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A CONVICTED paedophile who admitted to repeatedly visiting a house while children were present - breaching a court order - has avoided a jail sentence.

Robert Nutbeam was jailed in July 2018 after he was caught by 'paedophile hunters' attempting to meet a boy under the age of 16 for sexual purposes. He admitted the offence and was jailed at Southampton Crown Court.

A sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) was put in place, but earlier this year police were told that Nutbeam, of Andover Road, Winchester, had broken a requirement. The order prevents him from entering and remaining in a household where a male under the age of 16 is present.

The 36-year-old appeared at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to breaching the SHPO on three occasions - July 8, July 27 and August 3, this year.

The court was told that Nutbeam had been helping a woman with DIY, but her son and his friend – both aged under 16 – were present.

Prosecutor William Saunders said: "The communication was normal and didn't cause any concern".

Mr Saunders said the offending came to light after concerns were raised by another child. He added: "It was one of the parents of other children that contacted the police."

The woman told police that she was "aware that Robert was a registered sex offender" and that she never left him alone with the children.

She added: "If I would have known about the court order or restrictions placed on Robert I would never have let him in my home."

Mr Saunders argued that it was "a deliberate breach", adding that there were "questions as to where this was leading".

In mitigation, Russell Pyne said that Nutbeam self-referred to the Winchester Wellbeing Centre for support, but his case was closed last year due to Covid.

He continued: "Certainly it shows he was keen to have support for the various difficulties that he has."

Mr Pyne said that Nutbeam was briefly remanded into custody which gave him an "opportunity to reflect on what he has done".

In sentencing, Mr Recorder Malcolm Gibney said that he believed that the breaches were "deliberate" but said there was "a level of naivety" from Nutbeam.

He added: "You know what you are doing, you are intelligent and perfectly capable of understanding the contents of the order."

Nutbeam was handed an 18-month community order, 100 hours unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation days.

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A man who subjected his partner to systematic, sexual, physical, mental, and emotional abuse has been jailed.

Paul Thomas, 49, of Sidcup, Kent was sentenced to 19 years at Croydon Crown Court today (September 22), he was also made subject to Notification Requirements for life and issued with a restraining order.

He was previously found guilty of eight counts of rape, two counts of assault by penetration, threats to kill, actual bodily harm, and coercive controlling behaviour by the same court in June.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Nichola Buckley said:

“Thomas allowed the victim to believe she was living in a happy relationship until he increasingly coerced her into an ever more submissive role.

“He went on to abuse her mentally, physically and controlled her through fear.

“She submitted to him in bed – this is not consent – she was not free to say no.

“I want to praise the victim for the courage and strength she showed to fully assist the police in obtaining this conviction and ensuring this dangerous man has now been put behind bars.”

Thomas met his widower victim in 2017, preying on her good nature and using his status as a bereaved single dad to emotionally blackmail her.

He then became violent, throwing her down the stairs, pulling her hair, punching her in the stomach, and raping her.

The victim feared him so much she recorded his behaviour which included goading her into arguments, accusing her of cheating, and blaming her for his violent outbursts.

She also photographed her injuries and filmed him as he tried to stop her leaving, all the while he was tracking her phone and threatening her and her family.

The final horrific incident came between the November 7 and 9, 2019 when Thomas went to her home in Penge uninvited to violently and sexually assault her for two days, giving her death threats and strangling her until she passed out - eventually she managed to call police.

Thomas was arrested as he left the address and later charged with multiple offences.

DC Buckley added:

“Thomas is a highly dangerous individual who had been quite rightly jailed for a significant period of time.

“He subjected the victim to significant violence and has shown no remorse for his actions."

She said it was a priority for the Met to stop domestic abuse and sexual assault by putting offenders behind bars, and she encouraged victims to get in contact so specially trained officers can offer advice and support them in getting justice.

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A bio-medical scientist from Sheffield has been jailed for three years for attempting to sexually abuse children online by engaging them in explicit conversations.

