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A PERVERT jailed for preying on young boys while he was a teacher in the Kidderminster area has been sentenced for further offences. Jonathan O'Brien, 61, spent more than a decade grooming young boys while he taught at Winterfold House School as well as schools in West Sussex and Oxfordshire during the 1980s and 1990s. Twisted O'Brien was already serving time for sexual offences against young boys when he was convicted for the second time last month. It took the victim more than 20 years to report the traumatic events which happened while he was a teenage student and O'Brien was a teacher at Seaford College, Petworth in West Sussex in 1992. It was revealed just a handful of years earlier O'Brien indecently assaulted male students up to 170 miles away in Worcestershire and Oxfordshire. In 2014, O'Brien was found guilty of sexually abusing pupils in his care during the 1980s - including five charges of gross indecency and 15 counts of indecent assault, all of which he had denied and he was cleared of two further indecent assaults. Twelve of the offences were committed against seven boys at Winterfold House School - where he taught subjects including sports and photography - between 1980 and 1985 and the others were committed against three pupils at The Oratory School, near Reading, between 1985 and 1989. Police Constable Yvonne Daddow said the former teacher pretended to have an interest in computers to groom the young boy, who kept the distressing experiences to himself. She said: "This offending came to light when the victim contacted us for the first time in 2017. "Having courageously come forward he supported our investigation and was ready to give evidence in court if necessary. "It became clear that O'Brien had used an allegedly mutual interest in computers to in effect gradually 'groom' the boy into sexual activity, in O'Brien's study at the school and his home in Oxfordshire. "The boy kept the distressing experiences to himself for more than 20 years until an chance family discussion to some media coverage on the general subject of sexual offending triggered him into coming forward. "This case is another example of the way in which we will always take such reports seriously, no matter how long ago they relate to, and will seek to help achieve justice for victims wherever possible." It was added that Seaford College has cooperated with the investigation by West Sussex Safeguarding Investigations Unit and the indecent assaults are unconnected with current or recent management of the school and it's pupils. O'Brien pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent assault when he appeared at Guildford Crown Court on May 24. The former teacher, from Bosham, West Sussex, denied two further counts of indecent assault on the same boy, which will lay on the court file. He was handed two and-a-half years to run concurrently to a previous sentence relating to sexual assaults against boys in Kidderminster and Oxfordshire. He was sentenced to 13 years at Chichester Crown Court in 2014 for the vile attacks which happened between 1980 and 1989. He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and handed a Sexual Offence Prevention Order (SOPO) which severely restricts his contact with any children.

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A "FOOLISH" Southampton sex offender lied to police about his real address, because he was afraid of losing his home and job.

Andrew Portelli was given a suspended sentence just last month after attempting to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl at a supermarket car-park in Southampton.

The 49-year-old was told to register his address with police, as part of the requirements of his sexual harm prevention order.

But he gave police the wrong address, because he was living and working as a night porter at The Elizabeth House Hotel, on The Avenue, in Southampton.

Portelli believed he would lose both if his job and accommodation if his employers found out.

But police later informed them of Portelli's sentencing, which was reported in the Daily Echo, and he was sacked.

Appearing at Southampton Crown Court, Portelli was given a six week prison sentence by Judge Gary Burrell QC, who described his actions as "astonishingly stupid".

The court heard how Portelli had breached the order just days after his sentencing, on February 8 this year.

During that sentencing, it was revealed how Portelli had sent inappropriate messages to a member of a paedophile hunter group, posing online as a 14-year-old girl.

He sent messages inviting the girl to shower with him before arranging a meeting at an Aldi car park in Portswood, where he was confronted by the paedophile hunters.

He was given a six-month suspended sentence after admitting to engaging in sexual communications with a child.

Just days later, he was found to have lied about his address.

In mitigation, Gemma White said Portelli had been "foolish".

She said: "He was concerned for his employment at the hotel if he made them aware of these matters and he would lose that accommodation, which was source of stability for him."

Judge Gary Burrell QC also described Portelli's actions as "astonishingly stupid".

He said: "You must have realised that not giving police the right information would have caused a breach of your order."

Portelli, who had been in custody for a month since his arrest, was jailed for six weeks as punishment, meaning he was eligible for immediate release.

He was also ordered to complete an extra 50 hours of unpaid work, which will be added to his previous punishment of 100 hours.

His six month suspended sentence remains in place.

