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Teacher had sex with teenage pupil.
High Bank, Atherton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M46
Benjamin Larmer 30
A southampton man who admitted sexual offences involving three girls had sentence at the city crown court adjourned for a further psychiatric report.
A southampton man who admitted sexual offences involving three girls had sentence at the city crown court adjourned for a further psychiatric report.
Bishops Road, Southampton, SO19 2
Judge Derwin Hope said he was "concerned" about the case when he agreed to the application from defence barrister Richard Onslow.
Benjamin Larmer, 20, of Bishops Road, Itchen, had pleaded guilty to three charges of having sexual activity with two 15-year-olds, and one count of meeting a third girl after sexual grooming.
Larmer was further remanded in custody until July 21.
Groomed and then molested a 15-year-old girl.
Reedling Close, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3
Former NHS worker downloaded indecent images of children.
Percyvale Street, Macclesfield, SK10
A justice campaigner who performed a sex act in Heaton Park and was found with sick images of children has been jailed.
Former NHS worker Joanne Foster, 44, pleaded guilty to a series of sexual offences after being arrested in April 2017 with her then boyfriend, Gary Keenan, 43, following a police swoop at the home they shared.
Chester Crown Court heard that Keenan's mobile phone also contained downloaded indecent images of children.
There was also a picture of Foster exposing herself in Heaton Park. Keenan had encouraged her to engage in high risk and sometimes illegal sexual activity, prosecutors said.
The court was told during a sentencing hearing on Friday how Foster had become a campaigner for tougher manslaughter sentences in 2009 after her long term partner died following a 'one punch' attack during a night out in Macclesfield.
In the raid in April last year, devices belonging to Keenan were also seized and hundreds of indecent images of children and illegal pornographic images from the internet were found.
Prosecutor Sarah Badrawy said: Some of the pictures and videos show Foster engaging in sexual activity and having sex with multiple males outdoors. One set of pictures of Foster, taken by Keenan, shows her in Heaton Park in Manchester, wearing a white dress and exposing [herself].
Foster, of Percyvale Street, Macclesfield, pleaded guilty to possessing 16 Category A pictures, 18 category B and 69 category C indecent images of children under 16.
Keenan admitted having 159 category A, 231 category B and 536 category C indecent images of children along with 463 extreme pornographic images and 13 prohibited images in the form of animations.
Miss Badrawy said that an image recovered showed Foster with paedo s*** written on her bottom. She added that after starting the relationship, Keenan referred to Foster as his product and encouraged her to engage in high risk and sometimes illegal sexual activity.
The court heard that Foster, a former NHS clerical worker, blamed her partner for the actions, saying the former soldier downloaded the images to her phone.
But it was said that in police interviews the pair blamed each other.
Foster had earlier also admitted one count of possessing indecent images of children and two counts of outraging public decency.
The court heard that in 2009 Foster had lost her long-time partner when he died following in a one punch attack during a night out in Macclesfield.
In the aftermath she became a campaigner on the dangers of drink fuelled trouble and lobbied for tougher sentences for manslaughter cases.
Judge Patrick Thompson jailed Foster for 15 months and Keenan, recently of Altrincham, for two-and-a-half years.
Claire Semmens, Aaron Hughes 39,43
Babysitter gave three-year-old boy to paedophile who drugged and raped him.
Babysitter gave three-year-old boy to paedophile who drugged and raped him.
Roath, Cardiff, Wales
Sexually Assaulted a Young Child.
College Close, Horringer, Bury St. Edmunds, IP29
ex-BBC broadcaster indecently assaulted a girl.
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
Pervert who abused boy of 13
Mixenden Court, Halifax, HX2 8QH
Lee Rider 59
Paedophile who sexually assaulted a girl and filmed some of the abuse.
Paedophile who sexually assaulted a girl and filmed some of the abuse.
Oak Crescent, Biggleswade, SG18
A paedophile who sexually assaulted a girl and filmed some of the abuse has been jailed for more than a decade.
The abuse by Lee Rider, 48, spanned five years and only came to light because the girl confided in someone she trusted.
Police were called on 11 January last year and Rider was arrested. The girl told officers Rider abused her sexually and forced her to perform sexual acts on him. He had also recorded some of the abuse.
She said Rider told her it would “help his mental health” if she did what he wanted and he would also buy her things, which worried her because she knew it meant she would need to do “something for him” in return.
