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The former headteacher at Newcastle's prestigious Royal Grammar School has been banned from teaching over sexual misconduct claims.

John Fern, who held the top job at the Jesmond private school from 2017 to 2019, came before a professional conduct panel of the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) after pupils from a school he previously taught at made allegations against him. The 47-year-old was accused of kissing two students at the boarding school, and discussing his own sexual activity with others.

He also put his hand inside a pupil's clothing, it was claimed. The allegations, which were all denied by Mr Fern, came to light after one pupil made a report of historical sexual activity with the teacher to police in 2019.

Officers also spoke to another pupil, but neither wanted to support a prosecution against Mr Fern and no further action was taken in the criminal investigation. Mr Fern was on sick leave from his role at RGS and did not return to the school.

A spokeswoman said: "These allegations relate to an entirely different school and took place 20 years ago. They were brought to our attention after being reported to police in early summer 2019.

"Mr Fern was on sick leave and, under guidance from the Local Authority Safeguarding Officer, did not return to RGS. The matter was investigated by police and no charges were brought but Mr Fern resigned in November 2019.

"He was subsequently referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency, whose formal decision has just been published. We were prevented from making any reference to the matter until the police concluded their investigation and the TRA completed its disciplinary processes.

"We were shocked and saddened to learn of the allegations and the impact they have had on the individuals concerned. Although this matter does not relate to RGS and there was no cause for concern during Mr Fern’s time here, all schools need to hear about such incidents and examine what, if anything, they can learn from them.

"While there can never be room for complacency, RGS has a range of robust and effective mechanisms in place that allow students, parents or staff to raise any issue they may be concerned about. We are proud of the open culture of our school, in which reporting safeguarding concerns is welcomed and issues acted upon promptly and decisively."

The TRA report explains how the pupil, referred to as Pupil A, made the report to police saying the sexual activity "had not negatively affected him in the long term". But he said he felt compelled to report Mr Fern to the police when he heard he had become a headteacher.

The report says: "He was concerned that Mr Fern was in a senior trusted role and had the potential to misuse that position. Pupil A did not want to support a prosecution as he did not feel that the sexual activity between Mr Fern and himself warranted any criminal sanction. His purpose in reporting this matter was to ensure the future protection of pupils."

After being contacted by police Mr Fern informed the chair of governors at RGS and resigned after being told there would be a formal disciplinary hearing. The panel found Mr Fern guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.

The report says: "Mr Fern's actions included serious sexual misconduct with more than one pupil, including some non-consensual acts. Mr Fern's behaviour was further aggravated by the significant breach of trust between that of a teacher and pupil.

"The panel is satisfied that the conduct of Mr Fern amounted to misconduct of a serious nature which fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession."

The panel made a recommendation to the Secretary of State that Mr Fern be issued with a "prohibition order" which would ban him from teaching with immediate effect. Sarah Buxcey, on behalf of the Secretary of State, agreed that Mr Fern should be banned from teaching indefinitely and he now cannot teach in any school, sixth form college, relevant youth accommodation or children’s home in England.

She said: "Mr Fern breached the trust of pupils in his care, the misconduct happened over a period of time, with more than one pupil. Mr Fern’s actions mean that he presents a risk to the safety and wellbeing of pupils in the future."

Parents of children at RGS were informed of what had happened by a letter sent out this week. RGS claims to be the North East's leading Independent School.

Parents pay fees of just over £12,000 a year for junior school pupils and more than £15,000 for senior students. In 2018, five students were expelled from the school amid concerns about bullying.

