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A HAVANT photographer has been found guilty of sexually assaulting an aspiring actress, making her feel sick and uncomfortable.

Pascal Molliere, 55, exploited the woman during an hour-long photoshoot at a warehouse in Fulham, west London, in July 2010.

Jurors at Southwark Crown Court heard Molliere kissed and repeatedly groped the victim, after being polite and professional for the initial 15 minutes of the shoot and locking the door.

The woman, 22, had moved to London to pursue an acting career.

She had borrowed money from her mother to pay for portfolio images to publicise herself, the court heard.

Prosecutor Tyrone Silcott said Molliere started out taking headshots but then photographed her from underneath with her legs open and touched her genitals.

The woman burst into tears after leaving the studio and told her boyfriend what happened, jurors heard.

Her boyfriend branded Molliere an abhorrent human and told him he would contact the police if the photographer did not delete all the photographs and refund the money.

The prosecutor said: For her part, she felt uncomfortable and upset.

After the photoshoot had finished, the defendant kissed her with a full kiss on the mouth.

The kiss made her feel sick.

Mr Silcott told jurors that ahead of the shoot, Molliere asked the woman whether she wanted to do fashion or sexy shots.

The woman agreed to bring lingerie because she was interested in modelling and felt it might be nice to take some photographs for her and her then partner, he added.

She said she was inspired to report Molliere to the police in 2019 after the #MeToo movement gained momentum.

Molliere denied all counts against him, claiming the incident absolutely did not happen and the woman left his studio seeming elated.

He said when he received a call from her boyfriend days later, he believed the couple had fallen out over the sexual nature of the pictures.

A jury convicted him of three counts of sexual assault after deliberating for two days.

The photographer, from Havant, will be sentenced on April 12.

Pauline Curtis, from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said: In his capacity as a professional photographer Pascal Molliere exploited a young woman who had simply wanted a portfolio of images to help her begin an acting career.

She did not consent to any sexual activity.

The victim trusted Molliere as a professional photographer, however, that trust was abused while she was in her most vulnerable state.

The prosecution case included strong testimony from the brave victim who came to court and gave evidence against her abuser during the trial.

Sexual offences are some of the most complex cases that we prosecute.

I hope these convictions provide the victim with some closure and encourage other victims of such crimes to come forward and report their attackers.

The CPS is committed to bringing sexual predators to justice regardless of the time that has passed.

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A 35-year-old man who raped a child under the age of 13 was jailed for 19 years at Liverpool Crown Court.

Richard Green, 35, from the Tuebrook area, appeared before the court on Friday, February 25, charged with 15 counts including rape of a child under 13, assault by penetration, sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Green was found guilty and jailed for 19 years after continually denying his offending.

Detective Constable Joanne Waldron said she was "pleased" to see him jailed for a "considerable about of time"

She said: "Green continued to deny his offending meaning his victim was forced to endure a trial. I am pleased that he will now spend a considerable amount of time behind bars for his actions.

"I would like to take this opportunity to praise his victim for their courage and dignity throughout the whole of this investigation and hope that by seeing him sent to prison will give them some sort of closure and allow them to move on with their lives knowing he cannot harm anyone else.

"We are committed to protecting victims of sexual offences, and anyone who reports an incident to us will be safeguarded and supported throughout the investigation.

"Anyone that has been a victim of a similar sexual offence, is concerned for the safety of someone they know or suspects someone to be engaging in this criminal activity, should come forward and speak to us. We have a team of dedicated staff who will expertly and compassionately deal with your reports and we will do everything we can to bring offenders to justice

"Time is no barrier to reporting offences and I would urge anyone who has been victim at any time to come forward and we will do everything we can to help and support them.

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"This man preyed on their vulnerabilities as young girls and exploited them for his own sickening pleasure"

A taxi driver plied two girls with alcohol and drugs then raped them in a terrifying campaign of abuse.

Mohammed Saleem, 42, groomed the two girls who were aged 14 and 15 when he targeted them in the 1990s.

Both victims were extremely vulnerable and "abused in the worst ways possible".

