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A woman who watched a vile rapist kick her pregnant mum three times in the stomach says the abuse she witnessed as a child will stay with her forever.

The victim went on to tragically lose a baby girl, her little sister, the daughter recalls.

Billy Lynch-White was handed an 18-year extended sentence in December for sickening crimes, including the assault and raping a number of women between 2006 and 2019.

A jury found the 47-year-old guilty of nine charges following a trial at Glasgow High Court.

He was also accused of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards the daughter of one of his victims but the jury found this charge not proven.

This woman, who was just a child at the time, said she was forced to listen and even witnessed her mum being attacked.

She has spoken to the Lennox about their terrifying ordeal which she relived in court.

She said: I was just a child. It has only been in later life I have realised how wrong it was.

Lynch-White was found guilty violently assaulting the mum at an address in Renton, slapping her on the head, punching her, throwing a plate at her and kicking her on the stomach when she was pregnant.

The woman said the the 18-year extended sentence he was handed down - which will see him spend 14 years behind bars - is justice.

She added: My little sister that died, she got justice too.

Recalling the day that the baby was lost, she said: I had witnessed him hitting my mum on many occasions.

On this occasion he booted her three times in the stomach.

About an hour or so after that she started getting quite bad pains in the stomach and she was taken to hospital.

The hospital said she had to give birth but the baby didnt survive.

She was far enough along that my mum got hand and footprints of her.

Lynch-White, whose last address was in Peterborough, was found guilty of raping a woman while she was asleep and incapable of giving or withholding consent on various occasions between 2010 and 2013 at another address in Renton and elsewhere. He also sexually assaulted her on various occasions between 2010 and 2013 while holding a pillow on her face.

On various occasions between 2017 and 2019 he raped another woman at an address in Wishaw, and on one occasion held a knife to her throat before raping her.

He was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely when he was sentenced at Aberdeen High Court on December 3.

The woman said reliving the horrors she witnessed as a little girl have taken their toll on her.

She added: During the trial, I was off my work for three months. I couldnt function without medication just because I was reliving everything.

When I got the phone call to say the outcome, it was all worth it.

Its good to know that it was worth speaking up.

I have got mental health issues because of it.

I kind of feel like that chapters closed. I have had my day in court.

I am still angry, hurt and upset from what he has put us through but its not that constant in the back of my mind now.

The woman praised the work of Police Scotland, with the senior investigating officer for the case also welcoming his conviction.

She added: Everyone I have dealt with from the police right through to the procurator fiscal have been great.

Everyone was really good and really supportive.

Detective Inspector Scott Hamilton said: We welcome the conviction of Billy Lynch-White.

His behaviour was completely unacceptable and the abuse will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on his victims.

I hope this conviction provides a sense of closure and allows the victims to try to move on with their lives.

Police Scotland takes all reports of sexual abuse very seriously and our specialist officers are here to provide support to victims and ensure perpetrators face justice.

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A PAEDOPHILE with a long history of disobedience to court orders was finally caged for his latest offences.

After being caught out by police following a search of his Waterlooville home, child pervert Anthony Fuller, 37, boasted: Its not my first time.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard how Fuller, of Tennyson Crescent, was repeatedly before the courts from 2014 onwards after being caught with indecent images.

The prolific offender again fell foul of the law after he was found in breach of a sexual harm prevention order and an 18 month sentence suspended for two years handed down in April.

Prosecutor Thomas Wilkins said officers attended Fullers address on two occasions in January before finding indecent images including of the very worst kind on devices. He was also found to have been browsing the internet without notifying officers.

The court was told how the registered sex offender had first been before the courts in 2014 before his offending and breaches started to spiral.

He has been before the courts on a number of occasions, Mr Wilkins said.

He added: There are no circumstances that make it unjust to impose a prison sentence.

Fullers first breach of an order came in 2016 before further breaches in 2018.

Unable to resist the temptation to make indecent photos of children, his punishment was then escalated with the suspended sentence in April.

And with him still failing to take heed of court orders, Fuller has now finally been taken off the streets and locked up.

Even his defence barrister conceded there was nothing he could say to deter the judge from jail. It would not be unjust to activate the suspended sentence, Simon Moger said.

The lawyer did point out that Fuller had attended 30 out of 35 probation appointments.

Fuller admitted two offences of breaching a sexual harm prevention order putting him in breach of a suspended sentence.