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Former hotel worker Luke James had not told the girl's mother - who he met online - that he was a convicted sex offender A convicted sex offender showed a young girl a video on his phone of an animated singing penis. Luke James had met the girl's mum on a dating website and went to a park with the family but had not disclosed his previous conviction for sexually assaulting a teenager. As part of the suspended sentence for that assault he is banned from having any contact with females under 16 unless their parent or guardian knows about his past. David Singh, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court that in April this year James met a woman who had young daughters on an online dating site. The woman and her children subsequently met the defendant at a park. But the court heard one of the daughters later told her mum James had shown her a video of "bums of willies" on his phone. Concerned at what had happened the woman searched for the defendant's name online and found out about his previous conviction. In November last year James was given a suspended prison sentence and made the subject of a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Tenby. This offence had seen him pulling a teenager's top away from her chest and making comments about her not wearing a bra before kissing her neck and putting his arms around her. The court heard that after the mum found out about James' past she alerted the police and told them about the her daughter and the video. The prosecutor said the 30-year-old defendant was arrested and police found a video of an "animated penis signing a song" on his phone. James told officers he thought it was only unsupervised contact with girls that he was prohibited from having. Luke William James, formerly of Knowling Mead, Tenby, Pembrokeshire but now of Winch Lane, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, had previously pleaded guilty to breaching a SHPO when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He has one previous conviction for one offence, namely sexual assault by touching. For that offence the former hotel worker was sentenced to 16 months in prison suspended for 24 months, and was ordered to undergo the Horizon sex offenders programme and to complete a rehabilitation course and 250 hours of unpaid work. The defendant was also put on the sex offenders register for 10 years, and was made the subject of a SHPO which is designed to control his access to girls. Dyfed Thomas, for James, told the court that the main part of the sentence imposed last November had been the Horizon programme but that the defendant had yet to start the course as he had been assessed as needing one-to-one sessions rather than the usual group sessions. The barrister said following his previous conviction James had "moved to a new area and tried to make new friends", and said while the author of the pre-sentence report raised concerns about how candid his client was being, there was remorse on James' part. Mr Thomas also acknowledged that concerns had been raised about the defendant's "extensive messaging of woman of all ages" but he said no criminal offences had been committed. Judge Huw Rees said the background to the offending was of concern - he noted the Probation Service had begun breach proceedings against the defendant prior to his arrest as he was not turning up for appointments, he was "evasive" about his internet use, and was "messaging multiple woman in a sexual manner". He noted a report into James had identified a "high level of sexual pre-occupation", and he added that in his view the defendant had been lucky to get a suspended prison sentence last November. With a discount for his guilty plea, James was sentenced to six months in prison for breaching the SHPO, and the judge activated 12 months of the previously imposed suspended sentence to run consecutively making an overall sentence of 18 months in prison. The defendant will serve up to half that period in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community.

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A Lanarkshire paedophile who destroyed the lives of three young children when he sexually assaulted them has been jailed for 32 years.

William Dolan, 56, attacked one of his victims when she was just three years old and also abused a 10-year-old boy and a teenage school girl in sick sex crime spree in Newcastle.

After years of escaping punishment for his appalling acts, the pervert, now living in Wishaw, will finally be brought to justice, the Chronicle Live reports.

The jury at Newcastle Crown Court found Dolan guilty of a number of offences including rape and indecent assault which he refuses to confess to.

One of the survivors, who was just three at the time, said in an impact statement: The sexual abuse I suffered as a child has affected me severely. No child should go through what I did when I was a toddler.

He has ruined my life, its been a living nightmare. Your childhood is supposed to be the happiest time in your life but mine was torture. I felt ashamed and dirty.

The older female victim said: Ive struggled to move on with my life since I was a victim of sexual abuse. This has hung over me. Ive lived every day in the hope justice would be served. Im happy I found the strength to report this to the police.

I often have flashbacks to what he did. Theres not a day goes buy I dont think about what he did to me.

He preyed on vulnerable children who could not protect themselves. He is manipulative and devious and I hate him for what he has done.

The male victim said in his victim impact statement: My childhood was a living nightmare which still makes me angry and sad now. I cant forgive him for what he did.

The demons of my childhood and sexual abuse are still with me but I feel I will finally be able to move on after he is sentenced.

Dolan, of Stewarton Street, Wishaw, was found guilty of one count of rape and six counts of indecent assault in Newcastle, and was jailed for 32 years by Judge Christopher Prince.

