July 2025 – UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions

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This page provides a transparent, independently compiled record of UK court outcomes relating to child sexual offences recorded during this page.

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JUL 2025
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
REOFFENDERTRUSTCSA

BF25-619 — William Bain

Bain, a former teacher and house master, admitted 11 child sexual abuse offences committed against 11 boys aged 11–14 over a 21-year period between 1978 and 1999 at schools in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dumbarton. He exploited his position of trust to target vulnerable pupils, with the investigation beginning after evidence emerged during the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.

Area: Crieff, Scotland

Court: High Court in Glasgow

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-620 — Gary MacPherson

MacPherson was convicted of rape, sexual offences and stalking committed against eight victims between 2005 and 2022 in Paisley, Glasgow and Orlando. The majority of the victims were children when the abuse began and it continued into adulthood, resulting in an indefinite placement on the Sex Offenders Register and non-harassment orders protecting seven victims.

Area: Paisley, Glasgow & Orlando

Court: High Court in Paisley

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | SOR: life | Non-Harassment Orders: 7 victims

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-621 — Callum Crofts

Crofts sexually offended against five child victims between February 2023 and March 2024. He was convicted after trial of raping a child under 16 before later admitting a further 11 offences, including seven counts of sexual activity with a child and three counts of sexual communication with a child, bringing the total to 12 offences.

Area: Southport, Merseyside

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | SOR: life

Public source:
https://share.google/0tlRqfAYiEEcCg8dW

Media:
Unavailable

CSA

BF25-622 — Martin Prior

Prior sexually abused at least three girls in the mid to late 2000s. He was convicted of six counts of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and one count of causing/inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity after being acquitted of one rape charge and one sexual assault charge, with the offences only coming to light when the survivors disclosed the abuse during a separate police investigation in 2020.

Area: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

REOFFENDERCSA

BF25-623 — Ryland Headley

Headley was convicted of the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne after a 2023 cold case review recovered a DNA profile from the victim’s clothing linking him to the offences. He had previously been convicted of two rapes against elderly women in 1977 after breaking into their homes overnight, and the court ruled he will never be released from prison.

Area: Ipswich, Suffolk

Court: Bristol Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: Life | Minimum term: 20 years

CSA

BF25-624 — Anthony Farr

Farr was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 by penetration and inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity. He was acquitted of a second count of sexual assault by penetration before being sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment, with a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Bradfield Southend, Berkshire

Court: Reading Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | SHPO: 15 years | SOR: life

Public source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20w9w7eqpro

Media:
Unavailable

CSA

BF25-625 — Ashfaq Khan

Khan was convicted after trial of raping and sexually assaulting a child following disclosures the victim made to teachers, which led to a police investigation. He denied the offences but was found guilty, with the court imposing a 21-year custodial sentence.

Area: Luton, Bedfordshire

Court: Luton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 21 years

Public source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddz313n8jzo

Media:
Unavailable

CSA

BF25-626 — Curtis Evans

Evans was convicted after trial of raping his female victim on three occasions in June 2024 and of intentional strangulation, kidnapping, threats to kill, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and stalking. He subjected the victim to repeated violence and coercive abuse before being sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment with lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Glynneath, Neath Port Talbot

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years 6 months (3 years 6 months + extended custodial sentence of 15 years) | Extended Licence: 3 years | SOR: life | Restraining Order: imposed

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF25-627 — Michael Sutherland

Sutherland admitted three breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after deleting internet activity, using software designed to conceal browsing history and possessing three images and two moving images of extreme pornography. He had previously been jailed in 2017 for grooming and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and remained subject to a 10-year SHPO and Sex Offenders Register requirements at the time of the offences.

Area: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Court: Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years

CSA

BF25-628 — Justin McGarry

McGarry was convicted of eight counts of sexually abusing a child under 13 after repeatedly abusing the victim over a four-year period between July 2016 and July 2020 in the Leamington area. The offences came to light following a report to police in 2020, leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction after trial.

Area: Warwick, Warwickshire

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | SOR: life

Public source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04dr5gxk4go

Media:
Unavailable

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA

BF25-629 — Daniel Clift

Clift, who had 69 previous convictions for 135 offences including repeated exposure offences, admitted exposure, breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and assault after approaching a six-year-old girl while naked, touching her head and shoulder and causing significant distress. The court noted this was his fourth conviction for exposure and imposed a new 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and Sex Offenders Register requirements.

Area: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Court: Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

CSA

BF25-630 — Oliver Wade

Wade sexually abused a child over a 10-year period throughout the 1990s and 2000s before the victim disclosed the abuse to police in 2020. Following a lengthy investigation, he was convicted of four offences, including attempted rape and sexual assault, after denying the allegations during interview.