Rider was interviewed twice by police but provided prepared statements denying the allegations and answered “no comment” to all further questions.
However Rider, of Oak Crescent, Biggleswade, was later charged with a total of 12 offences including:
He pleaded guilty to all offences on the day his trial was due to begin earlier this year, and was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court on Friday (8 November) where he was handed a total of 13 years in prison.
A restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim, and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) to monitor future offending, were both made indefinitely.
Wesley Roberts 33
Raped a 12-year-old while on bail awaiting trial for having sex with a girl of 14.
Raped a 12-year-old while on bail awaiting trial for having sex with a girl of 14.
Old Colwyn, Conwy, Wales
Two indecent assaults and the rape of a woman known to him.
Dorset Close, Littlehampton, BN17
Mark Loten, 51, now of Dorset Close, was found guilty at Lewes Crown Court on Thursday, of two indecent assaults and the rape of a woman known to him at another address in Littlehampton in 1991.
He was sentenced to two years for one of the assaults, three years for the second assault and to six years for rape. All three sentences will run concurrently.
In an exclusive interview with the Gazette, his victim who for legal reasons cannot be identified said the past 23 years since suffering the abuse had been a living hell.
She said: What he did to me is something that I will never forget.
It has been really hard to get over. I felt like I had no one to turn to and it has been something that has been with me for 23 years.
But it is such a relief to finally have this off my chest and to finally have justice done.
Lotens victim said she plucked up the courage to approach police following the recent rise in historic sex cases coming to court, nationally.
She is now encouraging other people who have been victims of abuse to speak to police.
Its never too late for people to come forward, she said. Theres a lot of people out there who have been abused.
It is hard talking about it to police. But they are very understanding and supportive. I couldnt recommend it more.
Sussex Police said Lotens crimes were only reported to the force in 2012.
Detectives carried out a thorough investigation to achieve justice for the 51-year-olds victim, a spokesman said.
The spokesman added: It shows that we will always take such reports seriously no matter how long ago they happened.
The victim was supported by ourselves and appropriate welfare and counselling through the case and her evidence was key in securing Lotens conviction.
Lotens victim said she can now move on with her life.
The memories of what he did will always be with me but now I can move on and get on with my life. For me, justice has been done.
Groomed 12 year old and had child abuse images on computer.
Longfield Avenue, New Barn, Longfield, Kent, DA3
Johnathon Mallon 43
Serial rapist who targeted female victims in toilets and changing rooms.
Serial rapist who targeted female victims in toilets and changing rooms.
Not known.
Evil rapist Jonathan Mallon has been jailed for life after a 13 year reign of terror over vulnerable women. The creep met his victims at church events and raped two in public places, including a swimming pool changing room and the toilet of a busy cinema.
A vicious pervert was branded a “monster” yesterday as he was handed a life sentence for a campaign of terror that lasted 13 years.
Jonathon Mallon raped five women and sexually abused a sixth during a string of horrific offences that took place between December 1999 and March 2013.
One of his victims was a 21-year-old woman who was raped at addresses in Paisley, Renfrew and Greenock.
Mallon also forced a 31-year-old woman to perform a sex act on him at a Paisley house.
He was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow after a lengthy trial.
Mallon, 32, raped one of his victims in a cinema toilet and another was attacked in a changing cubicle at a busy swimming pool.
Each of his victims – who are now aged between 21 and 31 – was described as “vulnerable”.
Jailing Mallon for life and ordering him to spend at least 10 years behind bars before being able to apply for parole, judge Bill Dunlop QC told him: “This was a course of conduct that can only be described as monstrous.
“These offences were carried out against six women, each of whom was vulnerable in one way or another.
“It’s clear that you saw women who were vulnerable and ruthlessly exploited them for your own sexual gratification.
“The evidence all spoke of you meeting them and, at first, you charmed them, then very quickly became controlling.”
Judge Dunlop said Mallon’s victims had been left “devastated” by what happened to them.
He added: “The distress of your victims at the time must have become obvious to you and you simply ignored that.”
Prosecutor Kath Harper told the court keen churchgoer Mallon has previous convictions for domestic abuse, violence, carrying a knife and fire-raising.
Mallon met two of his victims at church, while another was ‘chatted up’ on a bus.
He met the others at parties.
One victim, aged 21, said Mallon would demand sex two or three times every day.