He was told he must serve at least 21 years of that behind bars and will be on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

He continues to completely and absolutely and vigorously deny any wrongdoing. The court heard his wife is standing by him and he has COPD and hip and stomach problems.

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A 52-year-old Yeovil man has been jailed for the depraved sexual abuse of a girl which started when she was just 13. Paul Morgan carried out 'an extensive campaign' of grooming and manipulation on the young victim.

He exploited her young age and vulnerable background and threatened to kill himself for sympathy. When suspicions were raised he lied and said she was to blame. He even forced her to apologise.

Morgan admitted abusing the child on multiple occasions.. He had sex with her more than 50 times when she was aged between 13 and 16, Taunton Crown Court heard. The victim said in a statement that her childhood had been destroyed by his deviant and obsessive behaviour.

Morgan has been jailed for seven years. The defendant, of Muchelney Way, pleaded guilty to six offences of sexual activity with a child and one of sexual communication with a child.

Prosecutor Miss Mary McCarthy said Morgan manipulated the child and groomed her so that he could have sex with her on a regular basis. He was 47 when the abuse started.

He began by sending her messages with sexual comments. He 'normalised' his behaviour sending hundreds of messages and progressing to full sexual contact.

"He was the driver of all that happened," said Miss McCarthy. The abuse happened over a period of two and a half years. When sexualised photos of the child were found on his phone he said she was to blame. When the girl told him the abuse had to end he started to scream, cry and threatened to take his own life, said the prosecutor.

The girl tried to get on with her life but revealed the truth in April 2021. The victim, who was in court to see her abuser jailed, says she suffers severe anxiety and flashbacks as a result of the abuse.

"Her teenage years were destroyed," said Miss McCarthy.

Mr Harry Ahuja, defending, said Morgan fully accepts the consequences of his actions and is sorry. His family remain supportive and references 'talk about these offences being wholly out of character'. His elderly father has dementia and he also helps look after his mother and worries he will never see them again.

Mr Ahuja said there was no further evidence of an unhealthy sexual interest in children. "He wants to move on with his life when he gets out of prison," he added.

Judge Paul Cook said: "You groomed her and manipulated her feelings. You drove how matters progressed. There was significant grooming and a significant disparity in age. It was an extensive campaign of sexual abuse over a significant period."

He said Morgan was hard working and had no previous convictions. The defendant was granted a third credit for his guilty pleas reducing the sentence to seven years, some of which he will serve on licence.

He must sign the sex offenders register and was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.

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Robert Farrow, of Gateshead, had been released on licence for sexually assaulting a child and distributing indecent images when he breached restrictions placed on him A pervert who was caught with a child in his home after being released from prison on licence has been put back behind bars. Robert Farrow was released from an eight-and-a-half year jail term last year, with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and strict conditions in place, designed to keep him away from children. But Newcastle Crown Court heard in May this year police went to his home after a tip-off and found a teenage girl there with him. The 29-year-old, of Milling Court, Gateshead, admitted breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and has now been jailed for ten months.

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A successful interior designer has been jailed for sexual activity with a vulnerable 15-year-old girl more than a decade ago. Daniel Kelly groped the girl's breasts after kissing her at his former home in Newton Abbot.

He groomed the girl by sending her sexually explicit messages and promising her alcohol and drugs. He preyed on her youth and inexperience to 'satisfy his lusts', a court heard.

'The teenager did not tell police until 2018 but Kelly's actions caused deep emotional scars and she still suffers flashbacks. In a statement read in court she said she 'hated' him for what he did to her.

Kelly, aged 40, was 29 at the time of the offences. He has a previous conviction for very similar offences and was jailed in 2017 for two years. Exeter Crown Court was told that since then he had rebuilt his life and earned decent money as an interior designer.

But Judge Peter Johnson said his claims of remorse were hollow because he had pleaded not guilty and was convicted of two offences of sexual activity with a child at a trial in June. He jailed Kelly for two years and nine months.

