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A man who sent vile messages describing sexual activities with young boys has been placed on a sex offenders programme.

Steven Pitt pled guilty last month to communicating indecently by sending messages to a man describing sexual activities with children.

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Shaleem Nazish kept thousands of vile sex abuse images and shared sickening child rape images

A paedophile swapped child rape images in a perverted group chat while already under police investigation.

Shaleem Nazish claimed he was listening to a podcast when officers stormed his home and tackled his phone from him.

He told officers he was "trying to pause the recording" but was actually trying to cover his tracks having downloaded 6,471 images of children being sexually abused.

Of the images 296 were videos of children aged between six months and 12 years being raped.

Despite being the subject of a police investigation the 24-year-old went on to share child rape videos in perverted group chat and "openly discussed sexually abusing children".

But he didn't realise he was talking to an undercover police officer who reported his crimes, dragging him back into a police station for further questioning.

Paul Blasbery, prosecuting at Liverpool Crown Court, said Nazish was convicted in 2016 for a "number of similar matters" for which he was handed a two year sentence suspended for two years.

He explained a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) was also imposed which meant he had to make any device available to police for inspection and was "prohibited from deleting internet history".

Mr Blasbery said "as a result of information received" police attended his home at 6am on March 28, 2019, and stormed into his bedroom where Nazish was "sitting on his bed with a mobile telephone in his hand".

He said he "appeared to be attempting to alter data on the device in spite of being told on several occasions to put the device down".

He added: "He refused resulting in force being used to remove the device from his grasp."

Mr Blasbery said indecent images were found on the device and a laptop and another phone were also seized.

In a police interview Nazish claimed he had been "listening to a podcast" and there were "so many people in the room he was just trying to pause the recording".

He claimed he didn't remember uploading indecent images of children to the phone but admitted he had looked at indecent images of children online.

The court heard he had used a number of applications and had downloaded 936 category A images, which involve children being raped, 1,123 category B images and 4,412 category C images.

He also had 28 prohibited images of children.

Of the images 296 were videos of children being raped, with ages ranging between six months old and 12 years.

Mr Blasbery said Nazish told police he had sought help from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation and the probation service after his first conviction but said he had "been struggling since then".

He admitted he had a "sexual interest in boys aged eight to 12" and was released under investigation.

But while under investigation Nazish took part in a group chat where he had shared indecent images of children in all categories on a number of platforms.

Nazish used different user names and shared the sickening images both in a chat and in a private chat with an undercover police officer.

He had also "openly discussed sexually abusing children".

Nazish was arrested again, Mr Blasbery explained, and told officers "he had been struggling with his mental health, doing counselling with a psychotherapist who had been unable to help him so his mental health had 'taken a hit' and was why he had continued his activity".

He admitted sharing indecent images of children on Snapchat and using a Wickr account to "message random people with the same sexual interest".

Nazish said he also used Instagram to download images of child sex abuse which he would move to a different account.

He distributed 11 category A indecent images, 13 category B images and 162 category C indecent images, which involved children aged between eight and 12.

Michael Phillips, defending, said Nazish came to the UK in 2002 and "just before he arrived" suffered a "very traumatic experience", which was not described in open court.

He said he has a "deep sense of shame and guilt" and following his previous conviction had "tried as best as he can in order to move things along" but "wasn't able to stay on the straight and narrow".

Mr Phillips said a police officer who was "tasked with his supervision" had initially told Nazish he was "so well-behaved" and they "probably didn't need to bother him".

He said this was "a red flag to a bull".

Mr Phillips said as a child Nazish had low self esteem and moved schools a number of times where he was "often the only Asian child".

Nazish gained a chemistry degree from UCLAN and "hoped to go into the vaccine business and research".

Mr Phillips said after he was sentenced in January 2016 Nazish "didn't do as well as he could have done as a result of having to deal with allegations" and has subsequently struggled to find work as a result of his conviction.

He said Nazish then suffered from anxiety and depression and "reverted to what he knew in the past had given him pleasure".

Mr Phillips said he "didn't really seek the help he needed to" but "really recognised now he needed more help" which he had sought from a psychotherapist.

