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A serial child sex offender has been jailed today for a minimum of 12 years and is being sent to a women's prison - despite not being legally recognised as female.

Sally Dixon, 58, began transitioning 18 years ago and carried out the offences against seven children from 1989 to 1996 while she was a man.

She was found guilty on 30 offences of indecent assault or indecency with a child against seven victims in July, the youngest of whom was seven years old at the time.

A jury took 17.5 hours to find her guilty on the charges, and not guilty on three more.

Ryan Richter, prosecuting, described a campaign of offending against two boys and five girls lasting eight years.

He told the court: 'The defendant, living as a man in the late 80s and 90s, was a brazen and callous sexual predator.

'He exploited young males and cultivated a toxic relationship with female children who he systematically abused throughout their childhoods.'

Sally Anne Dixon, who was born John Stephen Dixon in 1963, married twice and began transitioning to live as a female in 2004.

Despite being jailed for six months in 1997 for the sexual abuse of a teenage by, it was not until a victim came forward in 2019 that Dixon's years of offending came to light.

Judge Van Der Zwart said opportunities to jail her earlier had been missed.

Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex heard Dixon will be sent to HMP Bronzefield where she will serve her sentence, despite not being legally recognised as a woman.

Wearing a pink jumper and dyed pink hair, Dixon scowled, frowned and shook her head during a sentencing hearing.

The victims were now vindicated, the judge said.

Sussex Police reopened their investigation into his earlier offending in 2019 following a new complaint from another victim.

Harrowing victim statements were read to the court by victims, now adult men and women, who described horrific abuse by Dixon.

One woman said her childhood abuse left her feeling constant anxiety.

'I was hoping he would do the right thing for once and not put me through the trial but he didn't.

'He is a coward who did not give evidence.

'He was happy to put us through it but not himself.'

Dixon lived in Crawley and Bexhill where he worked repairing TVs and as a DJ around local bars, clubs and a caravan park.

The court heard he abused the children at a lock-up garage and in a caravan on the south coast.

Dixon was given consecutive nine year custodial sentences with two one year extended licences and will serve at least 12 years in custody before becoming eligible for parole.

Detective Constable Amy Pooley of the Sussex Police Complex Abuse Unit said: 'Dixon came to know these vulnerable young children successively through family connections, and used that trusted access to systematically abuse each of them for sexual gratification, in some cases for several months at a time.

'Only when one of the victims eventually came to us in 2019 was the terrible and distressing nature of Dixon's offending over many years finally uncovered.

'As one victim escaped this predatory interest, another would take their place, but sometimes some victims would be offended against simultaneously.

'This case shows again that we will always follow up such reports, no matter how long ago the events are said to have happened, to support victims and to see if we can achieve justice for them wherever the evidence justifies that.'

His Honour Judge Mark Van Der Zwart heard in July that Dixon did not have a Gender Recognition Certificate.

She will serve time at the women's prison despite not having a gender recognition certificate - the document which allows transgender people to legally be recognised as an alternate gender. It is understood she will have all the normal opportunities other prisoners at the jail have.

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An insurance broker who sexually assaulted an off-duty police officer at a lockdown party is facing jail.

Andrew McNally, 34, pounced at a gathering in Hamilton, where revellers were celebrating the end of Covid restrictions. The woman, 33, fell asleep on a couch beside a female friend but was woken after being groped repeatedly from behind by McNally.

The terrified victim alerted her friend and mouthed 'help me' as the attack continued. Her friend asked 'what is going on?' before McNally told her to be quiet while his victim sobbed uncontrollably.

The pervert told her she would 'ruin his life' if she told his wife what had happened before saying 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry'.

The women left the house and the victim later reported McNally, of Hamilton, to police and he was arrested.

A forensic investigation found his DNA on her body, bra, and underwear.

McNally denied the sexual assault of June 2021 and went on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court but jurors took just an hour to find him guilty following a two-day trial.

Giving evidence from behind screens, the woman wept as she told depute fiscal Aga Mathieson she was left 'frozen' in fear during the assault.

She said: "He was directly behind me when I woke up, I opened my eyes briefly and then closed them straight back over because I wanted to pretend that I was still asleep.

"I didn't know what he would do if I said or did anything and I was just frozen. I was scared about what might happen next.