The judge said: "During the summer of 2011 you sent her wholly inappropriate texts as part of a grooming process. They made reference to drinking alcohol, drugs and sexual activity. "

When the girl visited his house Kelly provided booze then kissed her and put his hand on her bottom. A few days later she visited the house with a friend but fell asleep. Kelly climbed into the bed and fondled her breasts, kissed her on the mouth and put her hand over his penis.

The girl told schoolfriends what had happened but police only got involved after she made an attempt on her own life some years later.

Judge Johnson said the defendant regarded himself at the time as a 'Jack the Lad'.

"Alcohol was employed so you could satisfy your lusts," he said. "It is said you have changed markedly and I accept that. This was ingrained behaviour. I find it very difficult to accept your remorse when you didn't accept responsibility at the trial and it sounds hollow.

Kelly, of New Walk, Totnes, was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which will last 10 years.

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A serial child sex offender has been jailed today for a minimum of 12 years and is being sent to a women's prison - despite not being legally recognised as female.

Sally Dixon, 58, began transitioning 18 years ago and carried out the offences against seven children from 1989 to 1996 while she was a man.

She was found guilty on 30 offences of indecent assault or indecency with a child against seven victims in July, the youngest of whom was seven years old at the time.

A jury took 17.5 hours to find her guilty on the charges, and not guilty on three more.

Ryan Richter, prosecuting, described a campaign of offending against two boys and five girls lasting eight years.

He told the court: 'The defendant, living as a man in the late 80s and 90s, was a brazen and callous sexual predator.

'He exploited young males and cultivated a toxic relationship with female children who he systematically abused throughout their childhoods.'

Sally Anne Dixon, who was born John Stephen Dixon in 1963, married twice and began transitioning to live as a female in 2004.

Despite being jailed for six months in 1997 for the sexual abuse of a teenage by, it was not until a victim came forward in 2019 that Dixon's years of offending came to light.

Judge Van Der Zwart said opportunities to jail her earlier had been missed.

Lewes Crown Court in East Sussex heard Dixon will be sent to HMP Bronzefield where she will serve her sentence, despite not being legally recognised as a woman.

Wearing a pink jumper and dyed pink hair, Dixon scowled, frowned and shook her head during a sentencing hearing.

The victims were now vindicated, the judge said.

Sussex Police reopened their investigation into his earlier offending in 2019 following a new complaint from another victim.

Harrowing victim statements were read to the court by victims, now adult men and women, who described horrific abuse by Dixon.

One woman said her childhood abuse left her feeling constant anxiety.

'I was hoping he would do the right thing for once and not put me through the trial but he didn't.

'He is a coward who did not give evidence.

'He was happy to put us through it but not himself.'

Dixon lived in Crawley and Bexhill where he worked repairing TVs and as a DJ around local bars, clubs and a caravan park.

The court heard he abused the children at a lock-up garage and in a caravan on the south coast.

Dixon was given consecutive nine year custodial sentences with two one year extended licences and will serve at least 12 years in custody before becoming eligible for parole.

Detective Constable Amy Pooley of the Sussex Police Complex Abuse Unit said: 'Dixon came to know these vulnerable young children successively through family connections, and used that trusted access to systematically abuse each of them for sexual gratification, in some cases for several months at a time.

'Only when one of the victims eventually came to us in 2019 was the terrible and distressing nature of Dixon's offending over many years finally uncovered.

'As one victim escaped this predatory interest, another would take their place, but sometimes some victims would be offended against simultaneously.

'This case shows again that we will always follow up such reports, no matter how long ago the events are said to have happened, to support victims and to see if we can achieve justice for them wherever the evidence justifies that.'

His Honour Judge Mark Van Der Zwart heard in July that Dixon did not have a Gender Recognition Certificate.

She will serve time at the women's prison despite not having a gender recognition certificate - the document which allows transgender people to legally be recognised as an alternate gender. It is understood she will have all the normal opportunities other prisoners at the jail have.

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An insurance broker who sexually assaulted an off-duty police officer at a lockdown party is facing jail.