Paul Bower, AKA 'Paulguy10', was identified as part of a covert National Crime Agency investigation targeting offenders who used the internet to forge a sexual relationship with children, then manipulated them into sending indecent images.

Evidence showed he entered into sexualised conversations with who he believed to be two 13-year-old girls online, and then sent a photo of his erect penis.

However, Bower had in fact been talking to undercover NCA officers.

The 33-year-old, who worked at a local hospital, was arrested in October 2019 after investigators tracked him down as the man behind the online moniker.

Officers seized a number of digital devices from his home and when analysed, they discovered nearly 350 indecent images of children (IIOC).

Bowers was charged with making IIOC, two counts of attempting to incite a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and two counts of attempting to cause a child under 13 to look at an image of sexual activity.

He pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced this week at Sheffield Crown Court to three years in prison.

He was also made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offender register for life.

Neil Baxter, Operations manager at the National Crime Agency, said: "Sexual predators like Bower prey on vulnerable young children and abuse them for their own sick gratification.

"Offenders often hide behind online profiles in an attempt to mask their identities. As we have seen with this case, these people are not protected.

"Identifying and disrupting individuals with a sexual interest in children is an absolute priority for the NCA.

"This time, we know it was our officers Bower was speaking to, but next time could have been a different story. He also had a significant collection of indecent images of children on his devices.

"The amount of distress and trauma this abuse can cause young people is immeasurable. It is only right that Bower is jailed for his crimes where he no longer poses a risk to children."

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Jamie Mobbs, 27, claimed he was lonely and had been looking for a girlfriend. He told the 'girl', with whom he chatted on Facebook and Instagram, his real name, age and profession – before peppering her with sexual topics and asking her to send explicit images of herself.

Sentencing him to two years' imprisonment suspended for two years, Judge Michael Gledhill QC told Mobbs he should be 'thoroughly ashamed' of himself.

He said: "You are a rather pathetic character who lives a very lonely, isolated life. You may very well want a normal life and to meet somebody to have a proper relationship with and I fully understand that. You do not go about that by seeking out 13-year-old girls."

Prosecutor Isobel Delamere told Oxford Crown Court that Mobbs had begun chatting to the 'girl' on Facebook on February 6, 2020.

The 'girl' – actually a decoy account operated by a so-called paedophile hunter vigilante group – told him she was 13 and from Watford. Mobbs said he was 27, a factory cleaner and asked for a photograph of her in her school uniform.

Later in the day, he turned the conversation to relationships and asked her to send pictures of her underwear. He also sent her pornographic images.

He continued to send explicit messages and even asked offered to pay her £500 to 'cuddle and kiss me and suck my w***y'. He offered to show her his genitals but warned her against telling others. Mobbs also sent three videos of himself performing a sex act.

The defendant spoke about coming to Watford to have sex with the girl and sent a link to Google Maps showing how long the journey down would take.

He was confronted at his home in Banbury on February 9 by members of the vigilante group and the police were called.

Interviewed by officers, Mobbs claimed he'd been trying to explain to her 'how relationships work' and said the video of him performing the sex act on himself was 'more educational'. There were no indecent images of children on his phone, but he had searched for terms including 'how old do you have to be to wear a thong'.

Mitigating, Gordanna Austin said her client had a number of learning difficulties including autism and Asperger's Syndrome that would make an immediate prison sentence particularly difficult. He was remorseful and pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.

Mobbs, of School View, Banbury, admitted attempted sexual communication with a child, attempting to cause or incite a child to engage in sexual activity, attempted sexual activity in the presence of a child and attempting to arrange the commission of a child sex offence. He had no previous convictions.

He was ordered to pay £1,000 costs, carry out up to 50 rehabilitation days and abide by a 10 year sexual harm prevention order. He will be a registered sex offender for 10 years.

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Christopher Carey used social media apps and platforms to detail the things he wanted them to do.

The 43-year-old, from Bedlington, Northumberland, was arrested as the people he had been contacting were in fact police officers.

He pleaded guilty to a number of sexual offences and was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court.