"I don't know why I didn't shout or scream but I was just frozen still because I didn't know how he would react.

"As soon as he heard my friend ask 'what is going on?' he jumped up off the couch and started jumping all over the living room and he kept telling her to 'ssh' and to 'shut the f**k up'.

"I was hysterical."

The woman added: "At that moment in time I wasn't a police officer but a woman. My natural reaction to what had happened was to be frozen still."

The 30-year-old witness told the trial her friend had 'red-eyes' and was 'petrified' during the attack.

In evidence, McNally, who wept in the dock after being convicted, claimed he had fallen asleep on the couch before being woken up by shouting.

He added: "I fell asleep on the couch and the next thing I realised I could hear shouting and it sounded angry which startled me so I sprung myself up and asked what was happening.

"I didn't touch her at all."

Asked if the women were lying, he replied: "It is my position that they are making it up."

Sheriff Liam Murphy deferred sentence on first offender McNally until next month for reports and continued bail.

McNally was placed on the sex offenders' register.

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A pervert who was caught bombarding a 12-year-old girl with sexual messages after she told her mother has been spared jail.

Haydon van Henten, 19, began hounding the youngster after randomly adding her on Snapchat. He told the girl, who stays in Nottinghamshire, he was aged 13 before asking her to send him naked pictures of herself.

Creepy van Henten then sent a selfie which fuelled suspicion he was lying about his age. He then sent X-rated messages such as 'if you were in my room, I want to s**g, you' and 'I wish you were in my room so we can Netflix and chill' - slang for sexual activity.

The youngster ignored him but later revealed to her horrified mother what was happening online. The woman confronted van Henten before calling in police which led detectives to his home in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.

First offender van Henten appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted sending sexual communications to the girl and taking indecent photos of children between January and June last year.

Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen ordered him to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work and placed him under supervision for two years. He also put him on the sex offenders' register for two years.

Van Henten told police he had been sending messages from accounts including one named 'jameoconnor3820'. He said: "I've done stupid things in the past. I deleted messages and photos before you came.

"They images were all on my phone. I deleted six Snapchat accounts including Jamie O'Connor. I've been stupid, I've f****d up." A search of his phone found he had 16 images showing sickening abuse of children.

Depute fiscal Alice Carey said: "The complainer was contacted via Snapchat by an account in the name of Jameoconnor3820.

"Early in the conversation the girl advised she was 12 years of age with Jameoconnor3820 replying that he was a 13-year-old boy.

"As the conversation developed, the account Jameoconnor3820 asked the complainer to exchange photographs, requesting naked pictures to which she refused.

"During the conversation Jameoconnor3820 sent a photograph of half his face and a bedroom in the background. The complainer believed that the person who sent the photograph to be older than 13 years of age.

"She felt scared and uncomfortable with the messages she received and began to ignore the account." The prosecutor added: "Her mother contacted the police and provided screenshots of the conversation to the police.

"A subscriber check confirmed the user of said Snapchat account email address and IP address belonged to the accused." Sheriff MacFadyen said: "These are very serious offences."

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The brother of Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt sent explicit images to a child and arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.

Edward Mordaunt, 44, chatted with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl called Elle on social media app KIK. Elle was in fact a decoy managed by a police officer attempting to snare sex offenders.

Leeds Crown Court heard on Thursday Mordaunt - a chartered surveyor - messaged Elle privately on May 4 this year after being in a group chat named A-Levels in Leeds with her.

Prosecutor Katherine Robinson told the court Mordaunt had already messaged another decoy said to be a girl aged 12-years-old and told her she was gorgeous.

However, his chat turned sexual when he spoke to Elle.

Ms Robinson said: [the decoy] used the group and put a message saying about school and one person she engaged with was Eddie F. The user sent a private message and the officer accepted the defendants chat request.

The court heard the picture used on the decoys account showed her wearing a white shirt and dark tie. It told Mordaunt she was 14-years-old that day.

Ms Robinson said: He said he was an adult male. Up to 27th May the officer engaged with him on a number of occasions on KIK and Snapchat.

The court heard that during the conversations Mordaunt asked the decoy if she had ever had full sex with someone, and sent images of a mans penis to her. Ms Robinson said Mordaunt also made comments about how he shouldnt be speaking to her and they had discussions about how it was wrong for him to be speaking to people her age. She added that Mordaunt even mentioned setting up a "sugar baby" fund for Elle before requesting images from her.