Judge, Recorder Louise Harvey, said there was no option but to incarcerate Fuller.

She said: These matters are very serious. You have been back here repeatedly since 2014 with the same offences again and again.

You have a long history of disobedience with the court.

The paedophile was then jailed for 21 months.

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Sean Hartley committed serious offences against several different women all over the Highlands and Moray between 2004 and 2019.

Hartley, who is originally from Forres, was due to stand trial at the High Court in Inverness today where he faced a total of 26 charges.

But his defence counsel, Brian McConnachie, told Lord Mulholland that his client wished to admit some of the offences.

Lord Mulholland is now due to sentence Hartley tomorrow.

Hartley pleaded guilty to seven charges, including three rapes, three serious assaults and one of a course of domestic abuse.

• Charge 1 - Hartley repeatedly punched and slapped a woman in various locations in Elgin, Forres and Nairn between February 25, 2004 and December 31, 2005. He also pushed her and seized her by the hair, held a pillow over her head, threw objects at her, repeatedly kicked her on the body and spat on her all to her injury.
• Charge 2 - He raped a woman in a house in Forres on July 9, 2005.
• Charge 3 - He repeatedly punched and slapped a woman around the head and broke jewellery from around her neck on various occasions between June 1, 2008 and November 19, 2009 at a house in Burghead.
• Charge 4 - on various occasions between February 19, 2010 and August 31, 2014 at properties in Inverness, Culloden, Inverness city centre, the Merkinch area of Inverness, a bar on Keppoch Road, Inverness and a house in Forres, he repeatedly slapped and punched a woman on the head and body. He also compressed her neck, restricting her breathing. In addition he threw a cup of hot liquid at her and spat on her.
• Charge 5 - on various occasions between the same dates and locations as charge 4, he sexually assaulted and raped a woman, while restricting her breathing.
• Charge 6 - on July 28, 2017 at a house in Forres, he raped a woman.
• Charge 7 - between April 1, 2014 and December 10, 2019 at properties in Thurso, Forres, and Inverness including a children's playpark, he subjected a woman to a course of domestic abuse, threatened to kill her, called her derogatory names, compressed her neck and restricted her breathing, and struck her on the head and body. The charge also includes that Hartley threw hot liquid at her, spat on her, isolated her from her family and friends by deleting her mobile phone contacts and controlled her access to social media. He also chose her clothing, regulated and monitored her activities and had her send him pictures of her whereabouts.

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A sex offender branded a "menace to females" has been recaptured after fleeing from an open prison.

Paul Robson, 56 was given a life sentence in 2000 after he sexually assaulted a woman at knifepoint.

He walked out of HMP North Sea Camp, in Lincolnshire, on Sunday and spent four days on the run.

Robson was arrested in Skegness at about 09:30 GMT on Thursday after a call from a member of the public who recognised him, police said.

Announcing his capture, Ch Supt Kate Anderson, from Lincolnshire Police, thanked members of the public who had shared the force's appeals to find Robson and reported potential sightings.

"At this stage, we don't believe he had any accomplices or believe that he's committed further offences," she said.

Officers had worked "tirelessly" in their search for Robson, she added.

Police had issued several appeals to locate Robson since he absconded.

Further images of him were released on Wednesday, with the force suggesting he may have changed his appearance.

It is understood Robson was returned to a closed prison and will not be eligible to apply for parole for at least a further two years.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said Robson would "face an uphill struggle proving he can ever be trusted to move to an open prison again".

Robson, originally from Newcastle, was jailed at Oxford Crown Court for the attempted rape and indecent assault of his victim.

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A paedophile told a supposed teenage girl: "I want to be the man who teaches you everything you need to know about sex."

James Smith, 44, who even called himself a "nonce pedo" online, targeted underage girls on chat forums.

Smith thought he was talking to a 14-year-old child called 'Darcie' when he discussed performing a sex act on her.

The predator sent her a photo of his penis and joked that what he was doing was "classed as grooming a minor LOL".

But he was actually talking to a decoy profile, set up by paedophile hunter group Children Online Battling Real Abuse (Cobra).

The pervert is today starting a prison sentence after it emerged he had also chatted to another COBRA decoy, 13-year-old 'Bekki'.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Smith, of Halliday Close, Birchwood, Warrington, started talking with Bekki on the chat platform SayHi last June.

