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A pervert who secretly filmed women's bottoms has been jailed.

Police arrested Jamie Fowler in June last year for an unrelated matter.

Bristol Crown Court heard no further action was taken, but a search of his mobile phone revealed a secret stash of 17 videos he made, focusing on the backsides of women walking or jogging.

Fowler, 26, of Grenville Avenue in Weston-super-Mare, pleaded guilty to breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

Judge Julian Lambert jailed him for 16 months.

He told Fowler: "You persistently breached the order by filming women for a sexual purpose, often lone females walking in relatively isolated spots.

"They were in a vulnerable position.

"Largely they were unaware of your sexual motivation.

"What you did was to create a risk of significant harm.

"If they had known they would have been shaken to say the very least."

The judge confiscated Fowler's phone.

Robert Yates, prosecuting, told the court Fowler made 17 videos in which he followed women and focused on their behinds.

In one video, shown in court, he pursued a young woman walking a dog and was heard to tell her "Your a*** is literally unreal".

Unaware of his sordid shenanigans she replied "Oh my God, thanks" and went on her way.

The court heard Fowler had nine court appearances for 22 offences, including exposure, voyeurism and sexual assault.

He was handed an indefinite SHPO, intended to stop him reoffending, in October 2013.

Derek Perry, defending, said: "He is plainly a young man with a long-standing problem."

Mr Perry said Fowler, who has qualifications in mechanics, committed sexual offences from the age of 14 but desisted when he formed a relationship.

When that relationship ended, the court heard, he turned to alcohol and was introduced to cocaine and relapsed into behaviour he had previously engaged in.

Mr Perry told the court: "He recognises in some videos women might have realised what was going on and may have felt some distress or unease.

"He is very sorry for doing that."

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A man convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes, will "never be safe to be released", a judge has said. Reynhard Sinaga was found guilty of luring 48 men from outside Manchester clubs to his flat, where he drugged and assaulted them - filming the attacks. Police say they have evidence Sinaga, 36, who is being named for the first time, targeted at least 190 victims. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Sinaga was "the most prolific rapist in British legal history". The judge ruled his life sentence must include a minimum of 30 years in jail. Reporting restrictions were also lifted at a sentencing hearing at Manchester Crown Court on Monday, meaning Sinaga could be identified for the first time. The post-graduate student was already serving life, with a minimum term of 20 years, for the offences he was convicted of in two earlier trials, which took place in summer 2018 and last spring. Across four separate trials, the Indonesian national was found guilty of 136 counts of rape, eight counts of attempted rape, 14 counts of sexual assault, and one count of assault by penetration, against a total of 48 victims. Detectives say they have been unable to identify a further 70 victims and are now appealing for anyone who believes they may have been abused by Sinaga to come forward. At the hearing, Judge Suzanne Goddard QC said Sinaga was "an evil serial sexual predator who has preyed upon young men" who wanted "nothing more than a good night out with their friends". "In my judgment you are a highly dangerous, cunning and deceitful individual who will never be safe to be released," she said - adding that the decision to release prisoners is made by the Parole Board. Sinaga would wait for men leaving nightclubs and bars before leading them to his flat in Montana House, Princess Street, often with the offer of somewhere to have a drink or call a taxi. He drugged his victims before assaulting them while they were unconscious. When the victims woke up many of them had no memory of what had happened. The student, who denied the charges, had claimed all the sexual activity was consensual and that each man had agreed to being filmed while pretending to be asleep - a defence described by the judge as "ludicrous". At an earlier sentencing, the judge said she was sure that Sinaga had used a form of date rape drug such as GHB. Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was "deeply concerned" by the use of such a drug. In victim impact statements read out in court, one victim said Sinaga had "destroyed a part of my life", while another said: "I hope he never comes out of prison and he rots in hell." "I have periods where I can't get up and face the day," another added. Many of the victims were unaware they had been raped until they were contacted by police. Lisa Waters, of the St Mary's Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester, where victims received support, said some men found this "very difficult to process", with some experiencing mental health issues and suicidal thoughts. Sinaga, who was studying for a PHD at the University of Leeds, carried out his attacks over several years. The rapist was caught in June 2017 when one victim, who regained consciousness while being assaulted, fought Sinaga off and called the police. When officers seized Sinaga's phone they found he had filmed each of his attacks - amounting to hundreds of hours of footage. The discovery led to the launch of the largest rape inquiry in British history. Assistant Chief Constable Mabbs Hussain said the true extent of Sinaga's offending would probably never be known. "We suspect he's offended over a period of 10 years," he said. "The information and evidence we are going from is largely from trophies that he's collected from the victims of his crimes." Investigators traced dozens of victims from the videos using clues found in Sinaga's Manchester flat, such as stolen phones, ID cards and watches. The University of Manchester, where Sinaga was previously a student, said some members of its community had been "directly affected" by the case and it had set up a dedicated confidential phone line to offer support. A statement from Vice-Chancellor Dame Nancy Rothwell, said the news was "profoundly distressing" and her thoughts were with all those affected.