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A sex offender who tried to claim a ‘child sex doll‘ was for an art project has been jailed.

Donald Styles, 61, said he purchased the 3ft doll, which had realistic sex organs, for a university application after it was intercepted at customs.

Police raided his home in Newton Abbot, Devon, and found 149 films and images of child abuse including rape, the BBC reports.

A judge said his story was “ridiculous” and jailed him for 18 months.

Exeter Crown Court heard Styles, a former Plymouth University art student, had told police he wanted the doll for a project he needed to submit as part of an application for a masters degree course at the university.

Judge David Evans told Styles: “If you needed a doll, there were plenty you could have bought legally. There was no reason whatsoever it had to be a child sex doll.

“Your explanation is utterly ridiculous and I reject it completely. This offence is so serious that only immediate imprisonment is justified.”

Jason Beal, prosecuting, said an investigation was launched by the National Crime Agency when Styles tried to import the doll from China in 2016.

His home was raided in February 2018 and the images were found on CD ROMs which were made in the early 2000s.

In reality 149 films and images were recovered of which 72 fell in the worst category, depicting child rape.

There was also a video he had made of a naked five-year-old child.

Inquiries with Plymouth University also showed he had not made any recent application for any courses.

Paul Dentith, defending, said the offences had taken place a long time ago and there was no evidence of any direct physical offending against children.

Styles, of Oak Place, Newton Abbot, admitted one count of producing and three counts of possessing indecent images of children.

He was jailed for 18 months, put on the sex offenders register for 10 years, restricted from contacting children and will have his internet activity monitored.

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A "pathetic and isolated" Scout leader has been jailed for attempting to meet a "14-year-old boy" for sex.

Matthew Thomson, 36, of Littleham Close, Bransholme, pleaded guilty to searching for indecent images of young boys on the internet, as well as grooming what he thought was a 14-year-old named David on homosexual dating app Grindr.

However, "David" was actually a fake profile created by a paedophile hunting group Keeping Our Kids Safe.

A hearing at Hull Crown Court heard that after "David" told Thomson he was just 14, the conversation continued and Thomson attempted to set up a meet for sex.

However, he then realised the profile of "David" was actually fake and so contacted Keeping Our Kids Safe, who then issued an ultimatum.

Judge Roger Thomas QC, sentencing said: "At some point he got wind of the fact this this wasn't what he thought it was and it was a set up to try to discover people like him.

"He tried to get out of the hole he was in and contacted the group."

The vigilante group eventually gave Thomson an ultimatum and told him that if he did not hand himself over to police, they would release his personal details on their Facebook page.

Thomson - a Beaver Master in charge of young Scouts between the ages of six and eight - met the paedophile hunting group in May last year and they filmed him outside Clough Road Police Station before he handed himself in.

In the video, Thomson admits saying to "David", after finding out that he was 14, that they could start with "kissing and touching" before going onto a sexual act.

Defending, Mr Harold Bloomfield, said: "There was nothing to suggest that David was a child, Grindr is for over 18's and contact was made. The defendant accepts that the pictures showed someone who appeared as being 14, and first contact wasn't as a 14-year-old, as no 14-year-old should be on Grindr."

He went on to add that Thomson is of good character and has been in the same job since leaving school, although this has since ended after the video went on Facebook.

Mr Bloomfield also added there has "never been any concerns expressed by those he had charge of, or their parents, that they were any any risk of him."

After a police interview, Thomson's personal computer was recovered and was found to have seven indecent images of Category B, and 16 images in Category C.

However, Thomson told the probation service that he had "no sexual interest in children".

Prosecuting, Mr Philip Evans told the court the images featured black rectangles, covering the private parts of the children used in the photos which "could be an attempt to confuse the software" used by the IPS and authorities to detect indecent images.

The sentencing hearing also heard that during forensic examination of Thomson's computer, it was found he had searched terms of indecent images including those of "young gay boys," "very, very, very young boys", and worryingly, "Scouts".

Judge Thomas described Thomson as a "lonely, pathetic individual" who lives with his mother and his brother.

He said: "His use of the internet and what he is interested in, and the fact he was able to get involved with the scouts is disturbing.

"As well as having a job you have been involved with the Scout movement and have been involved with the most junior, the Beavers, who are very young boys, who will move in later years to the Cubs and Scouts.

"When you joined them, maybe it was because you were wishing to give them good service to a good organisation.

