listed as one of the The Royal Statistical Society’s ambassadors.

He co-authored the book Covid by Numbers – which was written to ‘expose the leading misconceptions about the virus and the vaccine’.

36-year-old Masters was given a 12-month community order with the requirement to complete 150 hours of unpaid work in the community.

He was also ordered to undertake 30 rehabilitation activity days with the probation service and register as a sex offender for five years.

A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was also put in place and will last five years.

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A man from Calne has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for sexual assault.

Adam Gregory, 32, of Finch Lane, was sentenced at Swindon Magistrates Court on February 24 after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.

On October 2, 2023, Gregory assaulted his victim by touching her in an intimate area without her consent while her children were in the house, which was recorded on her phone.

Gregory was sentenced to 12 months in prison, has been made the subject of a restraining order for 16 years, required to register with the police in accordance with the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for 10 years, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £187.

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A man from Chippenham has been sentenced to four years in prison for raping a teenager.

Ethan Baily, 20, of Hill Rise, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on Friday February 14 after being found guilty by trial in October 2024.

Baily will also be on the Sex Offenders Register for life and was issued a lifetime restraining order from the victim.

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A former Tory councillor ‘wanted to sexually abuse’ a teen boy, a court heard.

William Horley pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and was sentenced at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on 12 February.

The 47-year-old defendant, who was a parish councillor for Chiseldon and Lawn in recent years, spoke to a profile on Grindr – which had been set up by a paedophile hunter.

Between 12 and 19 March 2024, he spoke about the sexual activity he would have with the boy and the sexual acts he wanted to carry out. He also sent the profile a nude photo of himself.

Horley, of Orchard Road, Marlborough, was sentenced to an 18-month community order with the requirement to carry out 40 days of rehabilitation activity. He was also fined £3,000.

The defendant was ordered to register as a sex offender for five years.

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A known sex offender has been jailed after he sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl.

Craig Coney, 37, of no fixed abode in Devizes, groomed and treated the girl as if he was in a relationship with her for more than six months.

Coney was found guilty of five counts of penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 15 years on no fewer than 13 occasions at a trial.

On December 20, 2024, at Salisbury Crown Court he was sentenced to nine years imprisonment.

He is also subject to the requirements of being a registered sex offender and an indefinite sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) which prohibits him from contacting the victim and having any unsupervised contact with any females under 16.

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A man who raped a woman twice while her children were in the house has been jailed.

Abdul Hamed, 35, of no fixed address, assaulted a woman in a "horrendous ordeal" after climbing through her window in Swindon in the early hours of 18 June.

"Hamed entered her home through a window in the middle of the night, significantly breaching her sense of safety and privacy in the one place that she should have felt safest," said DC Ashleigh Moran of Swindon Police.

Hamed has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison at Swindon Crown Court.

'No remorse'

"This was a traumatic incident for the victim and I want to thank her and commend her for her incredible bravery that she's shown throughout this process," DC Moran continued.

The incident was reported to police the day after it happened, and Hamed was arrested.

He pleaded not guilty to the offences and was unanimously found guilty following a six-day jury trial.

"He has shown no remorse throughout this investigation and now faces several years behind bars for his actions," DC Moran added.

"I hope this sentencing will bring an element of closure for the victim and she can start to move forward with her life."

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A Wiltshire sex offender who was previously found guilty of possessing indecent images of children and images of sex with horses and dogs has now been sentenced for breaking court orders.

Anthony Munk, 36, of Trowbridge town centre appeared in Swindon Crown Court on November 6 after breaching the conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Munk became a listed sex offender when he served a six-month prison sentence in 2018 for possession of indecent images of children, and this is not the first time he has broken his SHPO.

In 2020, Munk possessed an Apple iPhone which he had failed to register with police.

When his devices were analysed, police found 15 new prohibited images of children and half a dozen extreme pornographic images showing people having sex with horses and dogs.

They had been downloaded in June, just three months after he was given the earlier court order.

His 2024 breach of condition was also for possessing an internet disabled phone which was not disclosed to Wiltshire Police, and using apps such as Snapchat which do not save messaging history.

The sex offender has now been sentenced to two months in prison, alongside a six month prison sentence which will run concurrently, suspended for 18 months.

He must also carry out 50 rehabilitation activity days and 300 hours unpaid work.

"SHPOs are put in place by the court, to protect the public from sexual harm," said detective constable Chris McLoughlin, from MOSOVO.

"Their conditions assist in managing sex offenders, and may restrict things such as erasing of search history, procurement/destruction of devices, contact with certain demographics and the type or number of devices owned.