Smith, whose profile featured a picture of a dog but also a second image showing a naked torso, had a bio saying he was a "nonce/pedo".

He asked Bekki "hey sexy girl, how are you?" before asking how old she was, when she explained she was 13.

Natalia Cornwall, prosecuting, said Smith told her he was a sex offender who had been convicted for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, which the court heard isn't in fact true.

The conversation moved to WhatsApp and they continued talking about general topics until August, when Smith's messages turned sexual and he told Bekki he had been drinking and doing "silly things" like trying on knickers, tights and miniskirts.

Ms Cornwall said he went on to say he loved girls' underwear and if she was in her underwear, he'd "well look".

Smith told Bekki that he loved to perform a certain sex act and if they met, he would like to touch her, before claiming his real name was John.

The court heard Smith carried on talking with Bekki until October, but no arrangements were ever made to meet her, despite her asking in September how they would meet if she didn't know where he lived, and him replying that he would always meet in a public place.

However, in September he started talking with Darcie on the app Jaumo, who told him she was 14 after he messaged saying she was "sexy", using the name John McGee.

Despite knowing of her apparent age, he said she was "hot" and in one message talked about her "staying the night" with him at his address.

He made the comment about teaching her about sex, talked about performing a sex act on her, sent the naked photo, and joked about grooming.

Ms Cornwall said Smith suggested meeting Darcie on more than one occasion, saying that she could meet him in Warrington in late October, only for him to then go quiet online.

On November 5 he made arrangements to meet Darcie at Manchester Oxford Road station and told her what train he was getting and that he would text before he arrived, but he didn't in fact travel.

Smith then disclosed his address to an adult decoy, before Cobra went to his home and confronted him about the vile chats on November 11, which they live streamed on Facebook.

The group also contacted police, who arrested the pervert.

When interviewed, he told officers he knew the accounts were decoys set up by paedophile hunters and that he only engaged with them to get "cheap thrills".

Smith later admitted attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming and two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.

Philip Tully, defending, said his client didn't have any previous convictions, but accepted he had a caution for sexual assault in 2005.

He said Smith recalled this involved him trying to "console" a 15-year-old girl by hugging her and giving her a peck on the head and there wasn't any sexual motivation behind it.

Urging the judge to spare him jail, Mr Tully said Smith had a good work record and had shown "genuine remorse" and insight into his offending.

He said: "Shortly before the commission of these offences, he had to deal with the very difficult time in his life of the death of his father, someone who he cared for. That seems to have had a profound effect upon him.

"He's not someone in the best of health - diagnosed with COPD and also a skin disorder."

Mr Tully said Smith had been "absolutely frank" with the author of a pre-sentence report about why he committed the offences and was open to help from the Probation Service, which he argued Smith - who had already spent three months in custody - wouldn't receive if he was sent to prison.

The judge, Recorder Rick Pratt, QC, said Smith took steps which were "more than merely preparatory".

He said: "Whatever the truth of the matter was, you believed you were communicating with young children, and children who were significantly below the age where they could properly make sexual decisions for themselves, and you preyed on what you believed to be that innocence."

The judge said the offences involving Darcie were more serious and said: "Your conversations with her demonstrated in my view a clear intention of what you had in mind."

Describing what Smith had said about wanting to teach Darcie about sex, the judge added: "It also included - perhaps somewhat sinisterly - the phrase that what you were doing 'would be classed as grooming a minor LOL'."

Recorder Pratt said he was satisfied Smith had intended to take part in penetrative sexual activity with Darcie.

The judge said he took into account Smith's mitigation, and "most importantly that no child was actually involved".

He said: "That does provide some mitigation because the case doesn't involve actual harm to a child here.

"Nevertheless, I have to balance that against your very clear intention."

Giving him 25% credit for his guilty pleas at a plea hearing, the judge jailed Smith for two years and three months.

He told him to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years and said he must comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order indefinitely.

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A SEX offender has been sent back to prison for a second breach of a court order designed to prevent further offending.

Keir Dean flouted his sexual harm prevention order within months after being released from custody for his first breach.

The 24-year-old, who was previously sentenced for sexual activity with a child, was prohibited from having mobile phones capable of storing digital images.

But police found three such devices after attending an address he was present at.

Dean was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court, appearing via video link from HMP Altcourse, over charges of breaching his sexual harm prevention order and possessing cannabis.

Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, explained how he was found in possession of two iPhones and one Samsung mobile phone, but nothing incriminating was found on them.

The defendant was made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order in July 2018 for two offences of sexual activity with a child.

The court heard how he previously breached this order in July 2019 when he sent snapchat messages using a mobile phone, and he was sentenced in March 2020 to two years in prison.

The defendant was released in March 2021, but when police attended an address at which he was present on September 20, they found him to be in possession of two bags of cannabis.

He initially told officers he had no phones, but police found three at the address, with the Samsung phone showing messages sent by him.

During his police interview, he said he did not know who the iPhones belonged to, and that the Samsung belonged to a relative that had leant it to him days earlier.

Ms Nemat told the court that this was a deliberate breach of the order for a second time and revealed that this was the defendants sixth appearance in court.

Zahra Baqri, defending, said: The best mitigation I can offer is that he pleaded guilty at the first hearing.

I ask that he be afforded full credit for his guilty pleas and that you pass the shortest sentence possible commensurate with your public duty.

Before sentencing, judge Robert Trevor-Jones said: This is the second time you have been before the court for a breach of a sexual harm prevention order.

You came out of prison some time during 2021, and within a matter of months you were found in possession of three mobile phones capable of storing images, placing you in further breach of your order.

When the phones were downloaded there was no incriminating material, but given the matter of your previous offending , you pose a clear and serious risk of harm if you were to use such devices without notifying the police about them.

Dean, of Heather Close in Birchwood, was sentenced to two years in prison.

An order was also approved for the forfeiture and destruction of the mobile phones and cannabis.

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A pervert from Torquay has been jailed for secretly recording a female for his own sexual gratification.

Ian Buttrey, 39, used his mobile phone to make recordings of the young victim while she was naked, Exeter Crown Court was told.

When police seized his computer they found he had an obsession with voyeurism and searched the internet to satisfy his fetish.

Buttrey also secretly filmed a woman while she was undressed.

One victim said his behaviour had a 'huge impact' on her life while the other suffers anxiety and sleepless night and a result.

He pleaded guilty to making indecent images and four charges of voyeurism.

Prosecutor Ms Mary McCarthy said police arrested Buttrey in May 2020.

There were initial concerns about the defendant's state of mind and police notified the defendant's work to look out for anything unusual.

They found a mobile phone in a bin and when police examined it, they found films of the victims.

The defendant has no previous convictions.

Buttrey has been jailed for 21 months and put on the sex offender register.

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Jem Traynor had more than a thousand images of child sexual abuse on his computer

A former soldier downloaded more than a thousand child abuse images including one labelled paedo archive.

Jem Traynor tried to deny to police that he had a sexual interest in children despite them finding the vile collection of photos and videos on his computer.

Police raided his house in April last year after a tip off and quickly found a vast array of images, including 167 which fell into Category A, the most serious type of abuse.

Zahra Baqri, prosecuting, said Traynor originally told the police the computer was broken but they found it actually worked and later analysis established that Traynor had used it to look at images of children being raped just a week before his arrest.

The court heard that some of the material was particularly extreme, including one in which a young child appeared to be blindfolded while being abused.

Despite this, Traynor continued to deny a sexual interest in children and told police he was not aware he had downloaded indecent images, despite the files having names like paedo archive and pre teen hardcore.

Ms Baqri said: He told the police that he was not interested in the material and would not have downloaded it deliberately.

He also explained that he suffered from PTSD that was exacerbated by his him taking illegal drugs and abusing alcohol.

Ms Baqri said other features of Traynors computer, such as a VPN that made it look like his internet activity was taking place in another country, indicated that he had prepared to download indecent images and tried to cover his tracks.

She also pointed to thumbnails on the computer indicating the images had been opened.

Despite his original denials, Traynor eventually pleaded guilty in Sefton Magistrates Court earlier this year. He was found to have 167 Category A images, 371 Category B images and 454 Category C images. These included 12 videos.

Michael Bagley, defending, said the 51-year-old was an extremely isolated individual who had struggled with PTSD since his return from Bosnia, where he served during the Yugoslav Wars.

Mr Bagley said the fact that Traynor had worked for only a few weeks in the entire 26 year period since he left the army was an indication of the extent to which his PTSD had affected his life.