Nazish, of Allen Street, Warrington, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children between December 22, 2014, and June 19, 2020, possessing prohibited images of children between the same dates and three counts of distributing indecent images of children between April 30, 2020 and June 19 of the same year.

The judge, Recorder Eric Lamb, said: "I accept the shame and guilt which you expressed was genuine.

"I accept you are anxious to make changes to your life to avoid further offending in this way as a result of your addiction."

The judge said a pre-sentence report found Nazish to be a medium risk of harm.

He was jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Nazish was ordered to adhere to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life and must sign the Sex Offenders Register for life.

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An 18-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for raping a woman he approached in a city centre.

Abdelarahman Saleh Adam was found guilty of attacking the 19-year-old victim in Portsmouth in the early hours of 20 September last year.

Police said Adam was one of two men who followed the woman after approaching her in Lake Road. Adam then raped the victim in Turner Road at 00:30 BST.

He was told he must serve at least two thirds of his sentence in custody.

Adam, of Gathorne Road, Wood Green, London, will also be placed on the sex offenders register.

Hampshire Constabulary said the judge Robert Bright QC had praised the victim for her courage during the trial.

Seven other people were arrested during the investigation - all were released without charge.

Portsmouth Chief Inspector Robert Mitchell said: "Stranger assaults of this nature are rare, and I hope the community feels reassured that when we receive these sorts of allegations, we will take them seriously and do everything in our power to bring those responsible to justice."

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A dad-of-three broke into the home of two unsuspecting women before performing a sex act.

The horrified women woke in the early hours of the morning to discover Michael Shaw crouched in the bathroom with his pants pulled down to his knees and genitals exposed.

The disturbing discovery was only made when one of the victims thought she could see her own reflection in the near darkness, only for the figure in the mirror to move.

Shaw, 30, of Railway Path, Ormskirk, is believed to have spent around 20 minutes in the house before he was discovered and then proceeded to perform a sex act on himself after being kicked out.

Prosecuting, Keith Sutton told Preston Crown Court the disturbing incident happened in February.

He said Shaw climbed through a bathroom window.

Mr Sutton said: At 1.20am the two females in the property were in bed.

One of them was awake watching a film, the other was asleep.

When one got up to go to the toilet, she realised she could hear some noise, it sounded like something on the roof or somewhere else in the house.

She went onto the landing and could hear something, she woke the other female who went downstairs.

The first woman saw a reflection in the bathroom mirror which she could see through the door.

She could see the reflection of something in the bathroom.

She wasnt sure what but then she saw that reflection moving as if someone was crouching down.

The second complainant came back up, there was a brief discussion about what had occurred and then the first female stepped into the bathroom and looked behind the door.

Her reaction was a scream, it was described by the second complainant as hysterical, and she stepped back.

The defendant was in the bathroom with his trousers down to his knees.

The second complainant shouted at him to ask what he was doing, how hed got in.

Shaw responded by saying he was sorry and picked up his shoes which he had taken off after entering the home.

He then sat down as if to use the toilet but was told to leave.

He sat down again on the stairs to put his shoes on and was again ordered to leave the house.

Mr Sutton said: One complainant went to call the police and the first complainant watched him exit and it was clear that he was carrying out a sex act outside the property.

Shaw left and returned to the temporary accommodation where he was then staying.

The women gave a description of him to the police, who visited him the following day and found clothes matching those seen that night.

Shaw was arrested and gave a confused account when interviewed.

In a victim statement summarised by Mr Sutton, one of the women said she had been left anxious and unable to sleep without prescribed medication.

She said she suffers from night terrors and no longer feels safe in her own home despite having an alarm and camera system installed.

She said it still plays on my mind knowing he was in my bathroom watching us for 20 minutes.

The woman also explained her fear of catching Covid-19 meant no-one else had entered the house for almost a year and that this safety was violated by Shaw and the officers who came to investigate.

The court heard Shaw has one previous conviction for possession of a knife which occurred around a month before this incident and resulted in a three-month suspended sentence in May.