Area: Luton, Bedfordshire

Court: Luton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years 8 months | SOR: life

IIOCCSA

BF25-631 — Jahsiah Semper

Semper admitted 12 offences involving child sexual offences, making and possessing Category A and B indecent images of children, recording a private act and possession of extreme pornographic material. The offences were uncovered after police examined his mobile phone during an investigation, resulting in a 15-year custodial sentence with lifetime notification requirements and a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Basingstoke, Hampshire

Court: Winchester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life | Licence: 5 years | Restraining Order: indefinite

CSA

BF25-632 — Jonathan Philp

Philp admitted multiple sexual offences against a young boy and was remanded in custody following his guilty pleas. He was sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment and made subject to a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Coventry, West Midlands

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: Jul 2022

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years | SHPO: life

CSA

BF25-633 — Cameron Huggins

Huggins was convicted after trial of the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in Inverness in April 2023. He received a four-year custodial sentence, was made subject to lifetime notification requirements and a non-harassment order protecting the victim.

Area: Inverness, Scotland

Court: High Court in Edinburgh

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SOR: life | Non-Harassment Order: imposed

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF25-634 — Shaleem Nazish

Nazish admitted five offences after breaching the conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order and failing to comply with Sex Offenders Register notification requirements. He accessed the internet without permission, used unauthorised devices, failed to present devices for inspection, missed his annual notification and failed to notify police of a new bank card while subject to orders imposed following his 2021 conviction for possessing indecent images of children.

Area: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years

Operation Bookbinder
Cases: BF25-635 • BF25-636
MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF25-635 — Attullah Areen

Areen was convicted of two counts of arranging or facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation involving two girls aged 15 and 16 between 2016 and 2018. The girls were transported to addresses in Coventry, supplied with alcohol and cocaine, and evidence recovered during the investigation supported the prosecution.

Area: Coventry, West Midlands

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years

Public source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg5dmx7vgro

Media:
Unavailable

MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF25-636 — Farhang Taha

Taha was convicted of one count of arranging or facilitating the travel of another person with a view to exploitation involving two girls aged 15 and 16 between 2016 and 2018. The victims reported the offences in 2021, leading to Operation Bookbinder and convictions following a trial.

Area: Coventry, West Midlands

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 18 months

Public source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg5dmx7vgro

Media:
Unavailable

End of Multi Case
CSA

BF25-637 — Neclp Uslu

Uslu was convicted after trial of nine offences against a young girl, comprising six counts of assault of a girl under 13 by touching, two counts of assault of a girl under 13 by penetration and one count of rape of a girl under 13. The offending came to light after the victim disclosed the abuse at school, and Uslu denied the allegations before being arrested on his return to the UK from Turkey.

Area: Pool, Cornwall

Court: Truro Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | Licence: 1 year | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-638 — Sydney Burdon

Burdon was convicted after trial of nine offences against three girls aged between 9 and 16, including rape, two counts of indecent assault, indecent exposure, sexual communication with a child and four counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity. The offending spanned around two decades and came to light after survivors independently disclosed the abuse, leading to a police investigation and unanimous guilty verdicts.

Area: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life | Licence: 4 years

Public source:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20328n1emo

Media:
Unavailable

TRUSTGROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF25-639 — Matthew Myatt

Myatt abused three girls between 2016 and 2022, targeting two at Popham Airfield where he worked and communicating sexually online with a third. He admitted sexual activity with a child, causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography, possession of indecent images of a child, sexual communication with a child and sexual assault, including coercing one victim into sending indecent images in exchange for money.

Area: Winchester, Hampshire

Court: Winchester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life | Restraining Order: imposed

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA

BF25-640 — Denis Swift

Swift, who was convicted of child sexual offences in 2012, admitted breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order and failing to comply with Sex Offenders Register notification requirements after police found he possessed an internet-enabled mobile phone without written approval during a compliance visit.

Area: Chatham, Kent

Court: Medway Magistrates’ Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 months

GROOMINGIIOC

BF25-641 — Joel Dever

Dever admitted six counts of sexual activity with a child, one count of arranging or facilitating a child offence and five offences involving Category A, B and C indecent videos of a child. Police began investigating after hotel staff reported concerns, leading to his conviction and imprisonment.

Area: Liverpool, Merseyside

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 3 months | SOR: life | Restraining Order: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMINGIIOC

BF25-642 — Michael Clarey

Clarey admitted attempting to arrange or facilitate a child sex offence after online communications with someone he believed could provide access to a child, along with five offences involving indecent images of children, possession of a prohibited image of a child and 14 breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Police discovered the offending during an unannounced compliance visit after finding concealed devices at his home.

Area: Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire

Court: Peterborough Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 3 months | Licence: 5 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-643 — Lee Merrison

Merrison targeted a girl known to him from 2020 when she was 11, engaging in sexual communication, exposure and sexual activity over a three-year period. He was convicted after trial and received a Sexual Harm Prevention Order restricting his contact with girls and internet use, together with lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Emneth, Norfolk / Long Sutton, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 10 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-644 — Roderick Bryce-Hagain

Bryce-Hagain was convicted after trial of 32 offences committed against four boys over several years, including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, penetrative sexual activity with a child, causing and inciting children to engage in sexual activity and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. The court deemed him a dangerous offender and imposed an extended sentence.