He added that Traynor, from Everton, had turned to drink and drugs as a coping mechanism and had then begun to act upon an interest in children.

Mr Bagley said Traynor now accepted he did have a sexual interest in children and wanted to address this.

He appealed to the judge to suspend Traynors sentence so he could engage in rehabilitation without going to prison.

Mr Bagley said: He has been taking steps to have counselling.

He presents as someone who is lonely, who needs assistance but is making some progress.

I invite the court to punish him but with a suspended sentence so that he can make the progress needed, that society as a whole would benefit from.

Yet Judge David Potter said the length of time over which Traynor been downloaded images, combined with the extreme nature of some of the material, meant only an immediate jail term was suitable.

Judge Potter said: These images reveal the abuse of children in its most fundamental and horrific form, including penetration and abuse involving animals.

Traynor, 51, of Ember Crescent, was jailed for a year. He must also sign the sex offenders register and was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order for ten years.

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A nappy-wearing predatory paedophile from Derbyshire has been jailed raping a young boy.

Derby Crown Court heard how Rikki Poyser sent an image of himself wearing nothing but an adult nappy and sucking a dummy to what he thought was an underage teen.

Under the pseudonym "Steve Turner," the vile 33-year-old shared images of young boys engaged in sex with adults with a like-minded predator who called himself "Daddy Boy".

And in one of them, which showed a toddler aged just two being raped, he typed the words "I wish".

Jailing the defendant for 17-and-a-half years, Recorder Jason Macadam said: "This an appalling case that there is no doubt.

"(The victim) was particularly vulnerable because of his extreme youth and background.

"You are demonstrably capable of manipulation and you pose a high risk to children.

"I do consider you pose a significant risk of harm to members of the public.

"You are a manipulative and predatory paedophile."

James Varley, prosecuting, said police discovered an internet address linked to the defendant had been sharing horrific child abuse images with "Daddy Boy" in October 2020.

He said Poyser was arrested, his devices were seized but he refused to give the pass codes to access his iPhone.

Mr Varley said the National Crime Agency arrested his like-minded pervert "Daddy Boy" and it was discovered the pair had shared images, movies and talked explicitly online about what they had either done or wanted to do to children sexually.

He said it was discovered the defendant had raped a young boy.

Mr Varley said: "This was not sudden, it was a planned assault.

"Having been arrested he answered 'no comment' to the questions he was asked.

"When it was discovered he was "Steve Turner" there was evidence that during his chats with Daddy Boy these two men talked about child abuse in pretty extreme terms.

"Aware the police were very keen to break into his phone he turned to the dating app Grindr and met a young boy aged 15.

"The age seemed to excite him but it was a police decoy.

"He told the decoy he was into what is termed 'adult baby diaper love' or ABDL and there were pictures of him wearing an adult nappy and sucking a dummy.

"Packs of nappies were (later) recovered from his car."

Poyser, of Glamorgan Way, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, pleaded guilty to a number of charges including rape of a child under the age of 13, distributing indecent images of children, making indecent images of a child and attempting to engage a child in sexual communication.

He has no previous convictions.

Nicola Hunter, his barrister, told the hearing that since being remanded into prison last summer, her client had been working on one-to-one sessions to address his behaviour.

She said: "He accepts he buried his head in the sand, he has done all sorts of soul searching and he recognises he has a long way to go.

"He's willing to engage and wants to be better equipped for when he's released from custody."

The 17-and-a-half-year sentence is made up of 13-and-a-half years custody with a four-year extension.

It means Poyser will not be eligible to apply for parole until two-thirds of the way through the 13-and-a-half years.

He will be on the sex offender register for life and was handed a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.

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A Southport man has been jailed after admitting multiple offences of sexual activity with a child.

28-year-old Alin Cobzaru, of Scarisbrick Street, Southport, was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a child involving penetration at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday, 11 February and jailed for 7 years, 8 months.

He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register and comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.

The offences were reported in November 2020 and, following an investigation by police, Cobzaru was arrested, quickly charged and remanded into custody.

Cobzaru initially denied committing any sexual offences against the girl when she was under 16. This forced his victim to go through two trials, one which collapsed due to coronavirus issues and one which resulted in a hung jury.

Ahead of a third trial, Cobzaru admitted four offences of sexual activity with a child.

Detective Chief Inspector Paul Parry from the Forces Protecting Vulnerable People Unit said: Cobzaru exploited his victim for his own sexual gratification and it is a relief that he has now been dealt with by the courts.

