Latest Offenders Uxbridge

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A sex offender who groomed a child online before meeting her in Swale has been jailed.

Asif Mirza was caught with the victim inside his car after concerns were raised by an alert Kent Police employee.

Mirza initially contacted the victim through social media at the start of 2024 and showed sympathy when she disclosed some personal issues that concerned her.

Having gained the girl’s trust Mirza pressured her to send him some indecent images.

They agreed to meet at a park in Sittingbourne on 2 August and, when the victim felt unwell, he encouraged her to sit in the rear of his car which was parked in Avenue of Remembrance.

Indecent act

Mirza then covered the windows to obscure the view of anyone walking past and committed an indecent act in the girl’s presence.

At this point a member of police staff walked past the vehicle and thought it appeared suspicious. Officers were called to the scene and, after knocking on the car windows, Mirza got out followed by the child.

He claimed she was his step-daughter but, when he was unable to give her full name, Mirza admitted they had met online and he was arrested.

Mirza, of Hubbards Close, Uxbridge, London, was later charged. At Maidstone Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to several offences including meeting a child following sexual grooming and sexual activity with a child.

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A 'serial sex offender' who sexually assaulted children and women across West London has been jailed.

Edgar Junior made 'sexual suggestions' to a 14-year-old girl aboard a bus in Uxbridge, and told one woman on another bus that he wanted to have sex with her.

The 47-year-old, of Uxbridge Road, Hillingdon, also harassed and made sexual advances to a woman at her workplace before trying to kiss her teenage relative.

Junior, who spat in the face of a police officer when he was arrested, was jailed for two years and one month at Isleworth Crown Court last Wednesday (June 17).

The court heard that Junior committed an 'escalating pattern of behaviour' against two women and two teenage girls over a number of months in 2019.

On February 11 last year at around 4.30pm, a 14-year-old girl was aboard the top deck of a route 427 bus from Uxbridge when she was approached by Junior, who sat down in front of her and immediately began to make sexual suggestions.

The teenager attempted to ignore him but he continued in his advances and when he attempted to touch her she threatened to call police. The verbal suggestions continued until she became frightened and left the bus.

On April 28 later that year a 26-year-old woman was travelling alone aboard a route 427 from Uxbridge when Junior boarded the bus and walked toward her while touching himself.

He sat in the seat in front of her and began to shout loudly that he wanted to have sex with her. When the bus stopped, the victim got off.

Between June 12 and July 22 Junior harassed a 26-year-old woman at her place of work and made repeated, graphic, sexual suggestions and advances towards her and her teenage relative, who would visit her at work.

Around July 10, Junior approached the teenage girl as she was loading a car and tried to kiss her.

On July 22 the sexual suggestions and intimidating behaviour turned to threats of violence against the 26-year-old woman and teenage girl so, in fear for their safety, they called police.

Junior was arrested on the same day and during arrest he spat in the face of a police officer. When interviewed he denied all allegations and was remanded in custody.

He was eventually charged with a number of sexual, public order and assault offences. In the months that followed he appeared at a variety of hearings making a number of applications to change pleas, until, on June 17 he appeared at Isleworth Crown Court, where he pleaded guilty to all offences.

Junior was jailed for a total of two years and one month. He was also served with a restraining order in relation to the 26-year-old woman and her relative.

Detective Sergeant Ian Beattie, who led the investigation, said after the sentencing: "Junior displayed an escalating pattern of behaviour against two women and two children over a period of months.

"Id like to praise the victims for their courage in contacting the police and for supporting our investigation throughout. Their actions have helped to put a serial offender behind bars where he is unable to cause harm to anyone else.

"I hope that their bravery inspires other victims of violence and sexual abuse to come forward. Contacting the police can be an extremely daunting thing to do, but please be assured, you will be met with specialist support and compassion."

What did Junior plead guilty to?

Junior pleaded guilty to the following offences at Isleworth Crown Court last Wednesday (June 17):

• Sexual communications with a child
• Sexual communications with a child
• Attempted sexual assault
• Section 4 public order
• Common assault
• Assault on an emergency worker

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A man who groomed a teenage girl online before meeting her for sex has been jailed for a string of child sex offences.

Alex Cadwell, 21, was arrested on Friday, August 30 2019 after a report of a rape involving a 13-year-old girl.