Carey thought he had befriended three girls, aged 12 and 13, between January and May this year, Northumbria Police said.

'Continued to offend'

He began by sharing non-explicit selfies and messages before changing the tone of conversations and describing how he wanted to "kiss and cuddle" the youngsters, as well as give details of sexual acts he wanted them to perform.

Carey, of Elmfield Court, was sentenced on Monday having previously admitted inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual acts, four counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child and breaching a sexual offences prevention order which had been issued in 2017.

Commenting after the sentencing, Det Insp Rachel Lewis said Carey had been "completely undeterred" by the 10-year order preventing him engaging with youngsters in such a way and "continued to offend".

She added the strong evidence presented to the court meant he had no choice but to plead guilty.

Carey must also sign the sex offenders register for life and was given a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.

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AN unqualified masseur who sexually assaulted a number of clients is behind bars.

Callum Urquhart, 38, assaulted women in either their own homes or his own. He was living in Bristol but visited clients in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

He touched intimate parts of his victims' bodies under their clothes as well as removing the towel and exposing them while they were alone and on the massage table.

He also massaged their arms, moving their hands to touch him underneath his shorts.

The 38-year-old of Keptie Road, Arbroath, was jailed for three years for four counts of sexual assault and a further six months for another two cases of sexual assault at the hearing at Winchester Crown Court.

After the sentencing, DC Simon Rogers from Melksham CID said:

“I would like to thank the victims and witnesses for their bravery in coming forward and reporting these crimes.

“Each victim should have felt safe enough to receive a massage, but he took advantage of this and went on to sexually assault them.

“Urquhart had no formal qualifications but advertised under the company name of ‘Simple massage Bristol’.

“Although he advertised mainly in the Bristol area, he also visited clients in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and that’s how he came to our attention.

“Crimes of this nature are taken extremely seriously by Wiltshire Police so I’d urge anyone to come to us if they are victim of a sexual assault.”

Sentencing Urquhart, Judge Angela Morris told him: “None of these women had agreed to receive anything apart from a conventional massage and on each occasion, they were vulnerable and exposed.

“You exploited the situation for your own sexual gratification.”

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A sex offender was jailed for 16 months after being found with 76 of the most serious child abuse images.

Matthew Dunn, 24, was caught when police were told he had uploaded images of children.

Additional images were also uploaded by a third party to a Dropbox account linking back to Dunn.

DC Paul Baysting said:

“Dunn clearly didn’t learn his lesson following an initial conviction and continued downloading and distributing this horrendous material.”

In November police raided his home in Swaynes Lane, Comberton.

Two phones were seized and found to contain 377 indecent or prohibited images and videos of children. Of these, 76 were classed as category A – the most severe.

Failing to give officers access to his Dropbox account represented a breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) handed to Dunn in December 2016 when he was convicted of making and possessing indecent images of children.

He admitted distributing an indecent photo of a child, three counts of making an indecent photo of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child and breaching his SHPO.

On September 7 at Cambridge Crown Court, he was jailed.

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Police praise victim for her bravery as family speak of their harrowing ordeal

Relatives of the victim of a child sex abuser have spoken of the harrowing impact of his actions as they attempt to rebuild their lives.

Richard Hall, 36, is behind bars after being given a five years’ jail term with an Indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order also imposed.

Hall, 36, whose address was given as Stockport Road, Ashton, was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court last week.

A former student at Egerton Park in Denton before going on to serve in the army, he was found guilty following a trial of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and four counts of sexual activity with a child.

The judge said Hall had groomed his victim and had displayed no remorse, stating he was a dangerous man to society.

This week relatives of his victim, who remain anonymous to protect their identity, said they welcomed the sentence and justice had been done, but the victim and family members will have to face the lifetime impact of his actions.

They spoke out following the trial in the hope it will encourage other victims of child sexual abuse, sexual assault or rape to have the courage to come forward.

In a statement they said: “Paedophiles purposely take the child mentally, emotionally and physically despite knowing that it is wrong. They lure them and lie and prey on the most vulnerable children in our society. They are calculated and manipulative.

