Locations
Sherwood, Nottingham, NG5
Description
Colin Gregory aka Anthony Luckwill
A notorious paedophile from Nottingham offered to pay a young teen in California thousands of dollars to "recruit" young boys to pose naked for his sexual gratification.
Nottingham Crown Court heard how Nottinghamshire Police called in the FBI to help investigate "manipulative and deceitful” Anthony Luckwill, who has been previously jailed in Wales, Ireland and Scotland over the past 20 years but is now living in Sherwood under the new name of Colin Gregory.
Examination of his electronic devices found sick abuse videos, some of which he shared with like-minded perverts and one called “14-year-old and 12-year-old by the pool”.
Handing him a 10-year jail sentence, Judge Michael Auty KC said: “You offered to pay a 15-year-old who lives with his mother in California, the princely sum of $1,000 to appear in a video with you for up to three hours to satisfy your insatiable appetite for teenage boys. This is all set among a backdrop of your truly horrific previous convictions. You pose a high risk to teenage boys and I fear it is virtually certain you will continue to offend in this way.
“There is no doubt you present a serious ongoing danger. You will forever remain an immense danger to those you lust (after). You are a manipulative and deceitful individual when the need arises.”
At the start of the sentencing hearing, prosecutor Stephen Kemp outlined some of the 16 convictions for 60 offences Gregory has on his criminal record. He said they included prison sentences and suspended sentences since 2004 in South Wales, Dublin, Scotland, Guernsey and Nottingham.
The prosecutor said the defendant's address in Pelham Road was visited by the police on September 21, 2023, and his devices were seized and analysed. Mr Kemp said it revealed that, among other deviant behaviour, he was communicating with the teenager in Los Angeles.
He said: “They entered an agreement whereby the defendant would pay him to recruit a number of boys for a photo shoot with him agreeing to pay for footage of up to 100 boys posing either naked or in their underwear. He then incited the boy to have a video chat with him for up to three hours with sexual activity and offered to pay him $1,000 just for that. The FBI became involved who offered information that the boy was 15 years old and lived with his mother in California.”
Gregory pleaded guilty to charges including possession of indecent images of children, breaching a sexual harm prevention order. conspiracy to produce indecent images and inciting a child to engage in sexual communication.
Kevin Waddingham, mitigating, said his client has “largely led an isolated life” and has “very little in the way of a family network”. He said: “He would ask the court to be as lenient as possible. He has a positive outlook about his future and he would ask not to have that crushed.”
The whole sentence is 18 years, made up of 10 years of custody and an eight-year extended licence. It means Gregory will not be eligible to apply for parole until halfway through the custodial element.
He will also remain on the sex offender register for life and has a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.