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A lonely motorcycle instructor who was desperate to make friends online was found with more than 3,370 sickening images and videos of child pornography and 280 of bestiality.

Socially isolated paedophile Daniel White exchanged X-rated online messages with a woman who had sent him a picture of her daughter and asked her whether she had done anything sexual to the girl.

He was helping to fuel the "disgusting trade" in the sexual abuse of young children because he was "deriving pleasure" from the vile images, Hull Crown Court heard.

White, 23, of Jenthorpe, Orchard Park estate, Hull, admitted making and distributing indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornography between 2015 and 2020.

Charlotte Noddings, prosecuting, said that police received information that White had been using a Twitter account to upload images of children to the internet. A mobile phone was also linked to this.

White had 1,314 images of children in the most serious Category A, 629 of which were videos, and 1,021 images in Category B, with 125 of them movies, as well as 1,036 images in Category C, including 66 videos.

They showed "extremely young girls" aged between six and 14. He also had 280 images of extreme pornography showing bestiality, one of them a movie.

White had been involved in online sexual conversations, including one with a woman who had sent him a picture of her daughter. He had asked her if she had done anything sexual with her.

White claimed to the police that he became aware of the images by accident. "He didn't report them because he didn't want anything to come back to him," said Miss Noddings.

"He denied any sexual attraction to children."

Charlotte Baines, mitigating, said that White originally used social media sites because he had been socially isolated and wanted to make friends. "He is an emotionally lonely man and has never had an intimate relationship with someone," said Miss Baines.

"He had a desire for a relationship and belonging somewhere, attitudes that enabled this type of offence. He was then drawn in to an online world where sexualised chats were commonplace.

"It all took a much more sinister turn in the commission of these offences. He did not extricate himself and actively participated in sexual behaviour."

White, a qualified mechanic, had worked as a motorcycle instructor but could no longer do that because he would be training or instructing people who might be under 18.

Judge Peter Kelson QC told White: "This crime which you have committed is not a victimless crime. Just because we don't have the children in this courtroom giving evidence of what was done to them does not mean that there are no victims. Quite the contrary.

"These images of those children that you were deriving pleasure from are evidence of crimes being committed.

"There were victims and you were furthering this disgusting trade by sharing these videos. Appropriate punishment can only be achieved through immediate custody."

White was jailed for two years and was given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. His mobile phone, laptop and tablet computer will be forfeited.

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A former Army Corporal has avoided jail after admitting making and possessing indecent images of children.

Philip Francis McLernon claimed he couldnt remember looking at the explicit photos and videos.

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Two bouncers working at a nightclub in Wolverhampton have been jailed for rape.

Hassan Bockarie, who is from Erdington in Birmingham, and Iyoseph Derry, of no fixed address, were sentenced to almost 20 years in prison collectively after taking advantage of a woman in her 20s who had been enjoying a night out.

The woman had been drinking at a works Christmas party in December, 2018, and visited a nightclub later that evening, where Bockarie and Derry were working as doormen.

The pair targeted the woman, who was with another woman, after seeing her intoxicated and bought her more drinks before offering to take both women home just after 4am the following morning.

Being bouncers, the women trusted them to get them back safely.

They dropped one of the women home, but then instead of taking the other woman back home safely they drove her to a flat in Birmingham and raped her.

Both men denied the allegations, however after three years of investigative work, officers from the West Midlands Police Public Protection Unit were able to prove their actions and how they abused their position of trust.

Bockarie initially denied any knowledge of the women, however intelligence checks and forensic work, including DNA evidence linking him to the crime, later saw him change his account.

Bockarie 34, of High Street, Erdington, was found guilty of rape and sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday (4 February).

Iyoseph Derry, 33, of no fixed address, was also found guilty of rape following a trial, as well as aiding and abetting rape, and jailed for 10 years.