Taxi driver Saleem, of Rochdale, met them both at a house of an older associate, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

He gave them lifts in his taxi and plied them with booze and cannabis before raping them, prosecutor Mark Kellet told the court.

Despite being married and having children, he went onto continue sexually, physically and mentally abuse one of the girls for more than 17 years.

He even installed spyware on their computers to track their internet activity.

Saleem was today jailed for 33 years after being found guilty of 31 offences.

The victim was vulnerable due to the use of alcohol and drugs to facilitate the offences, Mr Kellet said.

There were 16 offences of rape over an 18-year period.

There was systematic abuse of the victim, who was targeted and exploited as an extremely vulnerable young child."

In a victim personal statement read to the court, the first woman said: I often reflect on how my childhood was full of abuse instead of love and protection.

I feel ashamed by what happened.

Coming to the stand in the court was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do.

The other woman said: Its impossible to put into words how I have been personally affected by the last 32 years.

'I became an empty shell'

My whole life was destroyed - I lost my identity when I was just a child.

I became an empty shell.

I really struggle to make choices for myself as I was always made to believe I was incapable of making my own decisions.

No doubt as a result of what I have suffered, I have been left unable to trust, which has left me very lonely and isolated.

I still dont know how to move forward.

Following a six week trial, Saleem was found guilty by a jury of 31 offences including:-

Six counts of indecent assault against a 14-year-old female

Rape of a 14-year-old female

Three counts of rape of a 14/15-year-old female

Indecent assault against a 15-year-old female

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

Nine counts of rape of a female

Assault by penetration

Three counts of rape of a female under 16 years

Two counts of voyeurism

Sexual assault

Securing unauthorised access to computer material

Two counts of making indecent images of a child

Saleem was said to have no previous convictions.

In mitigation, his barrister David Langwallner said: There is an element of acceptance of a degree of responsibility.

Looking at the issue of dangerousness in the context of intimate relationships, there is no doubt he was a danger to young girls 20 years ago, but there has not been any displays of that danger recently.

Mr Saleem is going to face an awful shock quite soon.

Sentencing, Judge Tina Landale said: She was almost half your age when you spotted her and targeted her for a sexual relationship in which you exploited and manipulated her.

You took away her freedom.

It was your distorted belief that Islam entitled you to rape her on many occasions.

You saw her as your possession.

There was a significant degree of planning, you targeted her with false compliments, alcohol and drugs to wheedle your way into her life and exploit her.

'You have no remorse'

Your other victim, you manipulated her with drugs and alcohol using the advantage of a premises to enable the rape to take place.

You have no remorse, and your report identifies that you find you have done nothing wrong.

Finding him to be a dangerous offender, Judge Landale added: You are capable of deceiving those closest to you.

You have no empathy at all or insight into the damage you have caused.

You believe you are entitled to sex whenever you want.

Saleem, of Cannon Street, was jailed for 30 years with an extended licence period of three years, of which he will serve two thirds (20 years) in prison before being considered for release by the parole board.

He was also made subject of the Sex Offenders Register for life and Sexual harm Prevention Order indefinitely.

Detective Constable Sarah Hayfield of GMP's Rochdale district, said: "The victims in this case were abused in the worst ways possible.

"This man preyed on their vulnerabilities as young girls and exploited them for his own sickening pleasure.

"He then went onto control and abuse one of the victims for 17 years.

"This was a horrific ordeal that has no doubt left a damaging and haunting impact on those lives affected.

"I want to extend my thanks and gratitude to these two brave women and their families for their support and strength throughout this investigation.

"Their resilience has been instrumental in ensuring we could secure this custodial sentence and, although I have no doubt this will stay with them for the rest of their lives, I hope today will help bring some form of closure.

"I also extend my thanks to our partners at Rochdale Borough Council, particularly their adult care recovery and re-enablement team, who have both supported the investigation and been instrumental in providing the victims with the care and support they need whilst we investigated Saleem.

"I hope this sentencing sends a clear message that child sexual exploitation and domestic abuse is abhorrent and will never be acceptable and through our joint working with the council on child sexual abuse we will ensure anyone who engages in this type of vile behaviour will be brought to justice, as we have seen today."