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Judge Goddard said the "scale and enormity" of Sinaga's offending meant it was "accurate" for one of his victims to have described him as a monster. She added that Sinaga had shown "not a jot of remorse" and at times appeared to be "actually enjoying the trial process". Following the sentencing, Ian Rushton, from the CPS, said Sinaga was "the most prolific rapist in British legal history" and possibly "in the world". "His extreme sense of sexual entitlement almost defies belief and he would no doubt still be adding to his staggering tally had he not been caught," he said. He added that he thought Sinaga took "a particular pleasure in preying on heterosexual men". Home Secretary Priti Patel said in response to Sinaga's "truly sickening crimes" she had asked an independent council to prioritise a review into whether controls for drugs like GHB were "tough enough". GHB (gammahydroxybutyrate) is a class C drug. Anyone found in possession of it can be imprisoned for up to two years. Sinaga's trials took place across 18 months at Manchester Crown Court, resulting in unanimous guilty verdicts on all charges. His convictions relate to crimes he committed from January 2015 to June 2017, but police believe he began offending years earlier.

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A PERVERT has admitted making hundreds of images of children and having an extreme pornographic images involving animals. A PERVERT has admitted making hundreds of images of children and having an extreme pornographic images involving animals. Philip Smith appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court and admitted the four charges put to him. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to making 419 moving indecent images of children in Worcester at category A, the most serious offence, between December 4, 2013, and June 23, 2018. During the same period he made 223 moving indecent images of children, and two still, at category B. And also between those dates he made in Worcester 98 moving indecent images of children, and six still images at category C. He further admitted possessing nine extreme pornographic images, on June 26, 2018, that were described as an act of intercourse with a dead or alive animal. Shafquat Reaz, prosecuting at the court on December 17 said the starting point for the category A offence alone was one year, so submitted the case should be sent to Worcester Crown Court. Richard Hull, defending Smith of Portsmouth Road, Southampton, agreed and made no submissions. David Shadwell, the chairman of the magistrates bench, said: We agree it is not suitable for summary trial. A pre sentence report, which will help the judge determine his sentence, was also ordered. The case was set for Worcester Crown Court on December 17.

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James Sharrock, 55, was given a community order in 2011 for possession of indecent images of children.

Winchester Crown Court heard that Surrey Police, the Met Police and Hampshire Constabulary had been investigating Sharrock when officers attend his address in Spicers Court on July 24, last year.

Kerry Maylin, prosecuting, said that 4,333 images were found on several of his devices, 2,069 of them were described as category A, said to be the worst type of indecent images.

The officer in the case PC Kristin McMahon said these "were some of the worst images of child abuse I've seen", adding that they were "sadistic" showing "children tied up, degraded and suffering physical as well as sexual abuse".

Some of the images also showed children that were drugged, with the age of those in the videos and pictures ranging from two months to 12-years-old.

Sharrock previously pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, three counts of distributing indecent images of children, possessing nine prohibited images of children and 638 extreme pornographic images.

Sharrock was jailed for two years and must be on the sex offender's register for 10 years.

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Yang Wang put his hand up his victim's skirt and kissed her as she sat slumped unconscious.

The 23-year-old Southampton University student could be seen laughing as he groped her in CCTV footage played at Southampton Crown Court on Tuesday, December 15.

The sexual assault took place at a "snug room" in Cumberland Place Halls of residence on March 2 this year.

Prosecution barrister, Natasha Dardashti told how the woman could not remember what had happened and would not have consented to anyone touching her.

Furthermore, she gave no impact statement.