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As the smirking face of rapist Iyoseph Derry appeared in the paper, a traumatised mum spiralled into a catastrophic breakdown. Suddenly she could smell him again. She was reminded of that 'look of evil' in his eyes and could feel him breathing down her neck. Because at the age of 19, she became his first victim. To her horror, she wasn't his last. She wept as she discovered the thug who 'broke her eye socket, dented her skull and sliced her throat with a knife' had gone on to rape a vulnerable clubber. The brave survivor of his first attack has now broken her silence as the 33-year-old sits behind bars, serving a decade-long sentence for rape and abetting rape in 2018. "When I saw him in the paper, that was the final straw. I went into hibernation," the mum told BirminghamLive after the February 2022 sentence. "I quit my job and everything, I wouldn't go to work. I felt like I could smell him. I felt I could still feel him breathing down my neck. "I could see that look, that anger that he had in his eyes when he was punching me and I was screaming." Only a week into dating Derry, on November 13, 2006, she says he punched her so hard she was left with a broken eye socket. He was convicted of wounding with intent and threats to kill; crimes that saw him jailed for a nine year extended sentence in 2010. "People like him, will never stop. That's the one thing I know with that man," she continued. "He doesn't learn, he doesn't care. He's got no feeling, he is horrible." Before she saw news of the rape, the mum-of-one had been trying to plough on with life and move forward. But the second she saw his mugshot in the paper, she suffered a breakdown and the memories came flooding back. "He broke my eye socket and dented my skull, sliced my throat with a knife. I should have had a metal plate in my face," she recalled. "When the jury looked at the pictures of me, I was unrecognisable. In the original Candyman, he hits her in the face with his hook when she's in the toilet and her eye is the size of a golf ball - my face was all swollen like that. "I looked like a model the one side but the other side of the face was absolutely destroyed." After the attack, she "managed to convince" Derry to take her to the hospital for the injury to her face. "People were saying it was only a black eye. But I could feel it in my head, it was radiating through my face like a shockwave," she added. "I went to the toilet and my nose kept running. Even though my face was smashed in, I was trying to make sure that my son didn't see me crying. "I blew my nose and when I did, my eye popped out like a balloon and I looked and said, 'this is not a black eye, I need to go to the hospital'. "He put a knife to my throat and said, 'when you go hospital what you going to say?' I said: 'That you did it'. He just dug the knife further in my throat and I knew I was not going to get away with telling them." When they arrived at hospital the terrified young mum told a nurse she had been punched in a mugging, but she probed further. "He was threatening to batter me when we got back" "He was watching me like a hawk. From there, she said 'who did it?', my son turned around and said 'he did it'. He kicked off as she (the nurse) walked away," she claimed. "He dragged me out of the hospital because he thought she was going to call someone. We had gone to the bus stop and he was threatening to batter me when we got back." Once on board the double decker bus, she said he tried to threaten her into coming upstairs with her young son. But, with an escape route in mind, she refused. "He said to me: 'If you don't get upstairs, I'm going to do to your face what I did to that side' and started laughing. He told me to watch what happens when we get back. "I sat on the bus and the adrenaline just kicked in and I ran to the driver and said 'let me off'. He told me he couldn't. "I moved my hair from my face and removed the cap from my head and I said 'he's done this to me and if you don't let me off this bus my life will be in your hands'". He opened the doors and she "dragged her son across the road" in a desperate attempt to escape Derry. She ran to Edgbaston police station, which was being revamped at the time. "They had a little container outside I just went to ask them to call me a taxi, but it said no caps, no hoods, no hats," she said. "I removed my cap and some drunken guy was saying 'look at the state of her'. It was absolutely disgusting. I just walked outside and lay on the floor, I just completely collapsed. "My son just stood there rubbing my back. It was quite heartbreaking," she said, now choking back tears on the thought of it. A kind-hearted taxi driver took the mother and son to a petrol station, bought sweets to "calm down" the child and never charged her for the ride. The following day, once her boy was safe, she called West Midlands Police. It took months to arrest him, as she said he was going under a fake name 'Reheem' at the time. He was eventually jailed for five years in prison, with a four year extension period in 2010. But despite justice being served, she still suffers with headaches from his attack to this day. And the simple task of blowing her nose is not an option, with air becoming trapped behind her eye if she does. "The doctors gave me two options," she recalled, "I either suffer with the headaches and my vision or I risk my vision and have the metal plate to control the headaches. "I didn't want to be partially blind. They said with the operation there are complications because of where he broke my eye socket. It was right on the corner of the sinus and that part of the face doesn't heal. So even to this day I can't blow my nose." In 2018, Derry and another bouncer went on to target a vulnerable woman while working at the trouble-hit Banjul Nightclub in Wolverhampton. Derry raped her in the car before she was assaulted further at a flat. The rapist, of no fixed address, was jailed for ten years after being found guilty of rape and aiding and abetting rape in a Birmingham Crown Court trial. His partner in crime Hassan Bockarie, 34, of High Street, Erdington, was convicted of one charge of rape and sentenced to eight-and-a-half years.