It took place in the toilets to the rear of the British Legion on Hollyhedge Road, Cobham on Saturday, 24 August 2019.

A court heard that Cadwell had groomed the victim online over the period of a month, inciting them to commit sexual acts before meeting in real life.

Police said he then engaged in sexual activity with the teenager.

Surrey Police responded and Cadwell was identified, arrested and interviewed. His digital devices were seized and further enquiries revealed extensive online grooming of the victim, together with other offences involving other victims.

He was charged and following a trial in November was found guilty of 22 sexual offences including two counts of sexual activity with a child, making indecent images of child, inciting a child to commit sexual acts and causing a child to watch a sexual act.

Cadwell, of Greenacres Avenue, Uxbridge, appeared at Kingston Crown Court via video link on Friday (January 29), where he was jailed for ten years with a five year extension period.

He was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.

Cadwell will be subject to a strict Sexual Harm Prevention Order on his release.

Investigating Officer Detective Sergeant Alan Poland said: “I hope that this sentence brings some closure to Cadwell’s victims who have shown courage throughout the proceedings from the initial report through to giving evidence in court.

"Further to this I hope that it acts as a deterrent to those who seek to prey on children for their sexual gratification.

"Whether this is done hiding behind a computer screen, or hiding behind an alias in real life offenders will be identified, arrested and prosecuted.”

An NSPCC spokesperson said: "Cadwell’s use of online platforms to groom and abuse a 13-year-old child highlights the risks young people are currently facing on the internet.

“This will have been a terrible ordeal for the victim and we hope she gets all the support she needs to move forward with her life. It is also imperative that online platforms continue to design in safety measures for all the young people who use them."

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A convicted sex offender who planted a spy camera in the ladies' toilet of the new James Bond set has been jailed for 16 months.

Peter Hartley, 50, used a miniature camera triggered by motion and vibration, and propped it behind a toilet at Pinewood Studios to try to record women on June 21.

Hartley, who was a maintenance man at the Studio, was caught after a freelancer noticed the light reflecting from the lens similar to 'light reflecting off the face of a watch' and dismantled the grill.

He was jailed today at Aylesbury Crown Court, Buckinghamshire, and will be on the sex offenders register for ten years.

Prosecutor Daniel Wright told the court the device was marketed as a 'spy camera' and the offender used a piece of tape to cover its LED light to stop it being detected.

Hartley has a history of similar offences starting in 2008 and told his public protection officer at the Met Police he had reoffended, this morning.

He has convictions for placing cameras in a Coventry council building in 2009 and a leisure centre's changing rooms in 2016.

The Uxbridge man has a total of three convictions for eight offences, although at his first conviction he asked for 113 offences to be taken into consideration.

He revealed his reasoning for the incident to the police: 'I suppose sexual gratification is the main reason - as Ive learned from my past whenever something bad or stressful happens I act out.'

And he added how his partner had been in hospital undergoing tests for cancer when he committed the offence at the Studios which had started filming for the 57-year-old British spy franchise in April this year.

He later pleaded guilty to one count of voyeurism at Milton Keynes Magistrates Court.

In a victim impact statement, the young woman who found the camera said she had needed mental health treatment and had suffered from acute anxiety.

She said: 'I am not eating or sleeping properly and I dont feel safe anywhere - I check the whole house for cameras. I dont doubt that I will check every bathroom I go into for the rest of my life.'

The victim added how she believes the defendant shows no remorse and 'must have seen the damage to the victims last time'.

Hartley had completed a sex offenders rehabilitation programme only eight months before reoffending and he claims this 'opened a Pandora's box' in his mind, the court heard.

Jailing him, judge Francis Sheridan said the victims life 'has been devastated by a dirty-minded individual who preys on women using the lavatory where he can compromise them'.

He said he hoped the victims trauma did not continue: 'If it does, it means the perpetrator or voyeurism has won and that cannot be allowed to happen in a decent society.'

The incident was an 'utter betrayal' of Hartley's employers and was carefully planned.

Irfan Arif, defence for Hartley, said the defendant was remorseful and he believed his offending was linked to being sexually abused as a child. The 'urge' to 'record women like this' cannot be explained and the defendant 'needs further help and guidance'.

He added Hartleys elderly father had recently died and he was made his mother's sole carer.