"The suspicion may be though that you had some sort of interest in them young boys that was unhealthy, however it cannot be said that you acted anyway untoward.

"The three charges do show an unhealthy interest in sexual activity with a child. You said you had no sexual interest in children, that can't be right. What brought the police to your door was that you attempted to meet a 14-year-old boy for sex."

Sentencing to 12 months in jail, as well as to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order, Judge Thomas said: "This is a serious case. This sentence seeks not just to punish you but to send a message that people who access material are at risk of going to prison, and people who commit sexual offences with boys as young as 14 will go to prison."

Thompson must also sign the Sex Offenders Register for ten years.

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Both men were found guilty by a jury of two counts each of raping the 13-year-old A pair of depraved paedophiles have been found guilty of raping a boy aged 13. Sick duo John Cox and Jamie Cross twice raped the teenager in 2005 before being arrested years later. The victim went through years of torment and eventually found evidence to convict the pair, one of whom admitted to the sexual activity in a Facebook message, LeicestershireLive reports . Both men were found guilty by a jury of two counts each of raping the 13-year-old. In a personal impact statement, the victim admitted: "I felt angry at what they'd done to me and my body." He described the abuse as affecting his education and sending him off the rails for several years, and said he suffered recurring nightmares with the defendants' "faces coming out of the walls and shouting at me." When messaging them on Facebook, years later, he said he felt "fear and disgust." Although both defendants denied the rapes, Cross had referred to sexual activity having taken place when the victim later engaged him in text conversations - which was evidence used in court. Sentencing the pair to substantial terms in jail, Judge Robert Brown said: "You were both in your mid-20's at the time and the complainant was 13. "The circumstances in which you abused him were a gross breach of trust by you." Judge Brown told Cox, 38, and Cross, 37, both of Simons Close, Wigston Harcourt, near Leicester: "You took advantage of him and you raped him twice." Cox raped the boy during two incidents - including when Cross also took turns and twice raped the victim. Judge Brown said: "I can't and don't attempt to begin to describe the pain and suffering he's gone through ... the pain is real, it's lasting and will never leave him." The judge said the victim was accused of lying during the trial and added: "For him it was like going through it all again. "You're both still in denial and still maintain you didn't abuse him. "The jury by their verdicts have found you guilty - and guilty you are in the way described. "It was a clear abuse of trust, you planned these encounters and took advantage of this young boy." The court heard both defendants had previous convictions relating to child pornography and were given suspended sentences in 2017. Judge Brown told the defendants: "There's no remorse, there's no previous good character, there's no mitigation apart from what I've already referred to in your character references." He said both defendants would receive "sex offenders' treatment" whilst in custody. During the trial, Richard Thatcher, prosecuting, said the boy had got to know them when they were running a first aid service, providing medical care at public events. Mr Thatcher said that when the victim became an adult: "He entrapped Cross in a conversation on Facebook. "He wanted to get them to admit what they'd done." Giving evidence in the trial caused the victim's fear and pain to resurface that he described afterwards "felt like a tornado." The complainant said the court process had proved successful and added: "I hope if anything similar happened to anyone else, I suggest they come forward." James Varley, mitigating for Cross said: "For the most part he's lived a hard working and respectable life." He said: "It was one incident. "There was a break and then a resumption; not an ongoing course of conduct as the two offences were within the same episode." He said the offences happened 14 years ago and added: "He knows he's going to spend a period of time in custody. Paul Fleming, for Cox, said that references spoke well of the defendant regarding many positive aspects of his life. He added: "The references speak of how he has been well regarded by others who know him." Cox and Cross were each jailed for 12 years. They were placed on life-time sexual harm prevention orders and will have to record all future addresses on the police sexual offenders' register. Both were "automatically barred" from ever working with children, the judge said. The defendants were also on trial accused of less serious sexual assaults upon the same victim, during the same period, but both Cox and Cross were acquitted by the jury on those counts.