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AN EX-MARINE has avoided jail after he downloaded more than a thousand indecent images of children. John Oldroyd, 54 of Yorke Way, Hamble-le-Rice downloaded over 1,000 images of children being abused over a seven-year period. However, police raided his home when they were tipped off by a service provider. Officers examining his devices found a stash of indecent images including 95 Category A files - the most serious category. They also found 112 category B images and 845 category C. Appearing at Southampton Crown Court, Oldroyd who served 15 years in the Royal Marines, was charged with three counts of making indecent photographs of a child. He previously pleaded guilty to the offences committed between 2013 and 2020. Prosecuting, James Kellam told the court that the website used to obtain the images is notorious but refused to name the site. He said I ask that the two computers be destroyed adding that it is most important that the hard drives are also disposed of. But defence barrister, Laura Hollingberry said Oldroyd is very much aware of the impact that this offending has on countless child victims. She added that since he was arrested two years ago, he has sought the help of a psychotherapist and described the past couple of years as the worst two years of his life. Described as a charitable man in court, Oldroyd works at a boat and yacht yard doing maintenance as well as doing unpaid work for charities. The court Recorder, Mr Recorder Don Tait, said to him: Im sure if you didnt appreciate it before that you appreciate it now. This sort of offence is not a victimless offence by any means. But he added though that Oldroyd had helped police as soon as they became aware of the images, surrendering the devices. He imposed an 18-month community order to include up to 40 rehabilitation activity requirement days. Oldroyd was handed a five-year sexual harm protection order.

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A convicted rapist groped a woman and offered her cash for sexual favours. Horrible John Rollason, aged 68, has been found guilty by a jury of assaulting his victim.

She was left "disgusted, shocked and angry", a court heard. He was jailed 30 years ago for raping a woman after coshing her over the head and driving her to Dartmoor.

A judge has adjourned sentence for the new offence for probation and medical reports - but warned that he could be going back to prison. Rollason, a grandfather, has Type 2 diabetes and carries around an oxygen cylinder, Plymouth Crown Court heard.

The victim told the court that Rollason put his head into her chest and put his hand down her top, holding her close so that she could not break free.

Ed Bailey, opening the case for the Crown Prosecution Service at the start of his trial this week, said: "She felt disgusted, shocked and angry by what happened." He added: "He offered her some cash if she would let him continue."

The court heard that she managed to escape and fled the scene. The barrister said that she told some of her family and friends what had happened but did not call the police until more than 18 months later in August 2020.

Rollason, of Southern Close, Weston Mill, denied sexual assault on November 29, 2018. He claimed that he had put his head to her chest by accident - but admitted that he had complimented her on her breasts. Rollason denied groping.

He argued that he had a "smutty sense of humour" and was a "Benny Hill" type in reference to the risque comedian popular from the 1950s to the 1980s. But Rollason was found guilty by a unanimous verdict by the jury in less than two hours.

Judge Robert Linford released him on bail to return for sentence on April 13.

He told the defendant: "The fact that I am ordering reports and readmitting you to bail is no indication whatsoever of the sentence you will receive. You may leave and meet your wife outside."

Earlier, Mr Bailey had told the jury that Rollason had been jailed for six years for rape in 1992 - which the panel had not heard about during the trial. He said: "He was in Union Street posing as a taxi driver. He collected a female fare, drove her up to Dartmoor, coshed her over the head and then raped her."