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A pervert banned from the internet was found to be accessing the web using an XBox and CB radio.

Sick Robert Clay, 29, is under a sex offender order after having disturbing pictures of children.

But police who visited his home found and were shown his Xbox for analysis then found a handheld CB radio under a blanket which was internet enabled, as well as a laptop and a tablet.

Clay, of Alexandra Road, Winshill, has now been jailed for having more child abuse pictures.

He had previously been banned from having an unmonitored internet-enabled device and deleting any internet history, Staffordshire Live reports.

After being previous jailed for having pictures of children, he was recalled to prison three months after his initial release in 2018 for breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

Now he has been sentenced to a further 32 months in jail after admitting seven charges of breaching his 10-year order again; and three charges of making 15 indecent images of children.

The court heard that two of the terms of his sexual harm prevention order were that he was not allowed access to the internet without installed computer monitoring software - and was not allowed to delete his internet history.

Prosecutor Simon Rippon told the court Clay initially had contacted his police risk assessor on February 2020 to inform her he had bought a new phone and given his old one to an uncle and had completed a factory reset - deleting all its memory.

During her checks, it was revealed that he had several social media accounts, and had recently purchased an Xbox console which connected to the internet and contained a deleted message.

On a house visit, Clay showed the risk assessor his Xbox for analysis. She then found a handheld CB radio under a blanket which was internet enabled, as well as a laptop and a tablet.

Mr Rippon said: "These were found by officers rather than the defendant telling them they were there."

The laptop had a hard drive cleaner installed and showed a private browser had been used.

In August 2020, he called his risk assessor again to say he had a new phone. She checked it and found "disturbing" terms used such as "nudist beach family".

Mr Rippon said: "He was arrested and in his police interview made full admissions to the breaches and making the images.

"He made plain his continued sexual interest in children and circumventing his court orders to satisfy his sexual interest in children.

"The fact he was driving coach and horses through his sexual harm prevention order means he poses a very grave risk to children."

Steve Hennessy, defending Clay, told the court his client pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and provided "very candid" admissions.

Mr Hennessy admitted: "He has demonstrated that he is capable of taking steps to avoid breaching his sexual harm prevention order, but since his conduct he has been extremely frank and has provided information, without which there would be no history.

"He has proven himself to some extent in the last two years and there has been no information [from risk assessors] of any difficulty.

"When the game is up he is candid, honest and straightforward."

Judge Graeme Smith told Clay: "You have been open about the fact you have an ongoing sexual interest in boys but you have shown risk by breaching your order.

"This started very soon after you were released from prison. You showed a persistent pattern of breaching court orders.

"There is no evidence of you committing further offences but we will never know the full truth because you deleted the internet history."

Clay was jailed for 32 months and his sexual harm prevention order was made to be indefinite.

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A PERVERT who was caught out in a paedophile hunter sting has been sent back to jail.

Andrew Mayers, of Kendrick Street in Warrington town centre, was originally jailed for 16 months at Chester Crown Court in December 2018 after being found guilty of a range of sexual offences.

This came after the now 44-year-old operating with the username Daddys Girls contacted an online profile he believed was a child and sent a string of vile messages attempting to the groom the youngster.

But the account was actually a decoy being operated by the Safeguarding the Innocent paedophile hunter group.

Mayers was also told to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years and handed a sexual harm prevention order of the same length, restricting his use of the internet and contact with under 16s.

But, in January this year, he was caught in possession of a mobile phone which he refused to produce to police a violation of the court order.

And he was imprisoned for a further 16 months at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday, February 21, having admitted breaching a SHPO during an earlier hearing.

Mayers was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of 156.

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A PAEDOPHILE who sent naked images of himself to a child online and had a video of a young girl being assaulted on his computer has been jailed.

David Dennerley, of Crest Avenue, Basildon, was arrested after a school teacher found sexual messages he sent to a girl and raised the alarm with her parents.

The 42-year-old was jailed for a year and four months at Basildon Crown Court yesterday.

The court was told police raided his house in September and found 110 indecent images and videos of children.