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Crimes include the rape of a teenage girl A Staffordshire driving instructor has been convicted for raping a child and "abusing his position to sexually assault female pupils". Martyn James Rees, 37 has today, Friday, March 22, been convicted at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. He was found guilty of numerous sexual offences, including rape, two counts of sexual activity with a child, sexual assault, two counts of attempted sexual assault, six counts of making indecent photographs of a child and possession of an extreme pornographic image. Rees pleaded guilty to assault by penetration, two counts of sexual assault, four counts of making indecent photographs of a child and two counts of cannabis possession at an earlier hearing. His eight victims were aged between 14 and 25 at the time of the offences, which took place between 2015 and 2018. Rees, of West Avenue in Stoke, was arrested on Friday, March 8, following reports that a 14-year-old had been raped. An examination of his mobile phone found indecent images of children and led to the identification of further victims, leading to him being rearrested. He has not been able to operate as a driving instructor since March 2018. Speaking about the case, Detective Inspector Simon Caton from Staffordshire Police's Child Protection and Exploitation Team said: "Rees has spent years abusing his position as a trusted driving instructor to commit sexual offences against his pupils. "He also sexually assaulted a vulnerable 14-year-old girl, following a chance encounter with her. "I would urge anyone who has been a victim of such crimes to come forward and report this to us, we will listen and you and your families will be supported by specially-trained detectives and social workers. "If you are or have been a victim or you are worried about something, and you don't feel ready to talk to the police, please speak to someone you trust." Rees has been remanded and will be sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court at a later date, which is yet to be decided.

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AN ABINGDON man has been given a five year jail sentence for a string of child sexual offences.

Linus Rickett, 20, of the Holt, pleaded guilty to the counts - involving boys between nine and 13 - and was sentenced yesterday at Oxford Crown Court.

He was also given a further three years on extended licence after admitting to 13 counts involving 10 boys.

Police say he was a 'prolific offender' who pretended to be a young girl and filmed boys using urinals.

Seven counts involved inciting boys under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

He also admitted to three counts of voyeurism and three counts of making indecent images of a child (one in categories A, B and C respectively).

Senior investigating officer Detective Inspector Ali Driver, of Force CID based at Abingdon police station, said: “Rickett is clearly a prolific offender, targeting young boys to abuse for his own sexual gratification.

“Rickett committed these crimes by pretending he was a young girl of a similar age to the victims online and by filming boys using urinals.

“Crimes of this nature will not be tolerated in the Thames Valley and we ask that anyone who believes they could be a victim of this type of crime or knows a child that could be affected to get in touch.

“Cases of this nature will always be thoroughly investigated to ensure every effort is made to take them through the criminal justice system.”

Rickett will also be placed on the sex offender register for life and will be issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

The offences took place between February 2017 and October 2018.

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A MAN arrested in an anti-paedophile police sting at a York supermarket has been jailed for three years.

Christopher George Walton, 33, was sitting in a Berlingo van whose rear seats had been removed and had “a large supply of condoms” and other items that could be used in sexual activities, said Paul Newcombe, prosecuting.

He was waiting to meet a schoolboy nearly 13-year-old called “Noah” whom he had told via social media he would meet him at a Lidl supermarket car park, take for a drive and “see what happens”.

But in reality “Noah” didn’t exist. His profile on Grindr social media had been created as part of a police operation and 15 minutes before he was due to arrive at 4pm on January 14, police pounced.

“The defendant was shaking as he was arrested and said “I knew it”,” said Mr Newcombe.

Walton, of Ingleborough Avenue, Tang Hall, pleaded guilty to two offences of attempting to incite a child into sexual activity and one of attempting to meet a child after sexual grooming.

He was jailed for three years, put on the sex offenders’ register for life and made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order curbing his contact with boys under 16 and use of the internet and electronic devices.

Mr Newcombe said “Noah” had told Walton at the start of their exchanges in early January he was “nearly 13” and that he was at school. Walton had been the first to turn their exchanges to sexual content, and had asked him more than once to send him a sexual picture of himself. “Noah” had not done so.

For Walton, Keith Allen said as part of their Grindr exchanges, the 33-year-old had told “Noah” he was too “skint” to buy him a McDonalds and they wouldn’t be able to drive far because he didn’t have much fuel.

On two occasions, he had also not contacted “Noah” for days at a time and “Noah” had resumed the contact

At the time of the offences, Walton had been suffering from depression, but not on medication.

As soon as he had been released following his arrest, he had gone to his GP and got anti-depressants.

Mr Allen said police must have submitted a profile with a false date of birth because Grindr was restricted to adults.