Ms Robinson said that during the conversations Mordaunt, of Ford Avenue, Beeston, had referred to himself as Teddy Eddie and said he was like a bear and sexy" and told the decoy she was also "sexy."

It was said that plans had been made for Mordaunt to meet the decoy, but he cancelled, and they had discussed him visiting her in Sunderland.

After May 27th, there was no further contact between the pair and Mordaunt was arrested. Mitigating Catherine Silverton said he was arrested, interviewed and kept in custody for 26 hours before his first magistrates appearance.

Recorder of Leeds Judge Guy Kearl QC said he dismissed the suggestion that as a result of the job performed by Mordaunts sister, Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt, his case had been different.

He said: I take into account that suggestion that as a result of the job performed by your sibling which is an MP your case is somewhat different to other offenders. I sit here in this court daily and view many of these cases and as far as I can see your case has not been dealt with in anyway inappropriate or different to other cases.

Ms Silverton said highly educated Mordaunt had attempted to get help following his guilty plea at a plea, trial and preparation hearing to attempting to engage a child in sexual communication. She added he had no previous convictions.

She added that he had indicated his guilty plea to the Crown in advance of the plea, trial and preparation hearing. Ms Silverton said: He accepts full responsibility and is understanding of the harm of these types of offences on victims. He is of exemplary character. He has tried to see a doctor and has tried to engage with him and is on a waiting list. He has done his own research into other psychiatrists which may be able to help him.

Ms Silverton added that Mordaunt cares for his elderly father and stepmother and references from his wife, brother and former employer had been given to the court.

The court heard Mordaunt has also taken part in the rehabilitation course.

Judge Kearl sentenced Mordaunt to six months in prison suspended for two years. He told him: I take into account you used chat rooms to escape but you didnt need to engage with a female child in order to achieve thatIf you breach that order you will be sent to prison.

Mordaunt was also ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement says. He was also made the subject of a seven-year sexual harm prevention order.

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Gary Nash, who sexually assaulted a young girl for around a ten-year period, has now faced justice with a 16-year sentence following an investigation by safeguarding detectives.

Nash, 39, of Tower Road, St Leonards, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Thursday (September 8), having previously admitted two offences of sexual assault and one offence of attempting to engage in a penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 13.

He was given a 16-year sentence eight years of which will be served in custody, with the remaining eight years on extended licence. He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and will be a registered sex offender for life.

Detective Sergeant Oliver Bali of the East Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: "Nash took advantage of his access to the victim to exploit her for his own sexual gratification without anyone else knowing, until earlier this year when she finally found the courage to speak out.

"We started enquiries at once, and swiftly arrested Nash, who admitted all the offences. He would undoubtedly have continued to offend against her, had she not very bravely reported him.

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A sex offender working at a hotel in Exeter has admitted pestering a woman in the health club Jacuzzi. Naweed Nasery, 21, followed the woman around the premises, bombarded her with WhatsApp messages and ignored her requests to stop, a court heard.

He was working as a porter at the Mercure Exeter at the time and subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which banned him from approaching lone females. The woman, a 19-year-old, was using the health club and called police after a series of incidents.

Nasery, of Cowick Street, admitted breaching the terms of his SHPO and was remanded in custody until a sentencing hearing next month.

Magistrates were told Nasery's work gave him use of the hotel's facilities and the first incident happened when he approached the woman in the Jacuzzi and sat next to her. He asked if she was single, her age and for her phone number. He told her he did not have any friends and would like to leave with her.

An hour later he texted her about meeting up. After sending more messages she told him to stop but he continued over the next few days. On May 17 she had 11 missed calls from him.

He carried on pestering her about being 'friends' when she returned to to health club. She managed to leave the hotel by a different exit and avoided going back to the gym. She made it clear on a number of occasions that he should leave her alone and was making her feel uncomfortable.

She contacted police on May 21 after receiving more messages from him.

Nasery has a history of similar offending and his behaviour was the latest breach of his SHPO. He was jailed in February for hanging around Exeter City Centre and speaking to woman on their own. He has been assessed as a high risk offender and his behaviour managed by the authorities.