He also had roughly 48 sexual conversations with children on his electronic devices.

Prosecuting, Matthew Bagnall, said: He sent naked images of himself to the girls online and they sent images back too.

On March 9 one girl got a message from him saying stunning and they began to chat online.

She clearly told him she was underage and he instigated sexual conversation. These were found by a teacher who told her parents and then the police were informed.

Police raided his home on September 7 and found the devices with the images and videos.

There were many similar conversations with a considerable number of people who identified themselves as being underage.

Mitigating, Sasha Bailey, told the court he was a carer for his sick parents.

She said: His father has significant arthritis with deteriorating breaking bones and since 11, Dennerley has cared for both of his parents. His mother has back and thyroid issues.

He says he was stresses and tired at the time of these offences and it caused to behave in this appalling way.

Sentencing, Judge Samantha Cohen, said: You had more than 100 indecent images and one video of a young girl being sexually assaulted. You also had 48 sexual conversations with girls. I cannot suspend this sentence as its so serious.

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Jacob Smith, of Whickham, engaged in sexual communication with a '14-year-old' who bizarrely turned out to be a decoy profile being run by a woman who cuts his wife's hair.

A pervert who thought he was having a sex chat with a child was actually talking to his wife's hairdresser working as an undercover paedophile hunter.

Jacob Smith made contact with a 14-year-old girl's profile on the Grindr app in September 2019 and discussed sex in "explicit" detail.

The married dad, 39, who used the moniker "4trans" said he wanted to take the child's virginity and encouraged her to truant from school.

A court heard the fake teen profile had been set up by vigilantes Guardians of the North.

He was told he was talking to a confused teen who was a girl but wanted to be a boy.

Newcastle Crown Court heard the adult behind the account had set it up and waited for contact, which Smith started with the massage "hi beautiful".

By a bizarre coincidence, the decoy who was behind the fake teen profile was Smith's wife's hairdresser, who knew the family and recognised him instantly when he sent his photograph.

Smith, of Front Street, Whickham, Gateshead, denied attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, claimed he knew who was behind the fake profile and had sent the messages for "amusement" at a time when he was not thinking straight.

But after a trial by jury, he was found guilty of the charge and has now been jailed for eight months.

Smith has to sign the sex offenders register and abide by a sexual harm prevention order for ten years.

Recorder Alex Menary said he accepted Smith was suffering from depression as a result of stress, brought on by a promotion at work and personal problems, but said only a custodial sentence could provide sufficient punishment.

The judge said: "By a twist of fate the decoy was your wife's hairdresser.

"When you sent pictures of yourself she recognised you.

"On learning you were in London on business she contacted the police.

"You made no comment when arrested."

The court heard Smith later claimed he knew it was the hairdresser all along as he was "aware of her work" so went along as entertainment and distraction.

He also claimed he wasn't thinking straight, knew word of what he had done would get back to his wife and continued with it as a "cry for help".

The court heard Smith was "ill" at the time of the offences and has since received treatment.

He and his family had to sell their home once word of his offending got out and he now lives away from them.

Philip Gibbs, defending, said: "He was ill, to quite a considerable degree. It wasn't a short lived or trivial illness, it was a gathering storm.

"He accepts the process and the verdict of the jury because that is justice."

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A sex offender who left a teenage girl having nightmares after a campaign of abuse has been jailed.

Guildford Crown Court heard Guiseppi Volante, of Glebelands in West Molesey, started to abuse the girl when they were alone.

The court heard the 56-year-old would cut the girl's clothing off, and on one occasion even attempted to rape her while they were out on a walk.

However his reign of abuse ended when Volante's crime were reported to Surrey Police after the youngster confided in a friend.

When police searched Volante's home after interviewing him, they discovered a series of pornographic videos with titles such as Abused Girls Sleeping and Drug Abused Girls.

Volante's victim spoke of the abuse she faced when giving an impact statement in court.

She said: "Every day I fight with myself, trying to move on, be normal, but I will never get that opportunity. You took that from me.

"I started to have nightmares. In one of them, I was running away from you. It was like I was going as fast as I could but I wasnt actually running that fast.