Following his arrest, Wang who was accompanied by a lawyer gave a no comment interview but after being shown the CCTV footage gave a statement.

Read out in court by defence barrister Justin McClintock, it said: "I fully accept that my behaviour is such that I sexually assaulted this female. I am appalled by my behaviour and what I have done."

Mr McClintock argued his client is academically bright having achieved a distinction in his studies but is "ultimately very immature".

During sentencing, Judge Nicholas Rowland described the assault as both ugly and serious. He scolded Wang saying the girl was particularly vulnerable as she was unconscious. Jailed for 12-months he will have to register as a sex offender for ten years.

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Groping Justin Miller sexually assaulted two schoolgirls in an alleyway.

The 20-year-old touched the bottom of one of his victims before trying to kiss her and repeatedly putting his arm around her.

He then touched the leg of the other girl and ran his hand up her thigh.

Now Miller has been sentenced to 21 months detention at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

The court heard one of the girls had just moments earlier attempted to break up a lunchtime fight between Miller and another man during the coronavirus lockdown.

Prosecutor Caroline Harris said: "One girl felt a hand pass across her bottom. She turned and saw the defendant. He asked her how old she was and whether she had a boyfriend and placed his head next to hers which caused her to run to her friend. She told her friend the defendant was scaring her."

Miss Harris added: "She pushed him away. She said she had a boyfriend in the hope he would leave her alone.

"She walked away. He followed her and put his arm around her at least three times and touched towards her genital area. She started to cry.

"She told her friends they should go home. He said they should go to his home. He touched the leg of the other girl, running his hand up her thigh towards her genital area."

Police were called and arrested Miller after the girls fled to a house. They searched his home and found a sex toy in a suitcase. He told police that he found the girl attractive.

The first victim has revealed she did not go out of her house for five days following the ordeal.

She said: "I thought he was going to grab me and rape me. The incident made me feel scared to leave the house."

Miller, of Everest Road, Kidsgrove, pleaded guilty to three offences of sexual assault.

Paul Cliff, mitigating, said the defendant was drunk at the time. He added: "The contact was over clothing, it was relatively brief, and there was no actual contact with the genitals or breasts, under or over clothing."

Miller has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register and is now subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Judge Sally Hancox said: "The first victim was particularly terrified.

"The probation service assesses you as a high risk of causing serious harm to children, especially females up to the age of 16, and any female, adult or child, you may be fixated on."

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A registered sex offender from Peterborough has been jailed for the third time in 18 months. Stuart Merry, 41, was arrested at the gates of HMP Littlehey on 9 October by officers from the northern Public Protection Unit (PPU), a team who monitor sex offenders upon their release into the community. Convictions for indecent assault on a child and gross indecency with a child in 2010 resulted in Merry being jailed for five years and placed on the Sex Offenders Register. In 2018, police applied to the courts who authorised a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) which came with a number of conditions, including not contacting any known registered sex offender without the permission of police. In July last year (2019), Merry was recalled to prison after he was released on licence, but had not demonstrated good behaviour. He was released again six months later in December. In April this year (2020), he was back in prison after being sentenced to 14 months for three breaches of his SHPO; using a library computer to access the internet, phoning another individual who is on the Sex Offenders Register and deleting call logs from his mobile phone. Despite having been found guilty of breaching three conditions of his SHPO, Merry continued to breach one of the conditions whilst serving his sentence by continuing his contact with the same sex offender. Prison phone records showed on seven separate occasions Merry dialled the home telephone number of his acquaintance between March and August this year. Upon his release from prison on 9 October, Merry was arrested and charged the following day with two counts of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. DC Natalie Hebdon, from the northern PPU, said: Merry is a high-risk offender who has been monitored extremely closely by the Public Protection Unit for a number of years. Since his first conviction in 2001 where he committed an act of gross indecency at an outdoor paddling pool, Merry has been in and out of prison for various breaches of conditions placed upon him. These conditions are in place to protect children from Merry who has clearly demonstrated he is a threat to our communities. Yesterday (Tuesday 22 December), he appeared at Peterborough Crown Court where he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. DC Hebdon added: Upon his release we will continue to pay extremely close attention to Merry, including regular visits to his home, checking his electronic devices and any further offending will be put before the courts.

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A MAN who planned to rape an eight-year-old girl travelled across the country with sex toys.