"Munk received this order following a conviction for making indecent images of children, and the breaching of the order demonstrates a flagrant disregard for the law.”

When Munk last appeared before the court for breaching his SHPO in 2020, defence lawyer Ray Tully said his client suffered from a number of learning difficulties and mental health issues, including autism, ADHD dyslexia and dyspraxia.

The lawyer suggested Munk had potentially been “set up for something of a failure” by the court that sentenced him in 2018.

“That is because the court at the point when he, appearing before it as a first-time offender back in March 2018, sentenced him without the full knowledge this court now has as to the complexities of his background.”

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A Wiltshire transwoman who raped a woman after a night out has been jailed.

Lexi Secker, who was born Alexander Secker, launched a sex attack on his highly intoxicated victim in a woodland in April 2021.

The incident happened in Swindon following a night out in Blunsdon.

At Swindon Crown Court back in June this year, they were found guilty of rape by a jury.

Today (Friday), the defendant – of Lowbourne in Melksham – was sentenced, with the judge handing down a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence – which they will serve in a male-only prison.

The 35-year-old committed the crimes as a male but they were on trial as a female named Lexi.

DC Corrina Wiltshire said: “I would firstly like to thank our victim in this case who has been inspirational in the way they have handled things.

“I hope this sentence gives other victims the strength to come forward and help police seek justice for them.

“This case has taken a long time to get to this point, but I’m pleased to say the victim has trusted the police throughout and stayed with this despite the hurdles.

“They have such incredible strength and I hope it shows others that they can do this too.”

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A man from Devizes has been jailed for 28 months in prison for child sex offences after he was identified as responsible for sending sexual messages to someone he believed to be a 12-year-old female child on a social media platform.

Alan Wiltshire, 65, was sentenced on Friday (26/07) at Winchester Crown Court after pleading guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and breaching his sexual harm prevention order.

Wiltshire had previously admitted three counts of making indecent images of children and sentenced by Salisbury Magistrates on April 14 to 17 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and made subject to the Sex Offenders Register and Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 5 years.

His most recent offence placed him in breach of his suspended custodial sentence.

Wiltshire was sentenced to 14 months for inciting sexual activity, 7 months (to run concurrently) for sexual messages, 12 months (to run consecutively) for breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and two months (to run consecutively) for breaching his Suspended Sentence Order.

He was also issued a new Sexual Harm Prevention Order lasting for 10 years.

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A 57-year-old man from Dilton Marsh has been jailed after being found guilty of sexually abusing two young children over a number of years.

David Hedges was earlier found guilty of three counts of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and four counts of indecent assault against the same girls on no fewer than 17 occasions.

His abuse was perpetrated over several years throughout 90s and 2000s.

Today (02/07), at Salisbury Crown Court, Hedges was sentenced to 28 years imprisonment, plus a further year on licence. 

He will be required to serve a minimum of two-thirds before being eligible for parole, when his case will be evaluated. 

In addition to the custodial sentence, he is also subject to the requirements of being a registered sex offender, conditions of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and conditions of a restraining order to prohibit future contact with children indefinitely. 

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20-year-old David Shipway admitted charges of attempting sexual communication with a child and inciting a child to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity.

Swindon Magistrates’ Court were told on Wednesday (17 January) that the defendant, of Ladyfield Road, was arrested by police when paedophile hunters attended his home.

During conversations with a person posing as a 14-year-old girl online, he used sexual language and asked her to share explicit sexual photographs. He also sent her a photograph of his penis.

Kate Prince, prosecuting, said she believes the case to be in the category 1A, the most serious – and suggested that it should be sent to a crown court for sentencing.

Defence solicitor Mark Glendenning said his client has mental health issues and problems recognising the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviours.

A pre-sentence report was ordered and the case was sent to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing on 16 February. He was released on unconditional bail.

He was told to register as a sex offender within 72 hours. The lengthy of the registration will be determined by the sentence given next month.

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A Calne man was caught with a huge collection of child and animal abuse images.

Luke Frewin denied four sex offences but on 3 December, just a few days before his trial at Swindon Crown Court, he changed his pleas to guilty.

The 27-year-old father admitted possessing 750 indecent images of children, including 239 described as being in category A – involving penetration.

He also admitted possessing 57 extreme images involving sexual activity with animals.

On 14 December, at the same court, Frewin was sentenced to 15-month prison sentence suspended for two years and was told to complete 60 rehabilitation days.

The defendant, of Ebor Paddock, Calne, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for ten years. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was imposed to run alongside it.