She added: “If I said I didn’t want sex, he just didn’t listen. He would say ‘I’m horny’ and just go on and on about wanting sex.
“I would try to push him away but he was just too strong.”
Another victim, who is 26, told the court how Mallon raped her in a cubicle at Scotstoun Swimming Baths, in Glasgow, while families with young children were nearby.
She said: “The place was really full of kids. I said ‘no’ and he told me ‘You know what will happen, don’t create a scene’.
“I said ‘you can’t, not here’ and he just told me to shut up.
“Afterwards, he said ‘do you know what I’ve just done to you? I’ve raped you.’
“It kind of looked like he was gloating.”
A third victim is now dead but statements she gave to police were read out in court.
She told how Mallon raped her in the gents’ toilets at the Odeon cinema, in Renfield Street, Glasgow.
The woman said: “I told him to stop, that I didn’t want to do it in the toilet, but he just kept going.”
In her statement to police, she also said Mallon forced her to have sex with a pensioner.
When she complained that the old man was dirty and smelly, Mallon bathed him and then told her to have sex.
The woman also said Mallon raped her after she became pregnant.
In evidence, Mallon denied all of the allegations against him and claimed that any sex had been consensual.
Defence QC Frances McMenamin said Mallon had suffered a horrific childhood and had been the victim of violence himself.
Last night, the Renfrew-based policeman who led the investigation into Mallon’s reign of terror welcomed the life sentence.
Detective Inspector Mark McGowan said: “Hopefully, we have given these women justice.
“Mallon is a calculating individual, who preyed on the vulnerability of his victims – first luring them into a relationship and then carrying out horrific acts on each of them.”
Drama teacher who admitted having sex with a pupil.
Not reported.
A 26-year-old drama teacher who admitted having sex with a pupil has been spared a prison sentence.
Kelly Burgess, of Newport, had a seven-month relationship with the boy, Bristol Crown Court heard.
The matter came to light when the boy, aged between 16 and 17 at the time of the abuse, visited a sexual health clinic with Burgess after she developed symptoms of an infection.
Burgess was given a 10-month sentence, suspended for two years.
'Should have known better'
Judge Euan Ambrose told her: "You are a picture of misery in this courtroom.
"The relationship, albeit conducted as if between equals, was not a relationship between equals. You were older, you were his teacher and you should at all times have known better."
North Somerset District Council said in a statement after sentencing: "This was an isolated incident. The school followed the correct procedures and co-operated with the police."
Neither the school nor the boy can be identified for legal reasons.
The court heard Burgess and the teenager had sex at least once a week between January and August last year.
'Get the story straight'
When staff at the school noticed how close the relationship had become they informed the head teacher who challenged Burgess.
She denied the relationship was sexual and no further action was taken.
But after the visit to the sexual health clinic the police were alerted and an inquiry began.
When she was first arrested Burgess denied the offences, but when officers searched her home they discovered her mobile phone with a text message from the boy.
It read: "Got the police round. Don't text back, don't be scared.
"Just get the story straight for when they come for you."
Burgess later pleaded guilty to four sexual offences of breach of trust - engaging in a sexual act with a child between January and August 2013.
Timothy Gardner 53
Catholic friar who admitted making hundreds and possessing thousands of indecent images of children.
Catholic friar who admitted making hundreds and possessing thousands of indecent images of children.
Potters Court, Rosebery Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM1
A Catholic friar who admitted making hundreds and possessing thousands of indecent images of children walked out of court today with a suspended sentence.
Father Timothy Gardner, 42, of Sutton, was caught with more than 500 pictures of children and more than 5,000 prohibited images downloaded onto his computer in August last year. He also pleaded guilty to 10 counts of making indecent images of children.
Gardner had taught religious education at Maria Fidelis Catholic School in Euston, and had also been based at St Dominic’s Priory in Gospel Oak.
After admitting to the charges at a hearing earlier this month, Gardner was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years at Southwark Crown Court today.
He was also given a five year sexual offences prevention order and will be on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Acting Detective Chief Inspector Keith Braithwaite, of the Met's Paedophile Command, said: "Every indecent image accessed by Timothy Gardner was a real child, a vulnerable victim of crime.
"His selfish and abhorrent actions have contributed significantly to the destruction of these vulnerable victim's childhoods. The MPS Paedophile Unit will identify and bring those that possess and distribute these images to justice."