At a hearing in April, he pleaded to two counts of exposure and one of trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence.

Defending, Michael Hagarty said Shaw had suffered from childhood trauma which had been exacerbated by drug and alcohol use leading up to the day of the offences.

Mr Hagarty explained that in the months leading to the incident, Shaw had been forced to leave the Ormskirk home he shared with his mother as a result of flooding and had been staying alone in temporary accommodation.

He detailed a number of incidents in which Shaw had displayed erratic or concerning behaviour in the preceding months, two of which led to him being detained for his own wellbeing.

Psychological analysis identified issues of childhood trauma which were being amplified by use of alcohol, cannabis and cocaine.

A diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality disorder affecting his ability to control his actions was also made and Mr Hagarty said the issues relating to trauma had been made worse by Shaw being unable to see his own children.

Mr Hagarty said Shaw was confused by his actions and felt remorse for the impact on his victims

Sentencing, Recorder Ben Douglas-Jones QC described Shaws behaviour as frightening, disturbing and offensive.

Referring to the moment when one woman realised there was an intruder, he said: Just imagine how frightening that must have been.

Its like something from a horror movie.

Shaw was given a 30-month jail sentence, ordered to sign the sex offender register for life and made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

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A paedophile who has repeatedly threatened to rape women and children is set to be released next month.

Jay Ferguson put together a sinister 'rape kit' and threatened to abduct and rape a child in 2017, when aged just 18.

He was locked up for 22 months, but within days of his release told police he had a child sex abuse video and a knife.

The 22-year-old, of Liverpool Road, Huyton, received a 14-month sentence in 2020, to be served at HMP Styal.

While there he wrote to prison officers saying he intended to carry out a "violent rape" using the dating app Tinder when released.

He was then hit with a further six months behind bars after writing to a female guard to say he would hunt her down and rape her.

Ferguson was moved to a different prison and eventually released on February 26 this year.

But within "two or three days" he breached his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and was arrested again on March 1.

Michael Stephenson, prosecuting, said Ferguson's phone revealed he had accessed two "female only dating websites" - Zoe and Only Women.

Liverpool Crown Court heard he also breached the order by using Facebook Messenger to contact his adult niece.

Mr Stephenson said: "It was a discussion about money, nothing more sinister than that."

Ferguson admitted two breaches of his SHPO at a hearing in March and has since spent four months on remand in custody.

His criminal record includes assault and possessing a knife in public in 2015, when he was still a youth.

In November 2017 he admitted attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and five counts of malicious communications.

That was after he put together a chilling kit, containing a balaclava and gloves, and told police he would abduct and rape a child.

Ferguson said he got the idea from a "psycho" on the TV show Law & Order, and showed officers a teddy, explaining: "I hurt the teddy so I don't hurt kids."

He had been arrested after making rape threats to teenagers, children and one 15-year-old victim's mum.

Ferguson said he was aware sexual activity with children was wrong but "just wanted to do it", "couldn't help" himself, had every intention of carrying out his "fantasies" at the earliest opportunity, and as soon as he was left to live on his own "would abduct and rape a child".

Police also found a letter in which Ferguson said he was planning to rape someone, with a step by step numbered to-do list.

When released in August 2019, Ferguson moved back to Huyton, but within days rang police to say a man had sent him indecent images of children.

Officers discovered he had encouraged the man to send videos, chatted about abusing children, and they exchanged videos of themselves performing sex acts.

Ferguson, who claimed he was acting as a 'paedophile hunter', had a clip of a girl aged between eight and 10 performing a sex act.

He was released on bail, but later walked into Huyton Police Station and said he had a knife because he had been sexually assaulted.

Ferguson was convicted of possessing an indecent image and having a blade in January 2020, when prosecutors revealed the letters "indicating his intention to carry out a violent rape on his release" by using Tinder.

Last August he was convicted of malicious communications, in respect of a letter sent on February 6, 2020.

Mr Stephenson today said that involved threats to a female officer at Styal "to track them and tie them up and attack them with a rape kit".

Ferguson was given a two-year restraining order, which banned him from Styal and from contacting his victim.