I was screaming for help but no one was around. At the end, before I woke up, I found help, finally. I was unsure on why I had these dreams, so I sought to ask a friend and she explained that nightmares are a way for our brain to cope with trauma.

Volante has now been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of seven charges against the same child, including three counts of penetrative sexual activity, three counts of non-penetrative sexual activity and one count of attempted rape.

He will also remain on the Sex Offender's Register indefinitely.

Detective Constable Julia Thomas, who investigated the case for Surrey Police, said: This was a horrific crime where an older man repeatedly preyed on a vulnerable young girl, relying on her silence to continue his abuse.

The victim showed incredible bravery coming forward after what happened to her as a child and my colleagues in our Victim and Witness Care Unit have worked closely with her to provide support throughout the investigation and court proceedings.

I hope todays result shows that were determined to thoroughly investigate all reports of sexual abuse, no matter how long ago they happened. Please dont think there wont be enough evidence to progress the case - we will work with you and do our very best to ensure those responsible are held accountable.

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A FORMER gymnastics teacher who sexually assaulted two children has been jailed.

In December last year, 62-year-old David Schadek was convicted of four counts of sexual assault, one count of sexual assault of a child, and one count of perverting the course of justice.

It related to assaults on children between 2004 and 2017.

After the offences came to light when one of the incidents was reported to police in January 2018, work by officers from the Child Abuse Investigation Team identified other incidents.

Today, at Chelmsford Crown Court, Schadek, of Fenno Close, Colchester was jailed for four and a half years.

In a statement, one of his victims and their family said: David Schadek groomed children and betrayed their trust.

We are relieved that no others will have to suffer at his hands and now he has to face the consequences of his actions.

We would like to acknowledge the bravery of the victims for speaking out and telling their truth.

"Also thanks to Essex Police for their many years of hard work and support to get justice for the victims.

Detective Inspector Fred Tompkins said: David Schadek is a predator who preyed upon his young victims.

It is through their bravery that we have been able to put him behind bars, unable to put other children at risk.

They have shown tremendous courage in telling us what happened to them and their resilience throughout this long investigation has been incredible.

I want to thank them for their trust in us and hope they take comfort in the knowledge Schadek has now been brought to justice for what he has done.

We will continue to work to root out those who prey on children and lay bare their heinous crimes for all to see.

I urge anyone who has been the victim of a sexual crime to contact Essex Police. Our specialist officers will support you and your voice will be heard.

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A shocked dad appeared ashen-faced when jailed for making the 'most appalling' indecent images of children being raped.

Repeat offender Matthew Griffiths had been convicted of similar offences in 2005 and Worcester judge Nicolas Cartwright, speaking at Worcester Crown Court on Wednesday, said the defendant had plainly not been rehabilitated, asking him how he would feel if his own children were treated in a similar way.

The defendant, who appeared to have no bag of belongings in preparation for any potential prison sentence, turned pale in the dock when he learned he would be going straight to prison.

The 42-year-old, who was said to still enjoy the support of his wife, admitted making indecent images of children at category A (the most serious level), category B and C and having extreme pornographic images involving animals. In total there were 5 images at category A, 10 at category B and 4 at category C and eight extreme pornographic images.

The judge in his sentencing remarks said the ages of the victims in the category A images were seven to nine years old, 10 and between 14 and 16.

Ravi Sidhu, prosecuting, said the indecent material was found on the defendant's Samsung mobile phone when he was arrested on May 25 last year.

When interviewed by police Griffiths answered 'no comment'. He has a conviction for eight 'similar offences' from 2005, the offending itself taking place in 2002. That resulted in a three year community order, revoked in 2007 'for what appears to be good behaviour' said Mr Sidhu.

Referring to the recent offences, Mr Sidhu said: "This is an escalation of his offending."

The prosecutor argued that the earlier conviction for similar offences was an aggravating feature.

Julia Needham, defending, said it was simple possession of the images with no evidence of distribution and that the majority of the images were at category B, rather than A.

Mrs Needham said: "There were hundreds of images and videos on the device - hundreds of legal images."