Lance Baynes was caught with restraints, sex toys, and lubricant at a Hampshire service station.

The 48-year-old had arranged to meet another man at Sutton Scotney Services and then rape an eight-year-old girl.

However, he was arrested during a police sting on August 21 this year.

When police seized Baynes' electronic devices they found 1,430 indecent or extreme images.

Officers also discovered he had been the admin of an online account which had been sharing images of children with other paedophiles.

Baynes formerly of Cedar Close in Walsall had also been communicating sexually with a 13-year-old girl, a Winchester Crown Court heard.

He pleaded guilty to the following ten charges:

• Arranging/facilitating the rape of a child under 13-years-old

• Three counts of making indecent images of children

• One count of possession of extreme indecent images

• Three counts of distributing indecent images of children

• Intentionally encouraging an offender to commit an indictable offence.

He was today, sentenced to eight years in prison and will be on license for four years after his release.

DC Steve Hill, of Hampshire Constabulary's ICAT said: "Prior to his arrest Lance Baynes had been planning to commit an atrocious offence against what he believed was an 8-year-old girl. He is a dangerous offender, and I hope his sentencing reassures the public.

"This was a complex and difficult investigation, and I would like to thank our colleagues at SEROCU for their assistance in bringing this case to justice.

"We take all reports of sexual offending very seriously, and will do anything in our power to bring those responsible to justice and to protect vulnerable people from such predators."

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A man has been sentenced to 24 years for child sex offences.

Darren Wheatley was given the sentence on Tuesday, 22 December, at Worcester Crown Court after he had been found guilty on Friday 18 December.

The 55 year old, from Lion Street, Kidderminster, had been charged with 20 offences of rape of a child under 13 and will be placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

The sentencing follows an investigation by Kidderminster CID.

Detective Sergeant Iain Standing said: “This was an especially disturbing case and I’m pleased this man will now face a considerable amount of time in prison for his vile actions.

“It has taken great courage and bravery for his victims to come forward and face the personal challenges of a trial.

“I also hope this conviction will provide reassurance to other victims of sexual offences, giving them the confidence to report their ordeal in the knowledge that they will be listened to and supported. Police will always investigate and do everything in their power to bring offenders like this to justice.”

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A CHILD rapist from west Swindon has been jailed for 19 years. Jailing John Whelan at Swindon Crown Court on Monday, Judge Jason Taylor QC told him: Your grooming and manipulation was nothing more than a selfish and perverted desire to prioritise your sexual gratification over their welfare. Recent changes to the law mean that the 64-year-old will spend at least two thirds of that 19 year sentence behind bars. Once he is released he must spend a further two years on licence. Whelan was found guilty earlier this month of indecent assault, gross indecency with a child and rape. The offences were committed between the mid-1990s and 2000s against two girls, both of whom were under 11 when the abuse began. His younger victim, who was raped by Whelan after being made to perform sex acts on him while they played games in his man cave, told the court on Monday that she had felt totally and utterly powerless. She said: I have carried around the weight of the world on my shoulders for most of my life. The older woman said Whelan had stolen her childhood and the person she could have been. Mitigating, Whelans barrister Clare Evans said her client had been a hardworking family man whos done everything he can to support his family. John Whelan's custody shot Picture: WILTSHIRE POLICE During the trial, jurors heard how Whelan turned his abuse of the children into games, including instructing one seven-year-old girl to play hide and seek with his private parts after covering his genitals with a blanket. The abuse was perpetrated from the mid-90s to mid-2000s. The older girl claimed Whelan had occasionally babysat her while her mother was out at work and she had also been looked after at his family home. Jurors were told he had arrived to babysit her at her home with what he called special films pornography that he would make her watch while she sat on his lap. He was said to have molested her; touching her sexually and getting her to touch him. The touching continued at his own home, as they played video games in his man cave, although he would not expose himself at the house. Opening the case to the jury last week, prosecutor David Scutt said: She said this: It was our secret, it was our little game and that, no doubt was what he was telling her as that young girl. As she got older she had refused to take part in the games, she claimed. When her mum switched work shifts the girl no longer needed to be babysat by the man. On the occasions she went around to his house she stayed close to her mum, Mr Scutt said. The older girl said she had noticed Whelan taking an interest in another younger girl. They would both be called upstairs to watch TV in his bedroom. On occasion he would be wearing a towel, she claimed. The younger girl claimed Whelan had begun sexually abusing her when she was around seven. She said the man had shown her pornographic playing cards and websites. He had been grooming her, Mr Scutt said. He was getting her to look at it, this is to say the stuff on the computer, and what was described as his game; it was made into play for this young child. He would get her to look at videos, she said, and he told her what he wanted her to do. The girl claimed she had been made to touch him sexually and perform oral sex on him. On one occasion he raped her, she said. [He said] he was going to make her happy like the ladies in the videos, Mr Scutt said. One victim said she had experienced urinary problems during her childhood. During Whelans sentencing hearing, the judge suggested that could be the result of a sexually transmitted infection. The abuse was reported to police in early 2019. In December the previous year, the younger woman had told her mother and father she had been raped by Whelan. Her brother was instrumental in persuading her to go to the police, jurors heard. The woman had told her then partner later her husband about the abuse. The older woman came forward after being told by her mother that the younger complainant had gone to the police. Interviewed by police last year, Whelan denied sexually assaulting the girls. He said the pornographic cards belonged to his late father. Sentencing Whelan, Judge Taylor said: You forced [your victims] to live with this shameful secret for years, knowing as they did that if they ever came forward it would go nuclear. It took tremendous courage for them to come forward but at last they feel back in control for the first time for 20 and 15 years respectively. The judge commented that Whelan, formerly of Stamford Close, Toothill, but appearing in court via video link from Bristol prison, had been shaking his head as he summarised the evidence against him.