Gerald Baxter, defending, today said the breaches caused "little or no harm or distress" because Ferguson hadn't contacted anyone or arranged a date on the apps and had talked to his niece about money.

He said: "He had a difficult childhood to say the least. There is a history of personality disorder."

Mr Baxter urged the judge to spare him jail and said a place was available at a hostel in Birmingham, where Ferguson is from originally, which had a "strict regime" including a curfew.

He said treatment would be available "which the defendant is anxious to take advantage of" including for drug and alcohol misuse.

The lawyer said Ferguson also intended to refer himself to a nearby hospital for mental health treatment.

Judge David Potter asked how he should "square" that with risks identified in a pre-sentence report and psychiatric report.

Mr Baxter suggested if Ferguson accessed the treatment "perhaps there is a real prospect that the risk might be reduced".

Judge Potter said it was a "deliberate" and "flagrant" breach of the SHPO on two occasions within days of his released from jail.

He highlighted Ferguson's criminal record, past disclosures regarding his intentions and "rape threats towards a female prison officer".

The judge said Ferguson was assessed by the Probation Service as a "very high risk" of reconviction and causing serious harm.

Judge Potter said he was also subject to "multi agency public protection arrangements".

He said: "You are assessed by them as a very high risk of causing serious harm to children, the public and staff that you come into contact with."

The judge said: "I accept you have made some efforts to tackle some of the underlying issues in your psychological make up."

However, he also noted Ferguson's behaviour when previously given a place at Adelaide House in Kensington.

Jailing him for 10 months, Judge Potter said: "The court has sadly no confidence that you, whether in approved premises or not, will not commit further breaches."

However, due to the four months he has spent in custody, this means Ferguson will be released in around a month's time.

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45-year-old sentenced following National Crime Agency investigation

The safeguarding lead at a childrens football team in Aylesbury has been jailed for more than two years after he was found to have shared vile child abuse images online.

Marc Kenny, of Misbourne Close, Aylesbury, smashed his head onto a table until his head bled as a judge read out to him the sick messages he had sent to other online paedophiles about how much he enjoyed a video of a baby being violated.

The 45-year-old had been caught after distributing the category A image to hundreds of other predators.

He was the welfare officer and director of football at Aylesbury Town Corinthians FC at the time he was making and distributing indecent images of children, a court heard. None of the offences related to anyone connected to the club.

After he was caught by the National Crime Agency (NCA), the Football Association had been called in to help ensure the club was safeguarded and that parents were reassured.

Judge Francis Sheridan, sitting at Aylesbury Crown Court, said there was no suggestion that any of the children at the club had been abused.

Kenny had admitted making 182 category A images, 76 category B images and 227 category C images.

He also admitted distributing one category-A moving image of a baby, aged between eight months and 12 months of age, being horrifically abused.

The court heard that Kenny had sent a vile message along with the image.

As Judge Sheridan read this message out in open court during Fridays sentencing hearing, Kenny started repeatedly banging his head on a table in the video link booth at HMP Bullingdon.

Guards rushed into the room to restrain Kenny, who had a visible red mark on his forehead and was in distress while muttering inaudibly, while Judge Sheridan continued with the sentencing.

Kenny had sent the twisted video to two different group chats between September 17 and September 25 last year - in total it was received by 616 members on the paedophile site.

Sentencing Kenny, Judge Sheridan told him: You were a football coach and a founder of Aylesbury Town Corinthians Footballl Club team. You took control of the safeguarding of that club.

The club have had to work with the FA to make it clear that the club is safe for others and to reassure the parents.

There is no evidence before this court that you abused any of those children but it has been a true worry for that club and the parents as a result of this case.

Kennys wife was initiating proceedings in the family court to ensure the convicted paedophile was barred from seeing his own children, the court heard.

The NCA had discovered that Kenny was part of multiple groups where he would discuss the abuse of children.

Judge Sheridan said: You claimed that it was all fantasy. You also said that you had a problem - understatement of the year.

Kenny, of Misbourne Close, Aylesbury, was jailed for 25 months. He will also be made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years and be made to sign the sex offenders register for the same period.