Ms Lisa McArthur, defending, said Nasery was released from his prison recall in August and had previously worked at the Amazon warehouse with no problems. He has serious mental health issues but regularly sees a doctor and his offender manager. He is no longer employed at the hotel.

The defendant was remanded in custody until October 4. He will be sentenced at Exeter Crown Court.

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A GIRL was left "emotionless and numb" after an older man sexually abused her, a court heard.

Eyakeno Nyong made his victim feel "violated and disgusted".

The girl was under the age of 13 when Nyong sexually touched her several times over the course of a year.

A statement made by the victim spoke of her anxiety and how it has impacted her relationships.

Nyong, of Wolseley Road, Southampton, appeared at Southampton Crown Court on Tuesday to be sentenced for two charges of sexual assault.

The 38-year-old had been found guilty following a trial at the same court in July of this year.

The court heard how the offences took place around a decade ago at an address in the city.

Prosecuting, Edward Warren read the impact statement from the victim.

She said that what had happened had impacted "everything".

"I feel violated and disgusted with myself," it said.

"I do not feel safe in my house but I do not feel safe outside either.

"I find it hard to trust and I keep a closer eye on my nieces and nephews. I am so worried."

In defence, David Richards said that Nyong was a "family man".

He hadn't committed any offence in the years since, Mr Richards said.

"If he isn't already rehabilitated, there's a real scope for rehabilitation," he told the court.

Judge Nicholas Rowland jailed him for 15 months.

However, he said a sexual harm prevention order "did not seem necessary" as Nyong had no previous or subsequent convictions.

The court orders can be used when there are specific concerns about a defendant.

They aim to stop offenders from engaging in particular activities.

He added: "I commend the dignity of those sitting in the public gallery in what seems like impossible circumstances."

Nyong must register as a sex offender for ten years and has been barred from working with children.

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A man who is still adamant of his innocence despite being found guilty by a jury of sexually abusing a young girl more than 10 years ago has finally been jailed.

Stuart Pyle was found guilty of inciting or causing a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity, and six counts of sexual activity with a child following a trial in March.

But during a sentencing hearing at Preston Crown Court on Monday, Judge Graham Knowles told the court Pyle still says his victim is a liar and brandished him a dangerous offender who was a risk to other children.

The court was told how Pyle, 47, began abusing the girl when she was around eight-years-old, in 2010, with the offences continuing for around two or three years.

The abuse started off as kissing, then led to touching on top of clothing, and eventually progressed to Pyle touching the girl underneath her clothes.

In two or three instances, he even forced her to hold his penis while he was urinating.

In mitigation for Pyle, Kimberley Obrusik said her client would be afforded no credit due to denying the charges and continues to this day to deny any wrongdoing.

She said: While he doesnt accept he is the reason or the author of the victims trauma, he knows she did suffer trauma and he hold no malice against her for what did happen to her.

What Mr Pyle wishes to say is that he hopes, regardless of his lack of admission, that she can work through her traumas.

In sentencing, Judge Graham Knowles QC said: She did not realise what was being done to her was sexual assault, of course she didnt, she was a child and was being abused and groomed by you.

She could not tell another person for years and eventually she told her mother.

She could not even tell the police or social services, not even when you were caught with indecent images of children in 2015.

She felt fear, and feared if she reported you, you would come after her. She had panic attacks and had to quit three jobs.

All of these things are because of offending by you.

What you did was terrible. She had counselling but it was too painful.

In her personal statement she talks of the shame she feels but that shame should be yours.

All this tells me is that this is absolutely the kind of thing that happens when a child is sexually abused. The blame does not lie with her, it lies with you.

Within years of committing the offences you took to the internet to satisfy your desires and were given a suspended sentence in 2015 for possessing indecent images.

And when the offending against this victim was put to you, you refused to comment.

She has had to wait 27 months since first being interviewed by the police until today.

Theres no remorse on your behalf and you still say shes a liar.

This has caused her distress. You were manipulative and you groomed her.

Are you a dangerous offender? There is a significant risk of serious harm being done by you to other children in the future, so yes, you are.

Pyle, of Washington Court, Blackpool, was jailed for eight years and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

He was also made subject of a sexual harm prevention order which stops him living at or being in the same house as a girl under the age of 16 without relevant supervision.

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An online predator with a previous conviction has been caged after he was trapped by a paedophile hunter group posing with a decoy profile of a 13-year-old girl.