I would like to pay tribute to the strength and bravery shown by the victim throughout the investigation. While she and her family have received the full support of our officers from the moment the offending was reported and right through the court process, the impact of Cobzarus actions will last a lifetime.

By initially denying the offences, he has put his young victim through the additional pain of being forced to relive her ordeal through his trial and it is pleasing to know he behind bars and can no longer cause harm to others.

Finally and most importantly, I want to reassure the communities of Merseyside Police simply will not tolerate anyone who seeks to exploit young people in this way.

If you are a young person and are being subject to sexualised behaviour you are not comfortable with, whether in person or via messages and social media, please contact police.

We have a specialist team committed to dealing with all forms of child exploitation, and they will treat any information you give extremely seriously, and will follow up any information they receive..

"If you have any suspicions about young people who could be at risk of this type of offending, please call police straight away. We can make an assessment and take the necessary action.

Call 999 if you suspect such an incident is in progress, or pass any other information via 101, @MerPolCC on social media, or anonymously via 0800 555 111."

You can also visit https://www.listentomystory.co.uk/ which is a campaign to raise awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation, where parents, teachers, carers and young people can learn about potential warning signs.

Merseyside Police, alongside three other forces, have also been part of a pilot project for a new service to report rape, sexual assault and other sexual offences online with the option to report anonymously.

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A Royal Navy officer has been convicted of secretly filming himself having sex with an 'attractive' female officer and uploading it to Snapchat to brag to colleagues who claimed she was 'out of his league'.

Sub Lieutenant Scott Ewing told a court martial he used his phone to record the video as he was 'proving to the guys that something happened... I was fluffing my feathers' and that it made him 'feel like a lad' at the time.

The 11 second clip showed SLt Ewing turning to smile at the camera and making an 'ok' sign with his fingers while he had sex with her as she faced away from him.

The female officer told the court she was horrified to learn he had 'massively breached [her] trust' by filming her without consent and posting it to the all male group on the social media app.

SLt Ewing, who was based at the prestigious Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, claimed that during sex he told her 'the lads have got to see this' and she gave him the go ahead by replying 'do whatever you need'.

But his version of events was rejected by the board at Bulford Military Court, Wilts, and he was convicted of voyeurism.

SLt Ewing had told the two day trial that when he first met the female officer he immediately found her attractive and 'took a fancy to her'.

The pair later exchanged 'flirtatious' messages and partially naked pictures on Facebook in the weeks leading up to the incident.

They then met at a bar near Dartmouth, in Devon, which is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and was attended by Prince Charles, Prince Philip and Prince William.

SLt Ewing told the court she had previously implied they would have sex the next time they met so it was 'pretty clear what she meant' when she asked him if they should go to his room.

On the walk there, he said he mentioned several times 'I can't believe this, the lads aren't going to believe this'.

During sex, he claimed he said 'the lads have got to see this' and the female officer turned to him and said 'do whatever you need'.

He said: 'I took that to mean 'show them'... I got the impression that was consent.

'I then turned the camera round to my face, pulled a facial expression, stuck my tongue out, smiling, then made a gesture with my hand like 'sweet, ok'.

'It was proving to the guys that something happened... I was fluffing my feathers, showing off. Looking back it seems silly and immature but in that moment I just wanted to prove a point.

'I was trying to come across as a lad, look what I did, and I got that response from them. [They said] fair play, he did it, well done.

'At the time it made me feel like a lad. It made me feel cool, made me feel like I did something that the others thought was admirable.'

He told the court his friends in the Snapchat group had previously made jokes about him being a 'catfish' - someone perceived to be better looking online than in person - and had said he had 'no chance' with the female officer because she was 'out of his league'.

Lieutenant Commander Peter Barker, prosecuting, said: 'The reason you make that gesture with your hands instead of saying anything is because you didn't want her to know.

'She was facing away with her head down, you are doing everything you can to make sure she doesn't know what's going on.

'She says there was absolutely no consent. It was a spur of the moment, immature prank that went wrong.'

Asked how she would have reacted if there was any mention of the sex being recorded or shared, the female officer told the court: 'I never saw him holding a phone. He never mentioned recording having sex.

'I would have got myself out of there as quickly as possible. That would not have been acceptable. That was never part of the deal.