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A convicted paedophile has been jailed for attempting to shoot a neighbour who discovered his criminal past. Arthur Hodgson, 75, tried to shoot Lee Harker twice after he learned Hodgson had been jailed in 2017 for sexually assaulting young girls. Judge Peter Kelson QC said the former East Riding of Yorkshire councillor had "taken exception to people learning about your previous sex offences". Hodgson was jailed for 21 months after he admitted firearms offences. Hull Crown Court heard Hodgson, who represented the South East Holderness ward until 2016, had moved to the city after being released from jail "for a quiet life". Judge Kelson said following his move he had fallen "into disrepute" with some people in his new neighbourhood after they learned of his previous offences. The judge said as a result he had "decided to take the law into his hands". The court heard Mr Harker did not see Hodgson shoot at him but heard sounds, which he thought was children throwing stones. Prosecutor Imran Khan said one witness said it sounded "like a BB gun". He told the court when Mr Harker learnt he was the target of the shootings he feared for his life and that of his daughter's. Judge Kelson said Hodgson had caused Mr Harker "serious psychological harm" as a result of the incident in February 2021. Hodgson, of Main Street, Great Hatfield, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.

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A man who raped and sexually assaulted a schoolgirl over a five-year period has been jailed for 14 years.

Elton Townend-Jones, 51, of Church Road, Walpole St. Peter, Wisbech, began the sexual abuse in Cambridge in 2015 and this continued until 2020.

The offences only came to light when a relative of the girl saw something suspicious and called police, with Townend-Jones then arrested in June 2020.

In police interview he denied the offences and claimed he didnt know why the girl would accuse him of rape or sexual assault.

In his second interview, he answered no comment to all questions.

Townend-Jones stood trial at Cambridge Crown Court in February where jurors found him guilty of 11 counts. These were:

- Three counts of rape

- Two counts of assaulting a child under the age of 13 on at least 10 occasions

- One count of assaulting a child under the age of 13 on at least five occasions

- One count of assault by penetration on at least five occasions

- Three counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 13 on at least five occasions

- One count of sexual activity with a child on at least five occasions

He was handed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) to monitor any future offending and a restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim, both indefinitely, and must serve two thirds of his 14-year sentence before being considered for release.

DC Susan Brown, who investigated, said: Townend-Jones horrific sexual abuse of his victim went undetected for years and I am pleased he has finally been brought to justice.

Regardless of when it happened, we will always take reports of sexual offences, including child sex abuse, incredibly seriously.

Protecting young people from harm is one of our top priorities and we have specially trained officers who are there to support victims and bring offenders to justice.

The defendants abuse has had a huge impact on his victim and I hope she can now find some closure from this traumatic period of her life.

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He even tried to talk his way out of being jailed by claiming that he would give half of his future earnings to helping children's charities all over the world A depraved collector of child pornography willingly distributed sickening images to others but later tried to pretend that he had no sexual interest in children at all. Fast-talking and fired-up Maher Al-Shrida tried to brazen it out in court, even though he had been sent dozens of videos of children, and claimed that he had been "unlucky" and it had all been a "mistake". He was in "complete denial" and even tried to talk his way out of being jailed by claiming that he would give half of his future earnings to helping children's charities all over the world, Hull Crown Court heard. Al-Shrida, 54, of Beverley Road, Hull, admitted three offences of making indecent images of children, two of distributing indecent images of children and one of possessing extreme pornography between January 28 and July 1, 2020. He told the court: "My friends sent them to me. I did receive pornographic materials but I did not know that some of them were of children." Al-Shrida, who is Iraqi, admitted that he received batches of 30, 40, 60, 70 and 80 videos via a WhatsApp group. "A friend of mine told me that he wanted videos of children under age so I searched my gallery and I sent one video to the person who asked for it," he said. "Other videos were sent by mistake. They were part of a big group which I forwarded. I wasn't aware some of the videos were of children. "The reason I had them was that my friends used to send me 70 or 80 videos at a time. I used to send them back without realising that some of these videos were of children. It did happen on one occasion when a friend asked me specifically for a video of children and I searched the videos and I sent him this video. "This was wrong and I am stupid to do such a thing. I regret what I have done and I have already paid the price. My wife has lost her pregnancy. I was unlucky. It's just me being unlucky. Had I not found the video, I would not have reached this point. I don't have any interest in children. Had I had any interest in children, I would have gone to the doctor to get help." In a lively plea to be spared prison, Al-Shrida claimed that he would "dedicate" 50 per cent of his earnings to charities that "supported poor children all over the world to repent for my mistake". Rachel Scott, mitigating, said that Al-Shrida accepted that he provided images for people who had a sexual interest in children. "He is clear that he doesn't have a sexual interest in children," said Miss Scott. "Some of the people who have asked him for pictures to be provided did have a sexual interest in children." Al-Shrida travelled to this country in 2003 and had been a British citizen for 10 years. He was married and had a three-year-old son but had not had recent contact with him because of the court case. Judge John Thackray QC told Al-Shrida: "I have no doubt whatsoever that you do have a sexual interest in children. It may be one that you are too ashamed to admit. The evidence that you gave lacked any credibility whatsoever. Possessing and distributing indecent images of children is a serious offence. "It fuels child sexual abuse and the untold suffering and harm to children, who are abused and photographed and videoed being abused at or from a young age, and it causes adverse lifelong consequences to them. Those who possess and distribute indecent images of children for the gratification of others fuel sexual abuse. "You are in complete denial. Any exercise in rehabilitation in the community would be pointless." Al-Shrida was jailed for 16 months and was given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. He must register as a sex offender for 10 years.