However, she stressed she was 'not trying to undermine the seriousness of the offences' but that some non-illegal material had also been downloaded at the same time.

She described how, at the time, her client had been in an 'unfortunate position' with repeated postponements of his bowel cancer screening during the pandemic.

Urging the judge to suspend the inevitable prison sentence, Mrs Needham also said that his last conviction for similar offences was in 2005 but that the offending happened in 2002 - 20 years ago.

She argued that he could take part in the Horizon programme designed to rehabilitate sex offenders.

Describing Griffiths as a father-of-three in full time employment, she provided a reference from his wife 'who remains supportive of him'.

Judge Nicolas Cartwright told the defendant: "As a father-of-three children I invite you to think about the offending portrayed in the images that were seen on your equipment. The children shown in the images that you have an interest in were plainly subjected to the most appalling sexual abuse - and photographed while it went on. You would plainly be horrified if someone did such things to your children."

He added: "As well as the emotional and psychological harm that simply must have been caused to these poor victims they will also no doubt - those of them that are still alive - have the additional burden of knowing there is photographic evidence of those dreadful crimes being committed upon them and that these photographs and, where it is moving images, films are out there on the internet for people with a sexual interest like yours to look at if they choose to do so."

Because it was 'repeat offending', Judge Cartwright told Griffiths of Abbotsmead Road, Hereford: "It does have to be immediate custody."

Griffiths was jailed for 12 months. Judge Cartwright also made a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years which restricts the defendant's use of the internet and gives police extra powers to monitor his devices which must retain and display the history of internet use and be made available for inspection on request by police.

The forfeiture and destruction of the phone was also ordered. As a sex offender, notification and registration provisions also apply for the next 10 years.

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A man aged 68 has been jailed for six years for sexual offences against a boy.

Paul Malone, of Stone Street, Allerton, Bradford, had already served a five and a half year prison sentence imposed in 2017 for similar offending against another child.

He was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday of two allegations of sexually touching a boy under 13.

His victim read out a moving statement in court detailing how the abuse had ruined his childhood. His schooling was affected, he had suffered sleepless nights and had struggled both emotionally and physically to form relationships.

Geraldine Kelly said in mitigation that Malone was already under supervision as part of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed in 2017.

He was the sole carer for his ill mother and lived with her after his wife had divorced him.

Deputy Circuit Judge Peter Armstrong said they were two very serious offences against a vulnerable young boy.

Malone had been sentenced to five-and-a-half years imprisonment in 2017 for similar offending against another child.

You have an unnatural sexual interest in young boys, Judge Armstrong told him.

He praised Malones victim for the moving and eloquent statement he had read out in court at todays sentencing hearing.

Malone is already subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and he must continue to sign on the sex offender register for the rest of his life.

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Wajid Ali lured the woman into his Walsall home in March 2019 before lunging at her, which caused them both to fall down the stairs.

He then sexually assaulted her, but the victim managed to scream out which alerted a neighbour who contacted the police.

When officers arrived they detained Ali, who tried deny attacking the woman who is aged aged in her 30s.

She has now been praised for her courage speaking out about the incident, recalling the attack and ensuring police had strong enough evidence to put Ali behind bars.

The 43-year-old, of Webster Road, Walsall, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and was jailed for four-and-a-half years.

He was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court last Friday and was put on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

Det Con Gina Tonks, who led the investigation for West Midlands Police, said: "The woman was courageous enough to make a statement and support a police investigation.

"Ali is a dangerous man and she has helped ensure he's lost his freedom and can't do the same to anyone else.

"She told us she hopes that by coming forward that other victims - including from the Asian community like herself - may be brave enough to speak out in the future.

"Anyone who has been subjected to the horrific experience of being assaulted will have our full help and support as we seek to put attackers behind bars."

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A paedophile hid his dark past from a new girlfriend by lying about what he had been to prison for.

John Bishop moved into the woman's Wirral home and gave her one of two mobile phones he had bought.

The 47-year-old was present when she had family over for Christmas dinner, including a nine-year-old child.

Liverpool Crown Court heard the woman only found out the truth when police tracked him down to her address.