'Had there been a suggestion I would like to have thought I would probably have got quite angry and got myself out of the situation.

'[If there was mention of it being shared] Even more so I would have found that unacceptable.'

After they had sex, she said she got dressed and went to leave and at that point she saw him pick up his phone but didn't think it suspicious at the time.

She said: 'I said to him, 'you aren't going to tell anybody about this, are you?' and he just laughed or smirked I think.

'At the time, I had nothing to be shocked or appalled about.'

When a friend called her about two and a half weeks later, telling her there was a video of her, the female officer said she spoke to one of the other men in the Snapchat group who had seen it.

She said: 'He assured me that my face wasn't in it, which was a relief because I was worried about that.

'I didn't want to speak with [SLt Ewing] because I didn't trust him. He had massively breached my trust.

'When I found out, I was absolutely shocked.'

SLt Ewing, now of HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hants, will be sentenced at a later date.

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A "predatory paedophile" who raped and abused primary school aged children has been jailed for 26 years.

Barry Rossiter attacked the five victims, one of whom was just three years old, over a period of three decades, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The 67-year-old, of Evistones Gardens, Walker, Newcastle, was convicted of 23 offences after a trial last year.

Judge Sarah Mallett told Rossiter the harm he caused was "profound and permanent" as she sentenced him.

She described him as a "predatory paedophile" and told him: "You are going to spend the rest of your life in prison, that is my intention."

Rossiter was convicted of historical offences including rape, attempted rape, indecent assault, indecency with a child, sexual assault and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

'Lifelong pain and trauma'

One victim read her impact statement at the sentencing hearing, telling Rossiter: "I didn't deserve what you did to me, absolutely nobody does.

"I despise your every living cell."

She told the court she had suffered flashbacks and lived in "survival mode" due to Rossiter's abuse of her as a child.

"I know the trauma will exist for the rest of my life so it's only fair for him to live the rest of his days in prison.

"He has caused so much unnecessary lifelong pain and trauma to myself and others."

Other victims spoke of the devastating impact the attacks have had on their lives and relationships.

Rossiter was also given a two-year extension to his licence period and told he must sign the sex offenders register and abide by a sexual harm prevention order for life.

Paul Cross, defending, said Rossiter was in poor health and the prison sentence is one he will "probably not complete".

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A 'repulsive' Rotherham man has been jailed for tricking a minor into engaging in sexually explicit messaging.

Craig Elliott-Walker, of Brampton Avenue, Thurcroft, 42, was jailed for 18 months at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday for creating a fake profile and contacting the teenager, for whom the incident has had a "profound impact" on.

Elliott-Walker created a fake profile that went by a different alias on social media and began speaking to the teen in August 2018.

He sent her pictures of a young man in underwear and requested topless pictures in return.

Elliott-Walker was found out in September 2018 and arrested by police.

A victim impact statement was read out to the court in which the victim said that since the incident she had "turned in to a person I don't recognise anymore".

She said: "I sit in my room alone. It's extremely difficult to trust anyone, especially men."

She added that she had had to drop out of college because of the ongoing impact of the incident.

Elliott-Walker had pleaded guilty to sexual communication with a child and was sentenced to 14 years in prison and given a sexual harm prevention order by His Honour Judge Peter Kelson.

Judge Kelson said: "Your offending in this case is entirely repulsive.

"You left a trail of wreckage behind you and you have no idea how bad it is."

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A REMORSELESS "sexual predator" has been jailed for 16 years for raping a young child in the Bradford district.

James Osborne, 42, was convicted by a jury after a trial at Bradford Crown Court of two charges of raping a child under 13.

After the case, detectives said Osborne is "known to have travelled around the UK" and they urged anyone with any further information about him to come forward.

Osborne was sentenced today on a video link to HMP Leeds where he was remanded in custody.

Prosecutor Gerald Hendron said the child now woke up in the middle of the night screaming, and had been particularly vulnerable because of their youth.

Derek Duffy, Osbornes barrister, said his client fundamentally disagreed with the evidence given in the trial and was appealing the conviction.

He had a limited capacity because of his placement on the autism spectrum and that would make his time in prison far more difficult for him.

Judge Ahmed Nadim said the offences involved a degree of planning.

Osborne, of The Pyghtles, Daventry, Northamptonshire, had harmed the child both physically and psychologically.