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A convicted child rapist slept in the same house as child family members despite being prevented from doing so. Jason Stacey, 51, was sentenced to 14 years in prison back in 2009 after being convicted of three rapes of a male under 16, eight gross indecency with a male child charges and gross indecency with a female child, before eventually being released.

Stacey, of Stray Park Court in Camborne, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence having pleaded guilty to five breaches of a sexual offences prevention order.

Prosecuting the case, Sam Castlehouse told the court how Staceys conviction prohibited him from having contact with children and residing at the same house as young people. He was also required to notify police if he stayed in a house with young people for more than 12 hours.

Mr Castlehouse said: On February 23 the defendant was arrested for an unrelated matter and during the investigation it became apparent the defendant may have had access to children. A bag of female childs underwear was found in his bedroom.

The court heard how following the death of Staceys twin brother, the defendant was responsible for organising the funeral which bought him in contact with family members he hadnt spoken to for many, many years.

What followed was Stacey staying at a family members address, a house occupied by children, following the funeral. He also joined family members on holiday and stayed in a caravan with children. Staceys family also visited him and stayed at his house.

Stacey accepted knowing of the terms of his order and breaching it but said he didnt deem the breaches serious as it involved family members. The family members were not aware of Staceys convictions and there was an occasion when he tickled one of them, making her feel uncomfortable.

Representing Stacey, Piers Norsworthy said there was no suggested he committed offences against children, and that Stacey engineered situations to ensure he was never alone in a room with children.

He added that Stacey was isolated, having no friends, so took the opportunity to socialise with family. Mr Norsworthy said since release Stacey had worked and to some degree rebuilt his life.

Sentencing Stacey, Judge Anna Richardson explained how the offences took place six months after Stacey was released from prison for a previous breach. She said: You repeatedly stayed with [child family members] and had access to young children.

The circumstances were that your brothers funeral took place in February 2019 and you had responsibility for some of his affairs. You made contact with family you had not had contact with since 2002 and I accept you found yourself isolated and after the funeral took advantage of the opportunity to rekindle family relationships.

This resulted in you going on holiday with them and them visiting you. You sometimes stayed on the sofa at their address.

Your family were unaware of your offending history and it appears you took underwear from their premises or they left it behind. On one occasion during your contact you had physical contact with one [family member] and left her feeling uncomfortable by lying on her and tickling her legs.

You persistently lied to police and repeatedly and deliberately breached the order.

Stacey was jailed for 16 months.