But his lawyer revealed she is standing by Bishop - despite him being outed as a child sex predator.

Bishop previously admitted engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child under 16 and a series of offences of exposure at Worcester Crown Court.

That involved him repeatedly exposing himself to a young girl, spying on her and performing a sex act on himself while watching her.

The paedophile was jailed for three years, given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and told to sign on the Sex Offenders Register in July 2018.

He today pleaded guilty to four counts of breaching the SHPO, having previously admitted failing to comply with the requirements of the Sex Offenders Register.

Christopher Hopkins, prosecuting, said Bishop was released from jail in November 2019 and moved to a home in Waterpark Road, Prenton, before he started a relationship with the woman.

Mr Hopkins said: "She says that since June 2021 he had been living with her at an address on the Wirral, which was not his registered address."

The court heard a sex offender manager from Merseyside Police visited his address in Waterpark Road on a number of occasions since 2019 but he wasn't there and the landlord said "I don't think he's living here".

Mr Hopkins said enquiries led them to the partner's address.

Police discovered he had bought two mobile phones in March 2020, both capable of accessing the internet, and gave one to his girlfriend. He failed to produce these to the police for inspection.

Mr Hopkins said: "He told his partner he was under the supervision of probation because he had been to prison for assaulting a police officer, which obviously wasn't the case."

John Weate, defending, said after coming out of prison, Bishop found work in Merseyside as a roofer and moved to the address in Waterpark Road.

However, he said during the pandemic his landlord wasn't happy with people visiting his home and at the time his girlfriend often used to stay over, so he moved in with her, although he accepted this was not an excuse.

Mr Weate said: "There were no children under the relevant age at that address when he moved in. He accepts that he didn't advise his partner of the reasons why he had served a prison sentence.

"The reason for that was in his own mind, he was simply concerned that she would take the - perhaps to many would be understandable - view that she wouldn't want to continue the relationship."

However, he added: "His fears in relation to his partner have not proved to be correct because she has - notwithstanding the fact that she has provided a statement to the police - she has remained in contact with the defendant whilst he's been in custody, and, as I understand it, intends to resume the relationship on his release, whenever that may be."

Mr Weate said nothing illegal or suspicious was found on either phone and on Christmas Day, when some 14 people were in the house for two to three hours, there was no suggestion of "any impropriety" by his client.

He said Bishop had "a number of adult children himself, one of whom still maintains contact with him".

The lawyer added: "His intention in the fullness of time is for him to renew the relationship with his partner, to get employment and try, if he can, to put this sorry episode in his life behind him."

Mr Weate said his client's 2018 offences were committed at a time when "he had lost control of his life" and was misusing illicit substances "as a consequence of childhood experiences".

He said those experiences that Bishop went through as a child "resulted in a conviction against a person with whom he was associated".

Judge David Aubrey, QC, said the SHPO had been put in place to protect children and it was Bishop's responsibility to comply with it.

He told Bishop: "Whilst the court accepts the background, eloquently made by Mr Weate, you made a deliberate choice to ignore that order in respect of a number of ways and not to communicate with the authorities for a considerable period of time."

Judge Aubrey said they were "flagrant" breaches of the order and jailed Bishop for two years and eight months.

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Nathan Ali, who believed she was older, took the child to the student house where his ex lived and she found them in bed

A rapist said he had sex with a 12-year-old girl he met in McDonald's to make his girlfriend jealous.

Nathan Ali took his victim from a Newcastle branch of the fast food outlet to a student house, where his ex girlfriend lived.

He then had sex with her while the occupants were out.

A court heard his former partner and her flatmate returned home, saw them in bed and contacted the police after realising she was a child.

Stephen Littlewood, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court : "They discovered the defendant, naked in bed, along with the victim, who was wearing a top but no underwear.

"They formed the opinion she was a child aged around 14 or 15.

"He had no right to be in the property."

The court heard Ali and the schoolgirl had got into a conversation about Snapchat in McDonald's, which led to them going to what she thought was his home.

Mr Littlewood said Ali had gone into the student house, in Newcastle, about three to four times, without permission, after the breakdown of his relationship with one of the residents.