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A man subjected a vulnerable young girl to a campaign of rape and sexual assaults lasting years.

The abuse started when the victim was aged just four or five, and continued until she was in her teens.

A judge labelled Andre Simpson a "very twisted individual" who had shown no remorse for what he had done, and also had put the girl through the ordeal of a trial.

The 54-year-old defendant subjected the girl a repeated rapes and assaults. Some of the offending happened more than 20 years but the abuse was not reported to the police at the time.

Simpson denied the offending but was convicted at trial at Swansea Crown Court.

In an impact statement which was read to court by prosecution barrister Robin Rouch, the victim said she effectively did not have a childhood because of what Simpson did to her, and the abuse left her struggling to trust people and being wary of older men. She said she still suffers from flashbacks and nightmares.

And she described the abuse as "the skeleton in the closet" that she had felt unable to report for so many years, adding that she hoped that by coming forward now and making a complaint to the police she had saved other children from suffering the same fate at the hands of the defendant.

As a victim of sexual offences, the woman has life-long legal anonymity.

Simpson, of Bronwydd, Birchgrove, Swansea, had previously been convicted of 18 counts of rape, indecent assault, sexual assault, indecency with a child, and possessing indecent images of a child when he appeared in the dock for sentencing.

Judge Paul Thomas QC said Simpson had carried out a "campaign" of sexual abuse against his victim, and he told the defendant he was a "very twisted individual" who "satisfied your sexual lust at her expense" without giving any consideration to the emotional and physical harm he was causing.

The judge said the defendant would not, of course, be additionally punished for taking the matter to trial but he called the way he ran his defence - instructing his barrister to repeatedly accuse his young victim of being a cynical liar - "particularly distasteful". The judge also noted that during the trial Simpson called into the question the ability and fairness of the police officer who had investigated the case, and sought to blame his sons for the presence of the indecent images found on his laptop, adding it seemed he was prepared to blame anyone in order to try to save his own skin.

Simpson was sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison, with an extended one year licence period. The defendant will serve two-thirds of that period before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. Simpson will be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life, and was made the subject of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

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A convicted paedophile who planned to sexually abuse a four-year-old girl has been jailed for 10 years.

John Peter Noble, 36, was arrested in Ripon in April as part of an undercover police operation after making arrangements to meet his victim.

North Yorkshire Police said there was never a real-life victim and no children were ever in any danger.

Noble, of North Street, Ripon, was sentenced at York Crown Court after admitting the charges in May.

He was convicted of nine child sex offences and was put on the sex offenders' register for life.

The court was told he had made arrangements to meet who he believed to be his victim's family on 30 April, but was arrested by undercover police as part of an online sting.

Noble, who was previously convicted of possessing indecent images of children, was also charged with breaching conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

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A Yeovil pensioner has been jailed for 17 years for a string of sexual assaults on young boys spanning nearly 40 years.

Barry Dunthorn, 74, of Hendford Grove, was found guilty of nine counts of sexual assault on four male victims aged between 12 and 16 at the time the offences were committed.

Following a two week trial at Taunton Crown Court, Dunthorn was convicted of three indecent assaults on a male under 14 and three counts of indecent assault on a male under 16.

He was also found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child under 16, and one count of paying for the services of a child under 18.

The offences took place in South and East Somerset between 1981 and 2018.

The court heard how Dunthorn groomed his victims by encouraging them to commit sexual acts with him in exchange for cash payments and gifts.

The most recent offences relate to the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old victim, who was paid large cash sums in exchange for sexual activity over a 12 month period.

Following sentencing, HHJ Townsend paid tribute to the victims for their courage in disclosing the offences and for having to relive the abuse during the court process.

Investigating officer Andy Bath said: I would like to praise the bravery of the victims who reported the offences to the police and instigated an investigation.

After an initial report was made, a further three victims had the courage to come forward, all suffering similar traumatic events at the hands of the defendant.

He created the opportunity to arrange meetings in secret and paid sums of cash to the victims to keep quiet about what was happening.

He has shown absolutely no remorse for his actions and throughout the lengthy investigation and court trial he has denied his illegal activities.