“They adopt a personality that we often find charming, trustworthy and likeable. They search out children like a predator stalking prey and they hurt everyone in their path.

“We want people to realise and be aware of how a predator can so easily infiltrate a family; Richard Hall didn’t just groom his victim but an entire family who are all his victims.

“People need to learn how to recognise grooming behaviour, it really is the absolute unthinkable and the ultimate betrayal.”

The victim and family members have been left with a range of mental health difficulties as a result of their ordeal, being diagnosed with social anxiety, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with difficulties forming relationships, ultimately with one of the victims even threatening to take their own life.

In a victim impact statement Hall’s victim said: “Sexual abuse isn’t murder but it is like killing someone inside... they are alive to feel that pain forever and watch what the abuser has done to the surrounding people - that applies to all of my family because they were mentally abused... we all have to live with this.”

The relative continued: “We have very special thanks and gratitude to Norfolk Constabulary, especially the investigating officer, CPS with our outstanding barrister and of course the Judge himself. We do feel as though we have justice despite the ongoing, lifetime impact that this has had.

“We hope our story might give victims courage to speak out and we send a clear message that child sexual abuse, sexual assault and rape is and will continue to be tackled and stamped out.”

The case against Hall was brought following an investigation by Norfolk and Suffolk Police.

Investigating officer Detective Constable Natalie Riseborough said: “First and foremost I would like to commend the courage of the victim in this case. I can only imagine the ordeal she has been through and the enormous impact that this has had on her life.

“She has been incredibly brave in speaking out and breaking the cycle of abuse and preventing it from happening to others. I hope this court result will bring some kind of closure for both her and her family and allow them to start to heal from what has happened.”

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Police who responded urgently to a tip that a man had online discussion about the rape of a child had uncovered extremely concerning and depraved offences, a court heard today.

Andrew Baugh, 41, of Gresford Road, Llay, Wrexham, an engineer with no previous convictions, was jailed for seven years at Mold crown court. He admitted indecent images charges and causing a child to engage in sexual activity.

Prosecuting barrister Dafydd Roberts said 150,000 pictures or movies that had been discovered on devices werent categorised by police, but there was a large amount of child sexual abuse material. Distressed youngsters had been tortured.

Baugh told police he had entered into online chat on Kik of a fantasy nature.

Oliver King, defending, said there was a letter of apology from Baugh who had received counselling from a psychotherapist.

On any view these are deeply, deeply unpleasant offences and the defendant is entirely realistic about the sentence hes going to receive, the barrister said.

He wants me to convey his remorse to the court. Hes deeply ashamed of what hes done.

Judge Nicola Jones told Baugh there were real victims in the case and the offences were extremely concerning and depraved.

A sexual harm prevention order, with a string of conditions, will last indefinitely. He must also register as a sex offender.

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A man who was shot in the head by a friend five years ago became involved in sexual conversations with a police officer he thought was a 12-year-old girl.

Benjamin Merrifield, 36, came to the attention of police after the defendant logged into an internet site and started chatting online to someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl.

But Norwich Crown Court heard the child was an "undercover law enforcement officer".

Lori Tucker, prosecuting, said the defendant was made well aware that the person he thought he was talking to was a 12-year-old girl.

But Miss Tucker said the chats, which began in March this year, soon became "sexualised conversation".

Merrifield, of Mousehold Avenue, off Gurney Road, Norwich, asked the officer for images of herself and what underwear she was wearing.

Merrifield appeared at court on Monday (September 20) having admitted attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child under 16.

The defendant, who has eight convictions for 12 offences, but nothing of a sexual nature, also admitted two counts of attempting to incite a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity.

Sentencing him to a total of three years and four months in custody Judge Katharine Moore said it was "sheer good fortune" the victim turned out to be an undercover police officer and that "no harm was caused to a child".

Andrew Oliver, mitigating, said he had no prior convictions for this type of offending and should be given credit for his pleas.

He said Merrifield has a number of problems, some going back to his childhood, including him being "accidentally shot by a friend of his in the side of his head about five years ago".