Ali, 22, of Bridant Road, London, admitted rape of a child under 13 on the basis the victim had told him she was 17 when they started chatting.

Judge Robert Adams sentenced him to four-and-a-half years behind bars with a one year extended licence period.

The judge said although Ali may have been told the girl was 17, the two women at the student house believed her to be 14 or 15 and said although exact age is difficult to determine from sight alone, she looked "young".

Judge Adams told Ali: "You say your intention was to make your ex partner jealous.

"She was one of the people who found you in her flat."

The judge added: "The two females appear to have immediately formed the view she was a child."

Ali must sign the sex offenders register for life, abide by a sexual harm prevention order for ten years and was given a restraining order to keep him away from his ex for five years.

The court heard Ali, who was 21 at the time, has never been in trouble before and is an "intelligent man".

Paul Cross, defending, said: "This was a young man thinking he was having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old, who was willing to have sexual intercourse with him."

Mr Cross said the victim did not look as young as her true age.

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A convicted paedophile formed a relationship with a mum of two young children without telling her about his past.

Alan Airey, 37, met the woman via Facebook after his release in April last year following a four and a half year sentence for child sexual assault and grooming.

He used a false surname and began staying over with the woman, her children and a young teenage girl who also shared the Merseyside house.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that the woman had been "shocked and concerned" when she learnt of his past, but Airey, who appeared via video link from prison, told the court she was actually visiting to bring in his underwear tomorrow.

His behaviour, which was banned by a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, (SHPO) had come to light after police received an anonymous phone call saying a convicted paedophile was staying at the house.

Claire Jones, prosecuting, said: It was made following a newspaper article publicising matters about the defendant."

On January 23, police found Airey upstairs and when arrested he initially made no reply, but a few minutes later he said, Is it because Im here?

Liverpool Crown Court heard that the woman said she knew he had been released from prison but he had told her he had been inside for robbery.

She said she was unaware he had a conviction for sexual offences.

Miss Jones said that the woman knew him as Alan Clegg and he also used another surname and sent her a friend message on Facebook around last Christmas which led to them exchanging numbers.

Miss Jones told the court: He visited on January 7 and their relationship began from there. He had been there at the address on a number of occasions and stayed overnight for up to three days at a time.

The woman said they had normal family time together in the house and sometimes he was alone with the two young children while she was elsewhere in the house.

The court was told that he had also sometimes been alone with the young teenage girl while she was out collecting her children from school.

Miss Jones said that the girl was spoken to and she confirmed that nothing untoward had occurred between them.

She added: When interviewed Airey made full and frank admissions and admitted he had not told his supervising officers that he had been staying at the house and had commenced an intimate relationship with the woman.

Airey was acting in breach of the SHPO and was also in breach of six of the conditions of his licence from prison. He has since been recalled and is not due for release before June next year.

The court heard he has 26 previous convictions for 53 offences although the only sexual offences occurred in 2018 for which he was jailed the following year and involved sexual activity with two teenage girls and grooming another girl aged under 16.

Airey, of Halkyn Road, Chester, pleaded guilty to being in breach of the Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Jeremy Rawson, defending, said that Airey is motivated to change and was considered suitable for a Cheshire pilot project for such offenders which involves rigorous supervision after release.

He said there had been local and national publicity about Aireys previous conviction and so he had used his mums maiden name on release.

Jailing him for two years the judge, Recorder Katherine Pierpoint said that a probation officer said he had been making "real efforts" to turn his life around but this was tempered by the fact he had not told the officer about his new relationship.

The judge added: "This was a very serious and persistent breach lasting for for about a month and you stayed on a number of occasions at that address. The risk here was a serious one, you had concealed your identity and were on licence."

The judge went on to say that she would make the restraining order to keep away from the woman and her family as requested by the prosecution but Airey, who appeared via video link suddenly announced: Shes coming to visit me tomorrow.

He continued: Were in a relationship, shes bringing my underwear in and probation know that.

Miss Jones said that further inquiries would be made and Recorder Pierpoint consequently did not make the restraining order.