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A sexual predator jailed for sexually abusing 19 children during his teaching career, including at a Swindon school, has been condemned by police. Creighton Muirhead was sent behind bars for 11 years on Wednesday after being convicted of 23 counts of indecent assault. They relate to his time teaching at The Weald school near Dorking, Surrey, and whilst he was headmaster of Ruskin Junior School between 1995 and 2008. During his career, he would call female pupils to his desk under the pretence of marking their books, and put his hand up their skirts. He made school a place of fear, dread and distrust, according to one of his victims. Now, after he was jailed at Guildford Crown Court, the police have reacted, paying tribute to the victims and pledging that victims of sexual abuse that come forward will be believed. Senior Investigating Officer in the case, brought Surrey Police, Detective Inspector Paddy Mayers, said: I must first of all pay tribute to the victims who gave their evidence in court which has helped ensure that Muirhead is now behind bars. Muirhead targeted numerous victims on many occasions over decades and committed these offences while working at different schools in different counties. They have put their trust in him as their teacher and he has abused this trust in the worst possible way. With the number of victims and offences involved, this was a long and complex investigation and I would like to thank the team, particularly the investigating officer Detective Constable Tom Gilbert, for their hard work and determination which has resulted in Muirhead being brought to justice for his heinous crimes. I would like to remind those who offend or consider offending against children that those children grow up and are likely to come forward and that we will pursue all allegations, no matter how long ago the offences took place. We will also ensure that anyone who does come forward will not only be taken seriously but will also be provided with specialist support. The court heard during the hearing that at least one of the victims had made a report to Wiltshire Police about the abuse, but no charges were brought. There was also involvement with childrens services and a report to the board of governors, but Muirhead was allowed to keep teaching. Meanwhile, Detective Sergeant Ross Linaker, also from Surrey Police, said: Creighton Muirhead was a sexual predator who used his position as a teacher to gain access to children and then sexually abuse them for his own gratification. The scale of his offending, which went unchallenged for years and occurred at two schools decades apart, cannot be underestimated. I hope that Muirheads conviction sends a clear message that we will always do everything we can to ensure allegations of sexual abuse are investigated thoroughly and that we will leave no stone unturned to get to the truth. Detective Constable Tom Gilbert, who investigated the case, added: I would like to thank all of the victims of these crimes for their courage in coming forwards and giving evidence. There is no hiding place for people who commit crimes of this nature. Muirhead was jailed for 11 years, will be on the sex offenders register indefinitely, and will not be allowed to work with children for the rest of his life.

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The dark past of a former primary school and college caretaker was exposed in court.

Robert Jones, now 70, was a caretaker at Sudley Junior School in Aigburth in the early 1970s. While working at the school the then 20-year-old exposed himself to two little girls in the toilets.

But he went on to get a job at Liverpool Polytechnic, which later became Liverpool John Moores University. During this period he subjected a little girl to depraved sexual abuse, which has only now come to light.

Liverpool Crown Court heard Jones even threatened the child that if she told her dad, her dad would "batter" him, and it would be her dad - not him - who went to prison. Prosecutors said the woman came forward to the police in 2018, after years of living with the effects of the abuse, in the 1970s and 1980s.

Jones, of Hardie Avenue, Moreton, Wirral, denied any wrongdoing, which forced his victim to give evidence in a harrowing trial. He was found guilty of five counts of indecent assault and one count of indecency with a child, in relation to the now adult victim.

Sarah Holt, prosecuting, told the jury Jones began abusing the girl when she was aged just six, by touching her genital area. The trial heard he performed a sex act in front of her on several occasions and once told her to do the same to him, which she did.

Ms Holt said he took her out in a car to a country lane close to Speke Airport, where she could watch the planes taking off. But while there, he exposed himself to her, told her to touch him and "said he would buy her things if she did".

The court heard the girl knew she didn't want to do it, but described how he made her perform a sex act, as he had done previously. Jones lowered his trousers and rubbed himself against the girl when she was clothed on another occasion, when she was aged nine or 10.

Ms Holt said when the girl was around that age, Jones asked if he could touch her breasts and told her "it would make them grow bigger". The victim described another time when she was around nine when he touched her genital area over clothing under the pretence of a game.

The court heard as the victim grew older she "knew it had to stop" and once said she would tell her dad. Ms Holt said Jones told the girl that if he found out, her dad would "batter" him, and then her dad would go to jail.