Nevertheless, the jury found him guilty of nine indictments.

I very much hope that the victims will get some comfort in the knowledge that the man who had made them suffer abuse when they were children will now receive a custodial sentence for what he did.

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A former Filey man who raped a boy, incited a girl to engage in sexual activity and filmed himself having sex with a dog has been jailed for 18 years.

Kyle Stephenson, 29, now of no fixed address, was sentenced at York Crown Court on Friday after what a detective described as one of the "most harrowing and disturbing" cases he had been involved with.

Stephenson - described as "vile and manipulative" by police - had been due to stand trial this week but decided to plead guilty to the offences against the boy and the girl.

Stephenson also admitted committing bestiality after police recovered conclusive video evidence.

The Judge took this offence into consideration when passing sentence, which also subjected him to a life-time Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed him on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely. He also has to serve an extra year on licence.

Stephenson was arrested on 31 January 2021 following a complaint made by the boy and he has remained in custody since being charged.

The offences were committed between then and January 2020.

The dog Stephenson abused has died from an illness.

Detective Constable Steve Monty, of Scarborough CID, who led the investigation, said Stephenson is now facing the consequences of his depraved actions

He said: This is one of the most harrowing and disturbing cases I have been involved in. My heart goes out to the brave young victims who have endured immense trauma caused by this vile and manipulative man.

Their true courage, together with support from loved ones, will hopefully give them the strength to rebuild their lives and move forward from this dreadful experience.

Det Con Monty added: As for Stephenson, he has rightfully been brought to justice and is now facing the full consequences of his depraved and disgusting actions.

My message to victims of child abuse, no matter when it occurred, is that the police will support you in a highly professional and sensitive way throughout an investigation and court case.

Please dont hesitate to seek our help or obtain support from specialist services that are readily available to victims.

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A rapist told his victim to "shut up" when she pleaded with him to stop during a series of sex attacks.

Matthew Jones assaulted and raped a woman, who cannot be identified, including an incident when he whipped her with a belt.

The 34-year-old left his victim with severe psychological damage, and she says she "still has many days she wishes she was dead".

Liverpool Crown Court heard Jones, of Dorset Road, Tuebrook, denied any wrongdoing and claimed the woman was lying to a jury.

But jurors, who saw photos of bruises to her back and thighs, found him guilty of four counts of rape and one of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Today it emerged the rapist, who still maintains his innocence, also has a history of violence against another woman - his ex-wife.

Describing the abuse, Judge Gary Woodhall said Jones punched his victim, threw things at her, and in one attack removed his belt and hit her with it, leaving her feeling "humiliated", with bruises the length of her back.

The judge said he raped the woman on one occasion when she was ill, "placing your hand on her throat".

He said: "She was crying and saying stop. You told her to shut up."

Judge Woodhall said the woman recalled two or three other occasions when he raped her in a similar way after overpowering her.

Gareth Roberts, prosecuting, summarised a victim statement from the woman, who he said now "struggles to lead a normal life".

Mr Roberts said she "constantly feels afraid and scared", has lost her faith in others, distrusts men, feels "unreasonable revulsion" to any man who looks like her attacker, suffers from panic attacks and has difficulty with any physical contact.

Mr Roberts said the victim was left suicidal, adding: "She didn't want to live because of the memories of what happened to her."

The prosecutor said the woman has undergone counselling, which has helped, but "still has many days she wishes she was dead".

The court heard Jones has four previous convictions for five offences, including battery convictions for violence against his former wife.

Michael Scholes, defending, said a series of character references conflicted with the views of a probation officer in a pre-sentence report.

He said in his dealings with Jones he was "articulate, intelligent and courteous", and while his client still denied the offences, he accepted the jury's findings and understood that he would have to be punished.

Judge Woodhall said the victim referred to how Jones' abuse "changed her" and "she is unable to forget what you did to her".

He said Jones "complained" to the probation officer how the victim "has taken everything away from you".

But the judge added: "That's what she has described you did to her."