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Moore, who was 21-year-old at the time of the offence had used Snapchat to contact the girl from the New Forest area who cannot be named for legal reasons.

He then drove across the country from his home in Station Road, Croydon to meet his victim who was accompanied by a friend.

The officer in the case, Detective Sergeant, Claire Ratcliffe told the Daily Echo how at first the girls thought Moore, 24, was "kind and funny".

However, at some point his victim "ended up on her own" and he sexually assaulted her.

The girls reported the rape which he denied to the police straight away.

On Tuesday, a jury delivered a unanimous guilty verdict and convicted Moore on one count of rape following a seven day trial at Southampton Crown Court.

Prosecution barrister, Tim Moores, read out a victim impact statement which said how the girl's life had been ruined and how the event will be with her forever.

Extracts from the statement said: "During the time he had locked me in the back of the car I was terrified he was going to kill me."

"I have to live the rest of my life knowing what he did to me. I will never escape it."

She has suffered sleepless nights and has cried herself to sleep, the court heard.

Defending, Len Furlong, argued Moore has no relevant previous convictions.

He added that the fact the case had taken since 2018 to be dealt with was also a mitigating factor.

During sentencing, Judge Nicholas Rowland said: "She repeatedly said stop and you did not do so."

Moore wept as he was jailed for six years and six months.

He will have to register as a sex offender for life.

DS Claire Ratcliffe said: "I am absolutely delighted with the result.

"I just can't commend the victim enough for the strength she has shown over the last two years.

"I hope that it can be of some closure for her."

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A WEYMOUTH man has been jailed for four years and two months for grooming offences involving a 14-year-old girl. Matthew Lucas Cheshire, aged 21 and of Ranelagh Road, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court today after admitting three offences of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and a charge of sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to a total of four years and two months in prison with an extended licence period of a further two years. The defendant was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for a period of 10 years. Cheshire who was 20 at the time was first arrested by officers from Dorset Police on August 6, 2020 following a report from a third party that he had been involved in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl who he had contacted over social media. When he was interviewed, the defendant said he had been in contact with her over social media but denied any sexual contact or communication. Cheshire was released on police bail and his phone was seized for examination. It revealed messages exchanged between the defendant and the 14-year-old girl involving sexualised content and there were references to sexual activity that had taken place between them. He was further arrested on September 10 following reports that he had been seen with the girl, in breach of his bail conditions. It was also found that Cheshire had continued to message the girl in a further breach of the terms of his bail. Detective Constable Andy Hale, of Dorset Polices Child Exploitation Team, said: Matthew Cheshire groomed his young victim over social media and engaged in a sexual relationship with her, despite knowing her age. Even when he was arrested and given bail conditions not to contact her, he continued to message the girl and meet up with her. Cheshire has received a significant sentence for his offending and the victim has been safeguarded as a result of a detailed investigation. I hope this will encourage anyone else who is the victim of this type of offending to come forward in the knowledge that action will be taken and offenders will be prosecuted.