It has led to problems, including forgetfulness.

The defendant has also used illicit drugs, including cannabis, to help deal with his issues.

He insisted the judge must take into account the fact there was no actual victim.

Merrifield was made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) indefinitely to protect children from sexual harm from him. as well as having to sign on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

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Daniel Turnbull breached a sexual harm prevention order by having a teenager in his car.

The 33-year-old of High Road pleaded guilty to the offence which happened in South Street, Titchfield, earlier this month.

According to documents from Portsmouth Magistrates' Court, the incident was a deliberate breach of a crown court order.

It was deemed so serious only a custodial sentence could be justified.

Turnbull was jailed for six months and ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge.

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A man sexually assaulted a woman then begged her not to tell the police in text messages the next day.

James Navickas performed a sex act on his victim, which she previously told him she found the idea of "abhorrent".

A judge said the 28-year-old, of Joules Close, Walton, sexually assaulted her when she was "particularly vulnerable".

Judge Stuart Driver, QC, said: "Because she was so drunk, she was incapable of giving informed consent."

Liverpool Crown Court heard Navickas and the woman had both gone out drinking together before the attack.

Frank Dillon, prosecuting, said witnesses described her as being eight or nine out of 10 on a scale of drunkenness.

He said the woman had made plain to him previously that she found the idea of a type of sex "abhorrent".

Mr Dillon said they went to Navickas' home but she felt "very drunk" and went to bed, only to wake the next day in pain, with a "hazy" memory.

The court heard she remembered Navickas performing sex acts on her and her saying to him: "What the hell are you doing?"

The victim reported what happened to a friend and a family member, before she and Navickas exchanged text messages. He said the woman had made plain to him previously that she found the idea of a type of sex "abhorrent".

Mr Dillon said they went to Navickas' home but she felt "very drunk" and went to bed, only to wake the next day in pain, with a "hazy" memory.

The court heard she remembered Navickas performing sex acts on her and her saying to him: "What the hell are you doing?"

The victim reported what happened to a friend and a family member, before she and Navickas exchanged text messages.

Navickas said "I hope you're feeling better" and she replied "I remember what you did, don't deny it".

He replied: "I'm so sorry, f***ing idiot me."

The woman said "that's absolutely disgusting" and he responded: "I know, I don't even know what came over me, can't even say anything because there was no reason for me to do it."

She replied "it's like rape, just putting it bluntly like", to which he said: "There's no other way to put it, I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry."

The woman continued "I don't know what to say, like what the actual f***", before adding: "It's not like rape, it is rape."

Navickas replied "I know, I don't know what came over me" before the woman told him she was "scared" of him.

The woman later said: "You sexually assaulted me and I will be taking it further. You're dangerous and me keeping it quiet is making it acceptable."

Navickas said: "Please, I'm asking you, as the last thing I will ever say to you, please can you not take it further, I'm looking to get help as soon as possible and speak to a therapist."

Mr Dillon said Navickas was arrested and gave a "no comment" interview when first spoken to by the police, at which stage the text messages were not available.

However, the texts were put to him in a second interview, when he "by and large admitted his wrongdoing", but denied performing the sex act she found abhorrent and denied that his victim was so drunk she didn't know what she was doing.

He later admitted sexual assault and two counts of assault by penetration.

Mr Dillon summarised a victim personal statement, in which the woman explained how she suffered from anxiety, depression and panic attacks, feels "she is not in control of anything anymore", and has "a feeling of shame that won't go away".

He said: "She has thoughts of not being here anymore - in other words, suicidal thoughts."

The woman, who regularly broke down and cried, said she felt like "a nervous wreck", which affected her social life and work.

Mr Dillon said the victim still suffers from anxiety and that she explained: "It's really hard. It never goes away - it's always on my mind."

Anthony O'Donohoe, defending, said Navickas indicated guilty pleas at the earliest opportunity and made "substantial admissions" in the second interview.

He said alcohol had been a "disinhibitor" for Navickas, who on that night had been drinking to excess and had "deficits in his consequential thinking skills".