Judge Woodhall said Jones had character references from his mum, sister-in-laws, girlfriend, brothers, an aunt and nan.

He said they described him as "loving and caring" and "honourable and responsible and supportive and hard working".

The judge said these testimonials suggested his offences were "out of character", but noted one brother said Jones had suffered with anger issues from a young age and taken steps to combat it, while his nan outlined Jones' problems with his father and the loss of a brother as a child.

Judge Woodhall said however he behaved towards them, his previous convictions and latest offending showed he had behaved "entirely differently" with his victims.

He said his rape victim was "vulnerable" at the time of the attacks and concluded she suffered "severe psychological harm", while his mitigation was limited, except for his absence of previous sexual offences and his positive work record.

Judge Woodhall jailed Jones for nine and a half years, as a woman in the public gallery shook her head.

He said Jones would serve two thirds of this sentence - six years and four months - behind bars, before he is released on licence.

The judge ordered Jones to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life and made an indefinite restraining order to protect his victim.

Supporters including members of Jones' family sobbed as he was sent down, with one man shouting: "I love you - you didn't do it."

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A paedophile barricaded himself in his bedroom at his parents' home then kicked a police officer in the face.

Liam Perkins was caught sharing his disgusting collection of child rape photos with other perverts online.

But the 30-year-old was released under investigation and caused havoc at his family's home in St Helens.

The dad, now of Meredith Street, Garston, later broke his ex-girlfriend's front door in another violent outburst.

And he launched a foul-mouthed rant at a judge when he was finally jailed at Liverpool Crown Court.

Police acting on intelligence raided Perkins' then home in St Helens on March 18, 2020.

Cheryl Mottram, prosecuting, said officers seized his two Samsung mobile phones, which both contained indecent videos and photos.

There were 17 Category A - the most serious category showing child rape - 17 Category B and 89 Category C files, plus two animal porn pictures.

Analysis of the phones showed Perkins had used Kik Messenger to distribute six Category A, six Category B and 19 Category C files.

Ms Mottram said these were sent over a four-day period in March 2020.

In response to one Category A image sent by Perkins, another paedophile replied: "Damn man your stuff is great"

The court heard the age range of the children was from five to 15, with the majority aged nine to 13.

Ms Mottram said Perkins searched for "young baby porn pics", "very young", "young porn", "young feet" and "teen boy boy".

When interviewed, he gave a prepared statement and accepted the devices were his, but denied a sexual interest in children.

He was released under investigation, but at around 3.30am on January 2, police received a call from his mum, who said he was drunk and causing a disturbance at their property.

Ms Mottram said police found him in his bedroom, he was "very aggressive", "couldn't be reasoned with" and when taken to the ground he kicked out at an officer, causing the victim's nose to bleed.

When interviewed, he said he had a drinking problem and couldn't remember the attack.

He was released under investigation again, only to go to his ex-partner's home in St Helens on February 1.

She closed the front door on him and he repeatedly banged on the door, cracking a glass panel, before later telling police he had been drunk again.

Perkins admitted three counts of downloading, three counts of distributing and one count of possessing indecent images of children, plus possessing extreme porn, assaulting an emergency worker, resisting arrest and criminal damage.

He had three previous convictions for four offences, including public disorder and criminal damage in 2012 and theft in 2017.

Desmond Lennon, defending, said his client expressed remorse and "recognises the complete wrongness of his behaviour in terms of the sexual interest in children and also his violent behaviour".

He said his client's underlying problem was his use of alcohol and cocaine, before suggesting he was suitable for a sex offenders treatment programme and rehabilitation in the community.

Mr Lennon said Perkins would "inevitably" lose his job and likely his home if jailed, but was "sorry and ashamed for his behaviour, understands belatedly perhaps that it was entirely wrong, and would welcome the chance to make amends".

Judge Gary Woodhall said the Kik Messenger conversations showed Perkins was "fully aware" what he was sharing online, with the child abuse images showing girls and boys aged five to 15.

The judge noted Perkins' parents had been reluctant about him moving back into their home, before the January 2 incident.

He said Perkins "smashed furniture" at their address, but they hadn't pressed any criminal charges.