Luke Pryor, formerly of Deerlands Avenue, Parson Cross, Sheffield, was originally convicted in 2020 for three counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and for three counts of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, according to a Sheffield Crown Court hearing.

Prosecuting barrister Amy Earnshaw told the hearing on September 6 how 26-year-old Pryor was given a community order but in June, this year, he struck up a sexual online conversation with a decoy profile of a 13-year-old girl which had been set up by a paedophile hunter group called Defending the Innocent.

Judge Peter Kelson QC told Pryor: You have shown yourself to be a predator. A person who wishes to prey upon children. You have been given a chance of a non-custodial sentence and you have spurned that chance.

Ms Earnshaw explained Pryor began communicating sexually with the decoy on WhatsApp in June and discussed kissing, cuddling, and undressing her.

Pryor sent four images of himself including three of him wearing nothing but a towel.

Ms Earnshaw said a further decoy contact was deployed by the paedophile hunter group and a meeting was arranged at Deerlands Avenue where the group attended and alerted the police.

Pryor pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching a previously Sexual Harm Prevention Order after possessing two phones capable of internet connection and by contacting someone online who was believed to be a child, and he also admitted attempting to sexually communicate with a child.

Rebecca Tanner, defending, said Pryor had become socially isolated and had developed poor health and after he was bailed he lost his address and he does not yet have a home.

Ms Tanner added: Nobody is more disappointed than Mr Pryor himself by letting himself down by committing these offences. He accepts what he has done has placed him in an extremely vulnerable position and he accepts he has no one else to blame but himself.

She also said Pryor realises his actions were not appropriate and that he should not have been trying to contact someone who was not his own age.

Judge Kelson revoked Pryor's previous community order for the three counts of attempting to sexually communicate with a child, and the three counts of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, and he chose to resentence the defendant for these matters alongside his new offences.

He told Pryor: The offending you have now committed is the same one in so many ways. You were caught by a sting which was being run by a protective group here in Sheffield.

Judge Kelson sentenced Pryor to two years of custody and the defendant was made subject to a restrictive Sexual Harm Prevention Order to run alongside his Sex Offender Register monitoring for 10 years.

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A man who raped a woman as she returned home from a night out in Aberdeen has been jailed.

Jeffery Oviasogie, 21, admitted attacking the 29-year-old in Bon Accord Terrace Gardens in the early hours of 26 September last year.

He had been employed as a support worker at Camphill special needs school in the city at the time.

At the High Court in Glasgow, Oviasogie was jailed for four years and eight months.

The Nigerian national's visitor visa expired six months before the attack. He had been living in the UK since 2018.

The victim had been on a night out with friends before heading home in the early hours.

She was walking when Oviasogie suddenly came up and started talking to her. He then followed her as she continued into Bon Accord Terrace Gardens.

Prosecutor John McElroy previously said: "She began to feel uncomfortable. As she walked along a steep path, the woman was aware of Oviasogie behind her.

"Her next memory is of being on her back on a muddy area with him on top of her.

"She was screaming for help, but she was unable to move beneath his weight."

Oviasogie demanded she "shut up" and raped her as he held her down.

The advocate depute said: "She continued screaming and shouting. She was petrified."

A man heard the cries and spotted Oviasogie on top of the woman.

As the rapist fled, he was seen to be wearing a distinctive red baseball cap.

Mr McElroy: "The woman remained on the ground, crying and curled into a ball."

Officers found Oviasogie in Justice Mill Lane about an hour later, still wearing the cap. His jeans and trainers were also mud-stained - but he denied being involved in the attack.

Edith Forrest, defending, said: "He was out after work with colleagues. He said he consumed a lot of alcohol, which he was not used to indulging in.

"He accepts he was showing off to a degree to his peers, which demonstrates a level of immaturity at the time. He says he often thinks of the victim and the impact this will have had on her."

'Dangerous predator'

Judge John McCormick told him: "You assaulted and raped a lone female as she walked home in Aberdeen.

"You used force to hold her down and ignored her screams for help."

Oviasogie will also be monitored for a further three years on his release, and will be on the sex offenders list indefinitely.

Det Ch Insp Karen Main of Police Scotland said it was a "horrendous" attack, and described Oviasogie as "a dangerous predator".