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The victim of Paul Maiden's drink and drug-fuelled sex attack is now looking to the future, Teesside Crown Court heard A woman went through "pure hell" when a rapist forced himself on her while she was sleeping next to her boyfriend. Now she says she is looking to the future as sex attacker Paul Maiden, 33, starts a long prison sentence. A judge said she hoped the woman could take comfort from the fact a jury believed her and convicted the rapist. Maiden had been drinking and taking cocaine when he began raping the woman while she and her boyfriend slept. She awoke to find him having sex with her, Teesside Crown Court heard on Wednesday. "Initially she thought it was her boyfriend then realised that he was asleep next to her and realised it was you," Judge Deborah Sherwin told Maiden. "There was something of a struggle. "She was left covered in bruises. It isn't clear to me at all how this happened. Something happened to cause her that bruising." Woman suffered post-traumatic stress disorder The woman's boyfriend woke up to her shouting that Maiden had raped her, and he chased Maiden away. Maiden was cut to the hand with a knife, and the boyfriend gave evidence that he felt he had to defend himself from the rapist. In a moving statement the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she went through "pure hell". Prosecutor Paul Newcombe said: "She has lost her self-esteem and it's compounded issues she had. "She's still suffering from depression and a form of post-traumatic stress disorder but is looking forward to the future with confidence." Judge Sherwin said the woman was particularly vulnerable as she was sleeping. She said the victim was also affected by alcohol as she was found to be four times the alcohol limit for driving afterwards. 'It's had a profound effect on her life' "It's had a profound effect on her life," added the judge. "She sets out in her statement the attempt she has made to take her own life. "I can only hope that she gains some comfort from the jury's verdict in this case." Maiden, of Hartlepool Marina, denied rape but was convicted by a jury after a trial last week. He had no previous convictions for sexual offences and had been out of trouble since a drink driving offence in 2010. 'Quite excessive levels of drinking' Robin Denny, defending, said: "No relevant convictions. He's never been sent away. "An incident which would never have happened if there hadn't been a background of quite excessive levels of drinking." Passing sentence, Judge Sherwin said: "It could be argued she has suffered from severe psychological harm. "The best mitigation is that you have no relevant previous convictions. "You are effectively of good character and have never served a custodial sentence before." Maiden was jailed for eight years. He was given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order banning him from contacting the victim, and will be on the sex offenders' register for life.

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The 16-year-old who raped and murdered Alesha MacPhail has been sentenced to a minimum of 27 years behind bars after he finally admitted his crime. During his trial, Aaron Campbell had repeatedly denied he abducted, raped and killed the six-year-old on the Isle of Bute last July. But he admitted his offences to a psychologist preparing a report to the court ahead of his sentencing. Judge Lord Matthews imposed a life sentence for the "brutal" murder. He set the punishment part of the sentence, before Campbell can apply for parole, at 27 years. Lord Matthews said Campbell's crime had caused "revulsion and disbelief". He said Alesha had been violated and murdered and told Campbell he was a "cold, callous, calculating, remorseless and dangerous individual". The judge read out Campbell's "cold blooded and horrific" account of his actions that night and how he described seeing Alesha asleep in her room as "a moment of opportunity". Campbell's confession was contained in the criminal justice social report and the criminal psychologist's report, which were prepared ahead of his sentencing. The report by the forensic clinical psychologist Dr Gary Macpherson quoted Campbell as saying: "At any other time in life murder would not have been the conclusion. "If I was a year younger I don't think I would have done it. "All I thought about was killing her once I saw her." In his sentencing statement, the judge said the teenager had shown breathtaking arrogance during the trial and had failed to plead guilty despite overwhelming evidence against him. He said he had shown "a staggering lack of remorse". "Not once did I detect a flicker of emotion from you," the judge said. Lord Matthews said it would be for others to decide if Campbell would ever be released, indeed, he said his reintegration into society might be "impossible". During his nine-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month, Campbell claimed he had never met his victim and lodged a special defence naming the 18-year-old girlfriend of Alesha's father as the killer. The judge said this was a "cruel travesty of the truth" and said the woman he blamed, Toni McLachlan, was "completely innocent". The judge said he was "shocked" by the clear admissions of guilt in the background reports, especially after the "tissue of lies" Campbell had told in court. The psychologist said that on the night of Alesha's death Campbell had been drinking and wanted cannabis so he decided to go into her father's home to get some. Alesha's father had previously sold him the drug. In his sentencing statement, Lord Matthews said Campbell had carried Alesha to a secluded spot where he raped and murdered her "in the most brutal fashion". He told the teenager: "You said that Alesha was drowsy and became a bit more awake when you went out. "At one point she asked who you were and where you were going. "You said you were a friend of her father and that you were taking her home." 'Harmful behaviour' Campbell gave Alesha his coat because she was cold. The judge said that over the next few days Campbell was unconcerned about what had happened, and was "slightly amused" that the police had not caught him. The court heard that the teenager had said he was "quite satisfied by the murder". The judge said Campbell told Dr Macpherson that at points during the trial it took "everything to stop laughing" and he had to "zip his mouth". Lord Matthews said the reports concluded that Campbell was not suffering from a mental health disorder but showed a total lack of victim empathy. Alesha, from Airdrie in Lanarkshire, was just days into a holiday when she was abducted from her bed. She was reported missing from her grandparents' home on Ardbeg Road, near Rothesay, at 06:23 on 2 July last year. Dozens of islanders joined the search for the child but at 08:54 her naked body was discovered in a wooded area in the grounds of the former Kyles Hydropathic Hotel. A post-mortem examination later revealed she had suffered 117 injuries and died from significant pressure being applied to her face and neck. After the sentence was read out family members shouted "evil" and "beast" as Campbell was led down to the cells.