Judge Woodhall added: "They believe you're in need of professional help."

He said: "You had barricaded yourself in your bedroom so that the officers had to force their way into your bedroom."

The judge said Perkins was "attempting to push them down the stairs", threatened to kick them, then when taken down, kicked an officer in the face "full force".

He said the officers had to use incapacitant spray to calm him down and arrest him.

Judge Woodhall said the incident at his ex-partner's house saw Perkins injure his own hand.

He said after Perkins realised she had called the police, he sent her messages calling her a "grass" and a "rat".

The judge said Perkins had expressed remorse in a pre-sentence report and was no longer able to see his daughter because of his crimes.

Judge Woodhall said Perkins admitted he was attracted to young teens, under the influence of cocaine and alcohol when viewing the images, and had tried to get help.

However, he said the offences were too serious for anything other than prison and jailed him for two years and one month in total.

He made a five-year restraining order to protect his ex-girlfriend and told Perkins to sign on the Sex Offenders Register and comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years.

Perkins yelled from the dock: "Bulls***! You let a guy walk with 32,000 images the other day!"

He paused to shout "love you dad" to his father sitting in the public gallery, before continuing to rant: "As for that five-year-old, I've never seen pictures like that, f***ing k***head!

"They sent it, I didn't, f***ing k***."

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A sex offender who contacted a teenage girl on social media while out of prison on licence has been jailed.

Warrington man David Fowler was jailed for nine years in 2015 after pleading guilty to four counts of inciting a 15-year-old girl to engage in sexual intercourse.

On Tuesday Fowler , 30, of no fixed address, appeared at Chester Crown Court when he was jailed for 22 months for breaching the terms of a Sexual Offence Prevention Order.

The 22-month sentence will sit alongside the rest of Fowler's prison sentence from 2015.

Chester Crown Court heard that Fowler had contacted a 15-year-old girl on social media, which breached the terms of the Sexual Offence Prevention Order handed down to him in 2015.

In 2015 Warrington Crown Court heard how Fowler had set up a Facebook account in the name 'Chris Johnson' which he used to send explicit messages to a teenage girl.

The court heard that Fowler had used social media to groom teenager girls. Judge Nicholas Woodward, who jailed the Warrington man for nine years, described him as a "predator".

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A convicted sex offender who was jailed for 12 years has had his time in prison almost doubled after new victims came forward.

Barry Radford was jailed in 2019 for offences against four teenage boys.

After his conviction, two more victims reported they had been abused by the 54-year-old, Northumbria Police said.

Radford, from Whickham, admitted 12 more offences including four counts of rape and was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court for a further 11 years.

The new offences also included six counts of sexual assault and two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, police said.

Det Ch Insp Graeme Dodds praised the bravery of all the victims.

He said: "[Radford's] a dangerous and predatory offender who preyed upon teenage boys. The victims have been so courageous. It is due to their bravery that Radford has been held to account for his horrific actions and he will remain in prison for a significantly longer period of time."

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A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually abusing a child and being found in possession of thousands of indecent images.

Stephen Newell, 48, of St Mary’s Road, London, came to officers’ attention as a Portsmouth resident when an online account linked to him uploaded an indecent image of a child to the internet earlier this year.

Our Internet Child Abuse Team subsequently carried out an investigation, which led to the seizure of a number of devices, including a laptop and mobile phones that had inappropriate content on them.

Our investigation revealed that Newell had also sexually abused a boy under the age of 13.

Newell was arrested in February this year and subsequently charged with two counts of taking indecent photographs of a child, one count of making indecent photographs of children, three counts of distributing/showing indecent photographs/indecent pseudo-photographs of a child/children, one count of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, two counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration and three counts of sexual assault of a child under 13.

He pleaded guilty to all charges and appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court today (Friday 16 July) where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Officer in charge of the case, DC Stephen Hill said: “The sexual abuse of children causes unfathomable damage, and I hope that this sentence provides some justice for the victim, who will continue to receive support from partner services.

“We take all reports of sexual assault extremely seriously, and will do everything in our power to bring those responsible to justice.