She added: "A young woman is dealing with the trauma of what happened to her that night and I hope that knowing Oviasogie is no longer a threat to other women gives her some sort of solace as she moves forward with her life."

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Victims of a serial rapist have welcomed the fiend's 14-year prison sentence for a catalogue of horrific domestic crimes.

One woman said her life has been "changed forever" after seven years of physical, sexual and mental abuse at the hands of vile brute, William Allison. Her ordeal included being raped after having a pillow forced over her face. Bully Allison also kicked and choked his terrified victim and threw plates of food at her. He wouldn't let her leave the house, monitored her phone calls and messages, and took control of her finances, making her beg him for money.

Allison, of Gartsherrie Road, Coatbridge, was sentenced at the High Court in Inverness.

After trial, the 31-year-old was found guilty of raping the woman and two other ex-partners at various Lanarkshire addresses. The former bakery worker - who we cannot picture as he has an outstanding court matter - was also convicted of assault, threatening or abusive behaviour and a course of abusive conduct. The crimes against the three women were committed between 2010 and 2019. His first victim said their relationship was "really good" to begin with. "His whole attitude changed and he was vulgar and harsh when he spoke to me.

"The abuse was mental as well as physical and sexual. I was walking on eggshells because of his moods and personality changes."

The mum-of-two said she lost a lot of friends because of Allison, who monitored her social media, called her derogatory names and accused her of being unfaithful.

She went on: "My mental health was affected to the point that I had never been so low.

"I have lost the person I was but I am striving to become a better person.

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A former teaching assistant was arrested at his then school after authorities in the US linked a Kik account in his name to child sex abuse images.

Non-profit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children contacted UK police as a user on the social media site was believed to have shared indecent images of children in August 2019.

The Kik account was linked to the IP address at Benjamin Pooleys then home in Witney and the account set up with his email address and phone number.

Oxford Crown Court heard police officers executed a warrant at the 28-year-olds home on March 4 last year.

However, Mr Pooley had moved out of the address four weeks earlier. He was arrested at his place of work, which was a school in Witney, prosecutor James Gwatkin said.

Pooley, who in 2019 appeared on an episode of quiz show favourite Countdown, was interviewed by the police on two occasions. He denied association with the Kik account or that he had downloaded illegal images of children.

That was unmasked as a lie when two devices an iPhone found on him at the school and a computer seized from his home in Stanton Harcourt were analysed by police specialists.

In total, he had 22 images in category A, the most serious category and which includes depiction of child rape. There were two category B images, 38 in category C and 15 prohibited images of children. Some of the children in the pictures were pre-pubescent.

There was evidence of Google searches for extreme' pornography in 2020 and 2021.

Sentencing him to eight months imprisonment suspended for two years, Judge Michael Gledhill QC told Pooley: The children in those images that you were looking at for your own sexual gratification were being abused by others and, but for the likes of you paying for those images, they would be unlikely to be abused.

So, you are directly responsible, albeit in part, for the sexual abuse of pre-pubescent children to say nothing of the older ones. You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.

He said he could not begin to imagine how Pooley had got any pleasure from this filth.

Mitigating, Dana Bilan said her client had no previous convictions, was now working in a laboratory to support his wife and baby, and had undertaken therapy to understand why he had looked at the indecent material.

He expressed his remorse in his probation interview and continues to do so through me today, she added.

Pooley, now of Grange Road, London, pleaded guilty at the magistrates court to possession of indecent images and prohibited images of children.

Judge Gledhill ordered Pooley do 100 hours of unpaid work, up to 40 rehabilitation sessions with the probation service and pay 425 in costs.

He was made subject to a 10 year sexual harm prevention order and will be a registered sex offender for a decade.

In a parting shot, the judge told the defendant: Dont ever come before this court again.

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A teacher was filmed performing a sex act whilst on a call to who he thought was a 12-year-old girl - before asking her how she felt about starting year eight.

Paul Corrie, 60, quit his job as headteacher of John Mason School, Oxford, in 2007 to return to the classroom.

He met the 'girl' on website Chat Avenue Teen Chat at the end of the summer holidays last year - not realising it was an undercover police officer.

When he was arrested little more than a week later, he confessed to receiving web links to indecent images of children online.

Corrie later admitted to the probation officer that he had 'felt undervalued, unappreciated and unfulfilled' at his job.