Judge Nadim noted that the defendant was assisted by an intermediary during the trial in November last year because he had autism. But there was no evidence as to how that contributed to his offending.

Because he had not owned up to what he had done he was not entitled to any credit for pleading guilty.

Osborne had shown no remorse or appreciation of the damage he had inflicted on his victim, Judge Nadim said.

Following the jurys guilty verdicts, the case was adjourned for the probation service to assess the level of dangerousness posed by Osborne.

Judge Nadim told him he must serve at least half of the 16-year custodial term behind bars before the Parole Board can consider his release.

He will then serve the balance on a licence with a 12-month extension period.

A Sexual Harm Prevention Order was made without limit of time and Osborne must also sign on the sex offender register for life.

After the case, Detective Constable Julia Coates, of Bradford Safeguarding Unit, said: I would first like to praise the bravery of this young child for coming forward and disclosing Osbornes offending.

The child was put through the daunting experience of a criminal trial and has showed so much courage and dignity throughout.

I would like to welcome the sentence that has been handed down to Osborne today for his horrendous crimes.

"He is a sexual predator and his actions and behaviour towards young children is disturbing.

"He is known to have travelled around the UK and I would urge anyone who has any further information about him to contact the police.

I would also encourage anyone who may have been a victim of any sexual offence to come forward and speak to the police.

"You will be listened to and supported by specially trained officers throughout and also be referred to further help and support if needed.

"We will do all we can to secure justice for any victim.

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A paedophile tried to hide his phone in a freezer to stop police finding dozens of videos of children being raped.

Athanasios Konstantinidis had already been caught with child abuse images once in June 2019 but a judge had spared him jail on that occasion.

Yet instead of abiding by rules aimed at stopping him offending again, the 57-year-old bought a new phone the following year and began downloading hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse.

Derek Jones, prosecuting, said Konstantinidis kept the existence of his phone hidden from officers who were monitoring him at regular meetings.

He said: We now know that the defendant failed to disclose that he had purchased a new phone.

It came to light because police, in the meantime, had received intelligence that somebody had shared and uploaded indecent images of children.

The IP address was then tracked to this defendant.

When police arrived at his home in Southport on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, to carry out a search he was caught out trying to hide the phone.

Mr Jones said: He then tried to hide the mobile phone in a freezer in the kitchen.

This attempt was seen by an officer and the phone was seized.

Later analysis of the phone found a large trove of child abuse images had been downloaded.

They included 557 Category A images, the most serious, as well 929 Category B images and 1,514 Category C images.

The court heard there were 284 videos on the phone, one of which showed a girl believed to be around eight or nine years old being raped by a man while showing clear signs of distress.

Separately, Konstantinidis also sent two separate Category C images to other individuals over email.

The court heard that in one of the emails, sent in August 2020, Konstantinidis attached the picture and wrote: Enjoy.

Charles Lander, defending, said Konstantinidis quickly admitted all of the offences when arrested by police and pleaded guilty in court at the earliest opportunity.

He said there was nothing that could be said to lessen the seriousness of the offences themselves but said Konstantinidis was extremely isolated socially due to his responsibilities as a carer.

Mr Lander said Konstantinidis is the main carer for his wife, who has chronic leukaemia, and had become increasingly cut off from the outside world as he took steps to ensure she was isolating when the pandemic began as she was clinically vulnerable.

His caring responsibilities for her increased so significantly that he had to quit his job.

He was also grieving the loss of his mother in Greece, having not been able to travel to see her before she died due to Covid restrictions.

Mr Lander said the pandemic had also delayed a number of the courses he had been due to undertake to tackle his offending.

Mr Lander said: All I submit on his behalf is the background against which he did what he did.

The judge, Recorder Eric Lamb, said Konstantinidis had failed to use the second chance given to him by the courts to change his behaviour.

Recorder Lamb said: Not only were you given the opportunity of a suspended sentence, you were also made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order and the terms of that order were to ensure that you would have a constant reminder of the steps you needed to take to ensure that you did not fall prey to the temptation to download these disgusting images.

He said the actions of people like Konstantinidis fuelled the abuse of children.

Recorder Lamb said: Without people like you who take an interest in these images there would not be this abuse against children.

Konstantinidis, of Ashdown Close, Southport, admitted possessing, making and distributing indecent images of children and numerous counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

He was jailed for a total of 32 months.