Andrew McNally, 34, pounced at a gathering in Hamilton, where revellers were celebrating the end of Covid restrictions. The woman, 33, fell asleep on a couch beside a female friend but was woken after being groped repeatedly from behind by McNally.

The terrified victim alerted her friend and mouthed 'help me' as the attack continued. Her friend asked 'what is going on?' before McNally told her to be quiet while his victim sobbed uncontrollably.

The pervert told her she would 'ruin his life' if she told his wife what had happened before saying 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry'.

The women left the house and the victim later reported McNally, of Hamilton, to police and he was arrested.

A forensic investigation found his DNA on her body, bra, and underwear.

McNally denied the sexual assault of June 2021 and went on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court but jurors took just an hour to find him guilty following a two-day trial.

Giving evidence from behind screens, the woman wept as she told depute fiscal Aga Mathieson she was left 'frozen' in fear during the assault.

She said: "He was directly behind me when I woke up, I opened my eyes briefly and then closed them straight back over because I wanted to pretend that I was still asleep.

"I didn't know what he would do if I said or did anything and I was just frozen. I was scared about what might happen next.

"I don't know why I didn't shout or scream but I was just frozen still because I didn't know how he would react.

"As soon as he heard my friend ask 'what is going on?' he jumped up off the couch and started jumping all over the living room and he kept telling her to 'ssh' and to 'shut the f**k up'.

"I was hysterical."

The woman added: "At that moment in time I wasn't a police officer but a woman. My natural reaction to what had happened was to be frozen still."

The 30-year-old witness told the trial her friend had 'red-eyes' and was 'petrified' during the attack.

In evidence, McNally, who wept in the dock after being convicted, claimed he had fallen asleep on the couch before being woken up by shouting.

He added: "I fell asleep on the couch and the next thing I realised I could hear shouting and it sounded angry which startled me so I sprung myself up and asked what was happening.

"I didn't touch her at all."

Asked if the women were lying, he replied: "It is my position that they are making it up."

Sheriff Liam Murphy deferred sentence on first offender McNally until next month for reports and continued bail.

McNally was placed on the sex offenders' register.

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A pervert who was caught bombarding a 12-year-old girl with sexual messages after she told her mother has been spared jail.

Haydon van Henten, 19, began hounding the youngster after randomly adding her on Snapchat. He told the girl, who stays in Nottinghamshire, he was aged 13 before asking her to send him naked pictures of herself.

Creepy van Henten then sent a selfie which fuelled suspicion he was lying about his age. He then sent X-rated messages such as 'if you were in my room, I want to s**g, you' and 'I wish you were in my room so we can Netflix and chill' - slang for sexual activity.

The youngster ignored him but later revealed to her horrified mother what was happening online. The woman confronted van Henten before calling in police which led detectives to his home in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.

First offender van Henten appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted sending sexual communications to the girl and taking indecent photos of children between January and June last year.

Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen ordered him to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work and placed him under supervision for two years. He also put him on the sex offenders' register for two years.

Van Henten told police he had been sending messages from accounts including one named 'jameoconnor3820'. He said: "I've done stupid things in the past. I deleted messages and photos before you came.

"They images were all on my phone. I deleted six Snapchat accounts including Jamie O'Connor. I've been stupid, I've f****d up." A search of his phone found he had 16 images showing sickening abuse of children.

Depute fiscal Alice Carey said: "The complainer was contacted via Snapchat by an account in the name of Jameoconnor3820.

"Early in the conversation the girl advised she was 12 years of age with Jameoconnor3820 replying that he was a 13-year-old boy.

"As the conversation developed, the account Jameoconnor3820 asked the complainer to exchange photographs, requesting naked pictures to which she refused.

"During the conversation Jameoconnor3820 sent a photograph of half his face and a bedroom in the background. The complainer believed that the person who sent the photograph to be older than 13 years of age.

"She felt scared and uncomfortable with the messages she received and began to ignore the account." The prosecutor added: "Her mother contacted the police and provided screenshots of the conversation to the police.