On Monday the Judge imposed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order on Corrie and sentenced him to a year in prison - meaning he will be a registered sex offender for a decade.

Judge Maria Lamb acknowledged that the jail term would impact his wife and parents, who relied on him for support, but told the defendant: 'I cannot ignore the fact of the seriousness of this type of offending and in my view the only appropriate punishment here can be achieved by a sentence of immediate custody.'

Corrie met his 'victim' on Chat Avenue on August 17 last year.

Under the username 'SportyUKGuy', the dad told the 'girl' he was 36-years-old.

Informed by the police officer operating the decoy account that she was only 12, he replied: 'Nice, what do you look like?'

Their conversation moved to SnapChat, where 'SportyUKGuy's username was later matched to Corrie's mobile phone number.

Over the next week, he sent a number of images of himself in boxer shorts, of his naked genitalia and video-called the 'girl' while performing a sex act on himself.

Amidst other 'sexualised messages', the ex-headteacher asked the 'girl' - 'what school year she's going into and how she feels about going into year eight'.

He was arrested on September 1, immediately taking responsibility for his actions and telling the officers: 'It's true.'

Checks of his phone and computer showed he had six indecent images in the worst category, including one showing the rape of a girl estimated to be aged between two and four.

He had five indecent images and videos in category C.

These types of inappropriate images come under three categories: category A involves penetrative sexual activity, sexual activity with an animal or sadism.

Category B features images involving non-penetrative sexual activity, and category C is indecent images not falling in categories A or B.

Corrie was also found to have searched for key phrases favoured by paedophiles and there was evidence of hyperlinks being saved for favourite websites from 2017.

Corrie pleaded guilty at the magistrates' court to attempted sexual communication with a child, attempting to get a child to look at an image of sexual activity and possession of indecent images of children.

Mitigating, Kellie Enever said her client had no previous convictions, supported his wife and elderly parents, and had lived a 'good life' until that point.

She said since his arrest, he had undergone counselling with specialist charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation.

A probation report assessed him as a medium risk of causing serious harm to children.

The offending is understood to have been completely unconnected to his work as a teacher.

A spokeswoman for UTC Oxfordshire, where Corrie was working as a maths teacher until his dismissal last September, said: 'Once we became aware of this matter, our safeguarding procedures were followed and we are satisfied that none of the children at the school were at any risk.'

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The first in-person jury to sit at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in more than two years has convicted a Glenrothes man of child abuse dating back more than three decades.

Thomas Hepburn, 62, was found guilty of two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour by the majority of jurors on Monday afternoon.

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A PAEDOPHILE "groomed a 12-year-old schoolgirl he met online after pretending he was a teenage gardener.

But Declan Hatton, 30, from Ebbw Vale, was actually being duped by an undercover police officer who had joined a Kik group chat.

Layla wasnt a real child but a decoy set up to catch paedophiles, Newport Crown Court was told.

Hatton had set up a bogus account on Kik with a false picture and profile posing as a 19-year-old gardener from Blackwood.

After moving to a private chat with the Layla, he asked her to perform a sexual act on herself and tried to persuade her to watch a sexually explicit video.

The defendant, of Curre Street, Cwm, was found guilty by a jury following a trial of three offences.

They were told by prosecutor Heath Edwards how Hatton had said to Layla that she should keep this to yourself and you cant say anything until your 16.

He was convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause a girl under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity and attempting to cause a child to watch an image of sexual activity.

The offences were committed between May 10, 2021 and May 17, 2021.

Nicholas Gedge, representing Hatton, said his clients best mitigation was that he had no previous convictions for similar offences.

His only previous brush with the law was for driving without due care and attention.

The judge was told how Hatton had continued to maintain his innocence in his pre-sentence report and had been assessed as generally seen as a low risk of reoffending.

Mr Gedge added: He is a hard-working man who has worked in his fathers haulage business.

His barrister told the court: There wasnt significant planning or any planning.

Judge Daniel Williams said to Hatton: You knew that Kik was popular with children.

Your profile and picture were false you claimed you were a 19-year-old gardener from Blackwood.

You believed Layla was a 12-year-old girl living with foster parents.

The defendant was jailed for three years and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.

He was also made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and must pay a victim surcharge following his release from prison.