She said the child later "started to stand up" to Jones, told him "no" and refused his offers of gifts. Yet the court heard the victim "never got over her feelings of anger" towards Jones and his behaviour "had a profound effect upon her".

When interviewed by police, Jones denied ever sexually abusing the girl, accused her of lying, and denied having a sexual interest in children. He maintained this stance at trial, when he told the court he didn't have any previous convictions, except for an old driving offence.

This was supported by a police print out of his criminal record, which led to Judge Anil Murray telling the jury he was effectively of good character. However, ahead of sentencing Jones spoke to the Probation Service for a pre-sentence report and it emerged he in fact had a conviction from July 1972, which had been missed off the end of the print out.

That was for indecent exposure with intent to insult a female, under the Vagrancy Act. Further enquiries made by the prosecution revealed that at the time he had been working as a caretaker at Sudley Junior School in Aigburth Road, where it was said he had gone into a toilet while two six-year-old children were present and exposed himself.

David Watson, defending, said his client claimed he couldn't remember this offence, but accepted his criminal record was correct and wanted to be sentenced. He said Jones still denied sexually abusing his victim.

Judge Murray jailed Jones for five years. He told him to sign on the Sex Offenders Register and comply with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.

Jones was also accused by two other women of sexually abusing them when they were children in the 1970s and 1980s. But the jury couldn't reach verdicts in respect of those allegations, which prosecutors asked to be left to lie on the file at the conclusion of the trial.

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An alcoholic paedophile who targeted 'six children' on Facebook, ordering one to not tell her mum, has been jailed.

Steven Boorman, from the Sittingbourne area, believed he was badgering and sending indecent images of himself to underage teenagers.

But the 39-year-old was attempting to simultaneously groom paedophile hunters, telling one to be a big girl, and another mum does not need to know.

Canterbury Crown Court Judge Catherine Brown jailed Boorman, of no fixed abode, for 16 months.

Boorman badgered and pressurised the fake Facebook profiles over a series of weeks in autumn 2020, prosecutors said.

Representing himself from HMP Elmley, he said in mitigation: Ive never done this before, the drink overtook me. I would like to get back to normal, Ive lost all my family.

Boorman will be subject to a lifetime of notification requirements and 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

He pleaded guilty to nine non-contact sexual offences in August last year.

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Rapist Jamie Whiller has been caged for eight years. The 35-year-old former squaddie raped his teenage victim when she was aged 16.

His actions left the vulnerable girl unable to sleep and suffering with stress and anxiety. But she reported the abuse to her mum and the police were informed.

Now Whiller has been jailed for eight years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. Prosecutor Stefan Kolodynski said the defendant 'forced' himself upon his victim and had full unprotected sex with her.

The offending came to light when the victim told her mum what Whiller had done to her. The defendant admitted having sex with the girl when she was aged 16 but denied rape, saying it was consensual.

But Whiller, formerly of High Street, Tunstall, later pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and another serious sexual offence.

Caroline Harris, mitigating, said Whiller is very upset he has caused his victim distress. She said: "It has affected his employment. He has been called names in the street and publicly on nights out. It has resulted in the loss of his employment, the loss of his home and him moving to the south coast."

She said Whiller served in the Army from the age of 18 to 25 and has sought to live a decent hard working life. He has no previous convictions.

Miss Harris added: "He made an attempt on his life last year, such is the remorse and regret he feels."

Deputy Circuit Judge Paul Glenn made Whiller the subject of an indefinite restraining order which prevents him contacting his victim for the rest of his life. He said the defendant's suggestion in the pre-sentence report that, 'She came on to me', was 'distasteful'.

Deputy Circuit Judge Glenn added: "You knew that child was vulnerable. By your pleas you now accept she did not consent on two occasions. She submitted to your demands. You used her to satisfy your sexual appetite.

"She has been left with anxiety, depression and anger and speaks of the effect it has had on her relationship with boyfriends."

Whiller will serve two thirds of the sentence before he can be considered for release. He will be on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and was barred from a range of activities involving children and vulnerable adults.