"A subscriber check confirmed the user of said Snapchat account email address and IP address belonged to the accused." Sheriff MacFadyen said: "These are very serious offences."

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The brother of Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt sent explicit images to a child and arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.

Edward Mordaunt, 44, chatted with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl called Elle on social media app KIK. Elle was in fact a decoy managed by a police officer attempting to snare sex offenders.

Leeds Crown Court heard on Thursday Mordaunt - a chartered surveyor - messaged Elle privately on May 4 this year after being in a group chat named A-Levels in Leeds with her.

Prosecutor Katherine Robinson told the court Mordaunt had already messaged another decoy said to be a girl aged 12-years-old and told her she was gorgeous.

However, his chat turned sexual when he spoke to Elle.

Ms Robinson said: [the decoy] used the group and put a message saying about school and one person she engaged with was Eddie F. The user sent a private message and the officer accepted the defendants chat request.

The court heard the picture used on the decoys account showed her wearing a white shirt and dark tie. It told Mordaunt she was 14-years-old that day.

Ms Robinson said: He said he was an adult male. Up to 27th May the officer engaged with him on a number of occasions on KIK and Snapchat.

The court heard that during the conversations Mordaunt asked the decoy if she had ever had full sex with someone, and sent images of a mans penis to her. Ms Robinson said Mordaunt also made comments about how he shouldnt be speaking to her and they had discussions about how it was wrong for him to be speaking to people her age. She added that Mordaunt even mentioned setting up a "sugar baby" fund for Elle before requesting images from her.

Ms Robinson said that during the conversations Mordaunt, of Ford Avenue, Beeston, had referred to himself as Teddy Eddie and said he was like a bear and sexy" and told the decoy she was also "sexy."

It was said that plans had been made for Mordaunt to meet the decoy, but he cancelled, and they had discussed him visiting her in Sunderland.

After May 27th, there was no further contact between the pair and Mordaunt was arrested. Mitigating Catherine Silverton said he was arrested, interviewed and kept in custody for 26 hours before his first magistrates appearance.

Recorder of Leeds Judge Guy Kearl QC said he dismissed the suggestion that as a result of the job performed by Mordaunts sister, Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt, his case had been different.

He said: I take into account that suggestion that as a result of the job performed by your sibling which is an MP your case is somewhat different to other offenders. I sit here in this court daily and view many of these cases and as far as I can see your case has not been dealt with in anyway inappropriate or different to other cases.

Ms Silverton said highly educated Mordaunt had attempted to get help following his guilty plea at a plea, trial and preparation hearing to attempting to engage a child in sexual communication. She added he had no previous convictions.

She added that he had indicated his guilty plea to the Crown in advance of the plea, trial and preparation hearing. Ms Silverton said: He accepts full responsibility and is understanding of the harm of these types of offences on victims. He is of exemplary character. He has tried to see a doctor and has tried to engage with him and is on a waiting list. He has done his own research into other psychiatrists which may be able to help him.

Ms Silverton added that Mordaunt cares for his elderly father and stepmother and references from his wife, brother and former employer had been given to the court.

The court heard Mordaunt has also taken part in the rehabilitation course.

Judge Kearl sentenced Mordaunt to six months in prison suspended for two years. He told him: I take into account you used chat rooms to escape but you didnt need to engage with a female child in order to achieve thatIf you breach that order you will be sent to prison.

Mordaunt was also ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and complete 15 rehabilitation activity requirement says. He was also made the subject of a seven-year sexual harm prevention order.

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Gary Nash, who sexually assaulted a young girl for around a ten-year period, has now faced justice with a 16-year sentence following an investigation by safeguarding detectives.

Nash, 39, of Tower Road, St Leonards, was sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Thursday (September 8), having previously admitted two offences of sexual assault and one offence of attempting to engage in a penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 13.

He was given a 16-year sentence eight years of which will be served in custody, with the remaining eight years on extended licence. He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and will be a registered sex offender for life.

Detective Sergeant Oliver Bali of the East Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: "Nash took advantage of his access to the victim to exploit her for his own sexual gratification without anyone else knowing, until earlier this year when she finally found the courage to speak out.