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HGV driver John Ellison, 64, of Walton Road, Farlington, was found guilty of two charges of actual bodily harm and a single charge of raping a woman, a Crown Prosecution Service spokeswoman said.

The offences date back to the 1990s.

A judge at Preston Crown Court ordered him to sign the sex offenders' register for life when he was sentenced in February.

Ellison denied the charges against him.

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Copnor resident Michael Palmieri started up conversations with a number of boys before attempting to seduce them between 2010 and 2017, Portsmouth Crown Court heard.

But 60-year-old Palmieri, who also had a catalogue of vile indecent images and movies of children crying while being abused, was eventually caught out by an online police investigation.

The court heard how the defendant, who previously served 21 months in jail in 2003 after he crept into a 10-year-old boy's bed before touching him, had tried to maintain his innocence.

But his desperate attempts to convince police that he was not 'interested in boys' was shown up as bare-faced lies after overwhelming evidence of his offending.

Prosecutor Natasha Dardashti said: 'The defendant said he thought he was talking to men posing as boys after revealing it was a fantasy of his.

'In one exchange of messages, a boy said he was 14 years old and Mr Palmieri said he was 56.'

In other conversations the defendant pretended he had a son he abused and made graphic overtures to those on the receiving end in the chat rooms – including comments 'I would love to see you naked' and 'that's me daddy'.

During police interview in May 2018, Palmieri denied his involvement in the offences. Ms Dardashti said: 'During his conversations online he said he thought the people he was talking to were adults posing as young boys.

'He denied ever wanting to meet up and also denied he sent images. He said he had no interest in children but was just lonely and wanted someone to talk to. There was grooming behaviour and planning to what he was doing.'

In defence, Rob Bryan, said the images sent to chat room users were not of his own genitalia with his motivation 'role play'.

Police investigations showed the defendant had 134 images on his computer and 132 movies showing various degrees of abuse being inflicted on children.

Palmieri, of Stubbington Avenue, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children, two charges of distributing indecent images and six counts of attempting to incite a child into sexual activity.

The offences were committed while he was serving a suspended prison term for driving while disqualified.

Judge William Ashworth said: 'The effect on these children would have been demeaning and may lead to possible irreparable problem.'

He added: 'The images showed children in extreme stress with some of them tied up with rope while they were crying. You accept your interest in young boys and failed to see the harm in your offending.'

Palmieri, who worked as a supervisor at Balfour Beatty, was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order as well as being locked up for 40 months.

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A top liver surgeon who had online sex chats with a 13-year-old girl has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Dr Timothy Evans, 39, posed as a 15-year-old boy and persuaded his victim to send him intimate pictures of herself.

Evans worked at the Queen Elizabeth and Good Hope hospitals in Birmingham as a registrar and tried to blame a colleague for his crimes.

Last December Evans was found guilty of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity following a trial at Birmingham Crown Court.

On Friday (15/3) Evans, of Harborne, Birmingham, was jailed and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.

He was also handed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.

Jurors heard Evans was arrested on April 20, 2016 on suspicion of engaging in sexual activity in front of a child but was later acquitted.

During the investigation police seized computers from his home and discovered he had set up a fake Skype profile.

Officers found out he was using it to speak to the girl, who was from Norway, in February 2012.