Mr O'Donohoe said: "Had he stepped back, I daresay he never would have engaged in the activity that he did."

The barrister said Navickas, of previous good character, had a job and was working towards a managerial position.

He urged the judge to impose a sentence of two years or less in prison, which could be suspended, accompanied by "stringent" requirements to address his client's problems.

Mr O'Donohoe said: "This man clearly has the highest prospects of rehabilitation and is unlikely to ever darken the door of a court again."

Judge Driver said mitigating features of Navickas' case included his "previous good character", references which spoke "highly" of him, and his good employment record.

Jailing him for three and a half years, he said: "You showed genuine remorse by immediately confessing in text messages afterwards."

Judge Driver told Navickas to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life and also made a restraining order to protect his victim.

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A city council worker who took a photograph up a colleague’s skirt and pawed the woman at the council offices was branded a ‘pervert’.

But Judge Michael Gledhill QC stopped short of sending Kieron Keeble to prison, noting he had never been in trouble before, his family had stood by him and the offences dated back three years.

Keeble, 63, who no longer works for Oxford City Council, had denied outraging public decency and two charges of sexual assault by touching. But jurors at Oxford Crown Court unanimously convicted him on all three counts.

The court heard he'd used his mobile phone to take a photograph up his younger female colleague’s skirt as she stopped to take a picture of a squirrel while they were walking round Christ Church Meadow in July 2018.

She asked him to delete the image, which he claimed to have taken as a ‘prank’, but later found him looking at the disgusting snap. He told her he planned to go over the road from the city council offices to toilets at the town hall so he could perform a sex act on himself.

The jury found that Keeble had also squeezed the woman’s bottom and stroked her leg.

In an impact statement made in 2019 and read to the court on Friday afternoon, the victim said she’d had to move away from Oxfordshire after reporting the incident. She slammed the city council, saying she ‘felt they weren’t protecting me’, and added: “I regularly had anxiety attacks about the thought of going back there.”

Sentencing him to 12 months’ imprisonment suspended for two years, Judge Gledhill said there had been nothing amusing about Keeble taking the picture up his colleague’s skirt.

“It was not a prank. You have told lie upon lie in my view about what happened throughout these various incidents but particularly in Christ Church Meadow,” he said, adding it had been ‘no accident’ that the photograph was taken.

Judge Gledhill told the Oxfordshire dad: “It’s appalling to see a man of your background, a hardworking man of previous good character standing in the dock of this court aged 63.

“Working for Oxford City Council in 2018, your behaviour towards your colleague was shocking and quite frankly disgusting. You made her life intolerable.

“You have just heard read out her victim impact statement, written some time ago now, but you have seen the distress that she exhibited when she gave evidence by reliving the ordeal you put her through. You ought to be completely and utterly ashamed of yourself.

“I have seen your wife, your daughter and one of your sons sitting day after day at this court listening and watching what you did to your victim and goodness knows what was going through their minds.

“Their husband and father has been shown to be a pervert. Nothing less than that would describe what you did.”

Keeble’s personal and professional reputation had ‘gone out the window’, Judge Gledhill added.

He wondered what those who had provided character references in support of Keeble – including two former colleagues at the city council – would think ‘when they realise the side of you they know and have seen is not the only side of you; you have these perverted lusts that lead you to commit offences against women’.

Explaining his reasoning for imposing a suspended rather than an immediate jail sentence, Judge Gledhill told Keeble: “These offences are old, you have not committed or been convicted of offences of this kind before, there are no outstanding matters as far as I am aware, your wife stands by you as do your children.

“In those circumstances there is no benefit to the public from sending you to prison immediately.”

During the trial, Keeble claimed he had a ‘good’ sense of humour and decided to ‘pretend’ to take a photograph up his colleague’s skirt as a prank.

He had not realised he’d taken the picture until later and thought his colleague had deleted it. The defendant denied touching her sexually.

Former colleagues of Keeble’s at the council described him as ‘bubbly and caring’ and ‘honourable, decent and kind’.