"We started enquiries at once, and swiftly arrested Nash, who admitted all the offences. He would undoubtedly have continued to offend against her, had she not very bravely reported him.

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A sex offender working at a hotel in Exeter has admitted pestering a woman in the health club Jacuzzi. Naweed Nasery, 21, followed the woman around the premises, bombarded her with WhatsApp messages and ignored her requests to stop, a court heard.

He was working as a porter at the Mercure Exeter at the time and subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which banned him from approaching lone females. The woman, a 19-year-old, was using the health club and called police after a series of incidents.

Nasery, of Cowick Street, admitted breaching the terms of his SHPO and was remanded in custody until a sentencing hearing next month.

Magistrates were told Nasery's work gave him use of the hotel's facilities and the first incident happened when he approached the woman in the Jacuzzi and sat next to her. He asked if she was single, her age and for her phone number. He told her he did not have any friends and would like to leave with her.

An hour later he texted her about meeting up. After sending more messages she told him to stop but he continued over the next few days. On May 17 she had 11 missed calls from him.

He carried on pestering her about being 'friends' when she returned to to health club. She managed to leave the hotel by a different exit and avoided going back to the gym. She made it clear on a number of occasions that he should leave her alone and was making her feel uncomfortable.

She contacted police on May 21 after receiving more messages from him.

Nasery has a history of similar offending and his behaviour was the latest breach of his SHPO. He was jailed in February for hanging around Exeter City Centre and speaking to woman on their own. He has been assessed as a high risk offender and his behaviour managed by the authorities.

Ms Lisa McArthur, defending, said Nasery was released from his prison recall in August and had previously worked at the Amazon warehouse with no problems. He has serious mental health issues but regularly sees a doctor and his offender manager. He is no longer employed at the hotel.

The defendant was remanded in custody until October 4. He will be sentenced at Exeter Crown Court.

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A GIRL was left "emotionless and numb" after an older man sexually abused her, a court heard. Eyakeno Nyong made his victim feel "violated and disgusted". The girl was under the age of 13 when Nyong sexually touched her several times over the course of a year. A statement made by the victim spoke of her anxiety and how it has impacted her relationships. Nyong, of Wolseley Road, Southampton, appeared at Southampton Crown Court on Tuesday to be sentenced for two charges of sexual assault. The 38-year-old had been found guilty following a trial at the same court in July of this year. The court heard how the offences took place around a decade ago at an address in the city. Prosecuting, Edward Warren read the impact statement from the victim. She said that what had happened had impacted "everything". "I feel violated and disgusted with myself," it said. "I do not feel safe in my house but I do not feel safe outside either. "I find it hard to trust and I keep a closer eye on my nieces and nephews. I am so worried." In defence, David Richards said that Nyong was a "family man". He hadn't committed any offence in the years since, Mr Richards said. "If he isn't already rehabilitated, there's a real scope for rehabilitation," he told the court. Judge Nicholas Rowland jailed him for 15 months. However, he said a sexual harm prevention order "did not seem necessary" as Nyong had no previous or subsequent convictions. The court orders can be used when there are specific concerns about a defendant. They aim to stop offenders from engaging in particular activities. He added: "I commend the dignity of those sitting in the public gallery in what seems like impossible circumstances." Nyong must register as a sex offender for ten years and has been barred from working with children.