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Michael Geoffrey Smith befriended the parents of one of boys to convince them he could be trusted to be alone with him.

The judge ruled Smith had "caused him grave, permanent and serious psychological harm and impacted greatly on his life", labelling it "sick sexual abuse".

Smith, who previously lived in Freemantle Close, Oakridge, had denied seven charges of sexual abuse relating to incidents in the 1980s, before being convicted by a jury.

Guildford Crown Court had heard how the 66-year-old, who was also convicted for similar offences in the 1970s and 1990s, ran a film club in the early 1980s in his maisonette for children in the estate to attend.

Throughout the rest of the summer holidays, he sexually abused the primary school-age boy multiple times, claiming that he was teaching him about sex.

He said that it was "their secret" and that no one would believe the boy if he told them what had happened.

As a result of all the abuse, one victim admitted he had attempted to take his own life on more than one occasion.

Smith was sentenced to eight years in prison, of which he must serve two thirds. The sentence, which had a starting point of 12 years, was reduced on the grounds of his deteriorating health and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on prisoners.

He was also ordered to pay a total of £3,250 of compensation to the victims, and a £149 victim surcharge.

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A prominent Isle of Wight businessman has admitted a string of child sexual abuse offences.

Peter Tomlinson, of Baring Road, Cowes, has pleaded guilty to 12 counts at the Isle of Wight Crown Court today (Friday).

The charges include making 47 category A photos, 148 category B photos and 353 Category C photos.

He has also admitted paying a mother in the Phillipines, over the internet, to commit sexual acts on her children, aged 10 and 12, and paying her for indecent photos of the children.

He has been remanded in custody until sentencing in March - and has been warned he faces a jail term.

The 63-year-old was remanded in custody at an initial hearing at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court on November 18.

The former president of the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce was charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into child sexual abuse across the world.

Tomlinson paid to watch live-streams of children being sexually abused abroad, in countries including the Philippines.

Today (Friday), Tomlinson has admitted five counts of paying for the sexual services of a girl under 13, two counts of causing or inciting the sexual exploitation of a child under 13, two counts of intentionally encouraging/assisting the commission of an either way offence and three counts of making indecent photographs/pseudo photographs of a child.

Recorder Jane Rowley said: "A significant term of imprisonment may be justified."

The matter will now be adjourned for sentencing on March 5.

Defending, Elisabeth Bussey-Jones has asked for pre-sentence reports.

He is required to add his name to the sex offender's register.

A member of the Catholic church, he was the owner and director of Betapak and children's soft play business JR Zone. JR Zone has since changed hands and is under new ownership.

He was also chief executive of IW business Education Destination, which arranges bespoke school visits to the Isle of Wight.

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A Deptford security guard who raped a woman who mistook his car for a mini-cab while on duty has been jailed.

Sola Austin Warikwah, 39, of Albyn Road, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, December 17, where he was jailed for seven years for rape, having been found guilty in September.

He was also issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), and was placed on the sex offenders register for life.

The victim had been drinking in a nightclub in Bethnal Green before she arrived around the Embankment area in central London, encountering Warikwah in the early hours of Easter Monday, April 22, 2019.

Warikwah, a security patrol manager for contractor Securitas, was tasked with visiting sites and patrolling areas of central London between 7pm on April 21 and 7am on April 22, including the car park in Belgravia where the victim was raped.

During her ordeal, the victim, who was in her 20s, managed to send messages to a friend.

She wrote: “I’ve been raped. I feel sick. This taxi won’t take me home. I’m scared.”

She later managed to escape the car, taking photographs of her assailant as he walked away.

Warikwah was arrested at his home address in Deptford two days later.

Detective Sergeant John Paton, of Westminster Sapphire Team in the Safeguarding Unit, said:

“Sola Austin Warikwah is a predatory sex offender who targeted a vulnerable, unsuspecting woman travelling alone.

“Due to the courage and quick thinking of the victim, assistance from the public and the veracity of the investigation, a dangerous offender has been placed where he is no longer a threat to women.

“I sincerely hope that the sentence handed down today encourages other victims of sexual offences to come forward.”