Keeble, of Charlbury, Oxfordshire, will be on the sex offender register for 10 years and must pay £1,000 compensation and £3,500 in costs. A restraining order bans him from contacting his victim for five years.

Following the sentencing, an Oxford City Council spokeswoman said: “We expect the highest standards of conduct from all our employees, and any allegations against our staff will be quickly investigated and appropriately dealt with.

"As soon as this incident was reported Mr Keeble was suspended, and he resigned from the Council in 2019 while an investigation into the incident was ongoing. The investigation found him guilty of gross misconduct.”

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A man carried out sexual acts with a schoolgirl and made her sent him indecent images of herself.

Christopher John Austin appeared at Swansea Crown Court for sentencing for six counts of sexual activity with a girl under the age of 16, another count of sexual communication with a child, and two counts of possessing indecent photographs of a child.

The court heard how the 37-year-old had conversations with his victim which he sexualised, discussing pornography and telling her he was "horny a lot".

On one occasion he hugged her and kissed her, sticking his tongue into her mouth. He also told her to send him indecent images, which she did. At Austin's instruction they performed sex acts on each other and he also had intercourse with her.

The court heard his victim had to go into a pharmacy to obtain the morning after pill. She made a disclosure to a member of staff at her school. She then went to the police station with her mother to report what happened.

The court was told how the police investigation discovered internet searches made by Austin for pornography, 'real rape videos', 'real incest videos', 'son gets mom pregnant', and 'real rape sex'.

There were two Category A indecent images of his victim, the most serious, as well as three Category A videos, and eight Category C images.

The court heard how he initially tried to claim that he suffered from blackouts when questioned by police and he also claimed that he had been hacked by a third party.

A victim impact statement was read out on behalf of his victim which heard she "replays moments in her head" and goes "day to day with a strong feeling of regret". She also described how her mental health has deteriorated since, suffering with panic attacks, low moods and anxiety, and that she struggled to concentrate on her school work and lessons as a consequence.

Austin,of Teglan Park in Ammanford, was jailed for five years.

Following the sentencing Dyfed-Powys Police detective sergeant Carl Pocock said:

"This man has been convicted and sentenced for serious sexual offences and it is very difficult to summarise the impact of his crimes upon his victim.

“I wish to thank the victim in this case for their courage in coming forward which has led to the conviction of a dangerous offender and I hope from the sentence they will be able to move on with their life.”

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A private school teacher who sexually abused a pupil and groomed two others has been jailed for 11 years. Stuart Woods, 34, plied the "vulnerable" pupils with alcohol to aid his abuse, while teaching at Reddam House Berkshire in Wokingham, Reading Crown Court heard. The British Gymnastics coach was found guilty of five child sex offences. Sentencing Woods, judge Edward Burgess QC said his offending "constitutes the most egregious breach of trust". The court heard Woods sexually abused the boy on school premises and groomed the girls. In a victim impact statement, the mother of the boy said her world was "shattered" when her son told her he had been abused by his teacher. "We carry the burden of guilt too as parents, as we had no idea this was occurring at school," she said. "This continues to haunt us our faith and trust in people has been completely eradicated." Her son said, in a victim impact statement, he "rarely experiences happiness" following the abuse. "Stuart is not a bad man, he is a monster," he added. 'Impetuous' Woods, of Wellington Road, Sandhurst, was found guilty of two counts of engaging in a sexual activity with a child and three of engaging in sexual communication with a child. Judge Burgess described him as "impetuous and highly manipulative" and "narcissistic". Speaking to the victims, he added: "I wish you well in your lives going forward and hope you can find healing." He was also given a sexual harm prevention order for 20 years, a restraining order and made to sign the sex offenders register. In a statement, Reddam House Berkshire said the safeguarding and wellbeing of pupils was its "absolute priority". "We take any safeguarding allegations extremely seriously and have supported the police and relevant authorities throughout the process with their investigations and subsequent conviction of Mr Woods," it added. Boarders at the school can expect to pay up to 31,000 per year.