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A man who is still adamant of his innocence despite being found guilty by a jury of sexually abusing a young girl more than 10 years ago has finally been jailed. Stuart Pyle was found guilty of inciting or causing a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity, and six counts of sexual activity with a child following a trial in March. But during a sentencing hearing at Preston Crown Court on Monday, Judge Graham Knowles told the court Pyle still says his victim is a liar and brandished him a dangerous offender who was a risk to other children. The court was told how Pyle, 47, began abusing the girl when she was around eight-years-old, in 2010, with the offences continuing for around two or three years. The abuse started off as kissing, then led to touching on top of clothing, and eventually progressed to Pyle touching the girl underneath her clothes. In two or three instances, he even forced her to hold his penis while he was urinating. In mitigation for Pyle, Kimberley Obrusik said her client would be afforded no credit due to denying the charges and continues to this day to deny any wrongdoing. She said: While he doesnt accept he is the reason or the author of the victims trauma, he knows she did suffer trauma and he hold no malice against her for what did happen to her. What Mr Pyle wishes to say is that he hopes, regardless of his lack of admission, that she can work through her traumas. In sentencing, Judge Graham Knowles QC said: She did not realise what was being done to her was sexual assault, of course she didnt, she was a child and was being abused and groomed by you. She could not tell another person for years and eventually she told her mother. She could not even tell the police or social services, not even when you were caught with indecent images of children in 2015. She felt fear, and feared if she reported you, you would come after her. She had panic attacks and had to quit three jobs. All of these things are because of offending by you. What you did was terrible. She had counselling but it was too painful. In her personal statement she talks of the shame she feels but that shame should be yours. All this tells me is that this is absolutely the kind of thing that happens when a child is sexually abused. The blame does not lie with her, it lies with you. Within years of committing the offences you took to the internet to satisfy your desires and were given a suspended sentence in 2015 for possessing indecent images. And when the offending against this victim was put to you, you refused to comment. She has had to wait 27 months since first being interviewed by the police until today. Theres no remorse on your behalf and you still say shes a liar. This has caused her distress. You were manipulative and you groomed her. Are you a dangerous offender? There is a significant risk of serious harm being done by you to other children in the future, so yes, you are. Pyle, of Washington Court, Blackpool, was jailed for eight years and placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. He was also made subject of a sexual harm prevention order which stops him living at or being in the same house as a girl under the age of 16 without relevant supervision.

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An online predator with a previous conviction has been caged after he was trapped by a paedophile hunter group posing with a decoy profile of a 13-year-old girl. Luke Pryor, formerly of Deerlands Avenue, Parson Cross, Sheffield, was originally convicted in 2020 for three counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and for three counts of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, according to a Sheffield Crown Court hearing. Prosecuting barrister Amy Earnshaw told the hearing on September 6 how 26-year-old Pryor was given a community order but in June, this year, he struck up a sexual online conversation with a decoy profile of a 13-year-old girl which had been set up by a paedophile hunter group called Defending the Innocent. Judge Peter Kelson QC told Pryor: You have shown yourself to be a predator. A person who wishes to prey upon children. You have been given a chance of a non-custodial sentence and you have spurned that chance. Ms Earnshaw explained Pryor began communicating sexually with the decoy on WhatsApp in June and discussed kissing, cuddling, and undressing her. Pryor sent four images of himself including three of him wearing nothing but a towel. Ms Earnshaw said a further decoy contact was deployed by the paedophile hunter group and a meeting was arranged at Deerlands Avenue where the group attended and alerted the police. Pryor pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching a previously Sexual Harm Prevention Order after possessing two phones capable of internet connection and by contacting someone online who was believed to be a child, and he also admitted attempting to sexually communicate with a child. Rebecca Tanner, defending, said Pryor had become socially isolated and had developed poor health and after he was bailed he lost his address and he does not yet have a home. Ms Tanner added: Nobody is more disappointed than Mr Pryor himself by letting himself down by committing these offences. He accepts what he has done has placed him in an extremely vulnerable position and he accepts he has no one else to blame but himself. She also said Pryor realises his actions were not appropriate and that he should not have been trying to contact someone who was not his own age. Judge Kelson revoked Pryor's previous community order for the three counts of attempting to sexually communicate with a child, and the three counts of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act, and he chose to resentence the defendant for these matters alongside his new offences. He told Pryor: The offending you have now committed is the same one in so many ways. You were caught by a sting which was being run by a protective group here in Sheffield. Judge Kelson sentenced Pryor to two years of custody and the defendant was made subject to a restrictive Sexual Harm Prevention Order to run alongside his Sex Offender Register monitoring for 10 years.