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A SEX offender has been jailed, after breaching the terms of a court order. Simon Fellowes-Welch, 55, of Sutton Close, Ryde, who has a long history of child sex offences, breached the terms of a sexual harm prevention order. The order, made in November 2017, specified that he could not delete any internet browsing history or download file-sharing software, both of which he did, Isle of Wight Crown Court heard. Prosecutor Graham Gilbert told the court how Fellowes-Welch had a history of breaching court orders and had spent time in prison before for child sex offences, including for indecent images of children. In February, Fellowes-Welch's laptop was inspected by police and there was no internet history present and a file-sharing programme was found. For Fellowes-Welch, Oscar Vincent told the court that before the breach, there was 15 months of compliance with the order. Mr Vincent said that the breach was an innocent mistake, made by trying to improve a slow, out-of-date laptop. He had run a system clean up programme in order to clear some memory on the laptop, in the hope that it would improve its performance, but in doing so inadvertently deleted his internet browsing history. He had downloaded the file-sharing software in order to download the clean up programme, Mr Vincent said. Mr Vincent said that as soon as he had realised his mistake, he told his offender manager, who arranged the police inspection of the laptop. Fellowes-Welch was sentenced to one year in prison.

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Stefan Scott, 26, raped three victims and committed almost identical offences against all of the women by punching and strangling them. A controlling monster who physically and sexually abused six women during a seven-year campaign of violence has been caged. Stefan Scott, 26, was convicted of brutally strangling and raping three of the women, subjecting one of them to two violent rape ordeals. He committed almost identical offences against all of his victims, threatening them, calling them derogatory names, punching them and often grabbing them by the throat. The women he sexually assaulted who can't be named for legal reasons told a jury at the High Court in Livingston that Scott would not take no for an answer when he wanted sex and quickly became violent. They gave evidence that the Buckfast drinker would hurl insults at them, calling them stupid bitch, slag, slut or whore and punch them repeatedly if they disobeyed his commands. The jury took three hours to return unanimous verdicts finding him guilty of a total of 21 charges including the rapes, assault to injury and danger of life and making violent threats. A further charge of raping one of his victims while asleep was found not proven and he was acquitted by judge Lord Burns. During the five day trial, the rape victims aged 21, 29 and 33 gave remarkably similar accounts of how Scott would restrict their breathing by compressing their throat as he raped them. The 33-year-old said he held her head under water and raped her three different ways during one terrifying incident. Scott claimed in his own defence that all sexual activity with the women had been consensual and he denied their claims that he wouldn't take no for an answer claiming if the women werent up for sex it didn't happen. He admitted there had been frequent arguments while he was with the females and that he had punched one of the women three times during a row. He flatly denied strangling and raping any of them but the jury didnt believe him. Former partners aged, 25, and 26, told how their relationships with Scott started well but quickly descended into controlling violence. Evidence from a 29-year-old, who has since passed away, was also read out by a police officer. The 25-year-old said he pinned her to a bed with his hands round her throat and compressed her neck for several minutes, restricting her breathing to the danger of her life. She said he also threw a pot of water containing pasta at her forcing her to put her hands up to protect her face. On another occasion he delivered a full-blown punch to her eye bursting her eyebrow and told her to tell people shed bumped into a door. Another time he pulled her by the ankles off a bed so that she landed heavily on the floor The 26-year-old said she spent six months with Scott before she discovered he was cheating on her with the 29-year-old, who was her best friend. During that time she said he would repeatedly shout and swear at her and call her abusive names. After he started seeing the friend, she said she noticed her friend had bruises including a distinctive one in the shape of an iron on her leg. The friend gave a statement to police after being admitted to hospital with severe bruising down her back and choke marks on her neck. She revealed that he had threatened to burn down her home, tried to strangle her and pushed her head on the floor and repeatedly punched her to her injury. She also told police she was subject to the same sort of name calling spoken to by the other witnesses. Following the guilty verdicts advocate depute Cath Harper revealed that Scott, of Rannoch Road, Perth, had previous convictions for domestic abuse and had served two 10-month prison terms, the most recent imposed in August last year. Lord Burns called for reports into Scotts background and an assessment of the risk he poses to the public in general and women in particular before passing sentence at Glasgow High Court on 5 April. He remanded Scott in custody until then. He ordered that Scottish Ministers be notified of the rape convictions under laws for the protection of vulnerable groups and told Scott his name would remain on the sex offenders register indefinitely.