Area: Oxfordshire and Berkshire (formerly Edinburgh, Scotland)

Court: Oxford Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years | Licence: 5 years

TRUSTIIOCCSA

BF25-645 — Lee Hargrave

Hargrave, a former Metropolitan Police officer, admitted voyeurism and making indecent images of children after installing hidden recording equipment in a child’s bedroom and bathroom between 2020 and 2023. He was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life, made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and an indefinite restraining order, and was subsequently barred from future policing employment.

Area: Egham, Surrey

Court: Guildford Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 13 months + 3 months (2 years) | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life | Restraining Order: indefinite

CSA

BF25-646 — Navroop Singh

Singh received a life sentence after being convicted of offences committed in two separate incidents during October 2024. He was found guilty after trial of attempted rape and admitted further offences involving a child together with imitation firearm offences, with investigators linking the cases through forensic evidence, CCTV and witness enquiries.

Area: Hayes, London

Court: Isleworth Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: Life | Minimum term: 14 years

IIOC

BF25-647 — Scott Thomas

Thomas admitted three counts of making indecent photographs of children, three counts of distributing indecent photographs of children, possession of a prohibited image of a child, possession of extreme pornography and publishing an obscene article. Examinations found hundreds of Category A, B and C indecent images involving children aged approximately six months to 16 years, and he received a rehabilitation requirement and 300 hours of unpaid work.

Area: Malvern, Worcestershire

Court: Worcester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 2 years (2 years) | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-648 — Daniel Hashmi

Hashmi groomed and sexually assaulted a teenage girl at his business premises in Stockport between November and December 2024. He was convicted after trial of three counts of sexual assault, two counts of attempted rape and one count of assault by penetration after providing the victim with alcohol and vapes and using his shop to facilitate the offending.

Area: Levenshulme, Manchester

Court: Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life | Restraining Order: imposed

BF25-649 to BF25-678
GROOMING

BF25-649 — Gareth Davies

Davies was convicted of attempting to engage in unlawful sexual communication with a person he believed was a 14-year-old after online contact during November and December 2024. He later attempted to arrange a meeting before being arrested following an investigation.

Area: Swansea, South Wales

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 18 months

GROOMING

BF25-650 — Suaiel Riaz Haider

Haider was convicted after trial of two counts of rape of a girl under 16 and four counts of indecent assault. The investigation began after the survivor reported the offending in 2021, leading to a 14-year custodial sentence together with lifetime notification requirements and a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Bury, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-651 — Odday El-Saddi

El-Saddi was convicted after trial of 15 offences, including rape of a child under 13 and sexual assault of a child under 13. The victim was 9 years old when the abuse began, with repeated offending taking place between 2019 and 2022 before he was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment and made subject to lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Warrington, Cheshire

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 17 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-652 — Jordan Hutchinson

Hutchinson was convicted after trial of six counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault against two vulnerable teenage girls, with the offending taking place between 2019 and 2021. Messages recovered from his mobile phone supported the victims’ accounts, and he received an extended custodial sentence together with lifetime notification requirements and an indefinite restraining order.

Area: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | SOR: life | Restraining Order: indefinite

TRUSTIIOC

BF25-653 — George Goodier

Goodier, a former nursery worker, admitted three counts of making indecent photographs of children, three counts of distributing indecent photographs of children and possession of an extreme pornographic image. Digital forensic examination recovered 1,861 indecent images and videos of children, 268 distributed indecent images and confirmed the material had been obtained online.

Area: East Cowes, Isle of Wight

Court: Isle of Wight Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF25-654 — David Johnson

Johnson, previously convicted in 2021 for indecent image offences, admitted making indecent images of children, two breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and four failures to comply with Sex Offenders Register notification requirements. Police were alerted by monitoring software installed under his SHPO, leading to the discovery of undeclared internet-enabled devices and further offending.

Area: Edenbridge, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years

TRUST

BF25-655 — Jonathan Bath

Bath, a former teaching assistant, admitted five offences committed while working at a school, including two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity, two counts of non-penetrative sexual activity and one count of inciting sexual activity. The offending was reported in 2024, leading to his imprisonment, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Skegness, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 3 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life

GROOMING

BF25-656 — Callum Palfreyman

Palfreyman admitted causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and engaging in unlawful sexual communication with a 13-year-old after sending explicit messages via Snapchat and attempting to arrange a meeting. The offending was reported after the child disclosed the messages to her mother, leading to a police investigation.

Area: Derbyshire

Court: Derby Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 7 months

GROOMING

BF25-657 — Michael Aley

Aley admitted causing a 15-year-old girl from Warrington to watch sexual activity during multiple Skype video calls between May and July 2021. After failing to return voluntarily to the UK to face proceedings, he was extradited from the Netherlands before pleading guilty and being sentenced.

Area: Odijk, Netherlands

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 10 months | Licence: 10 months | SOR: 10 years

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF25-658 — Jonsen Lamb

Lamb was convicted of attempting to engage in unlawful sexual communication with a person he believed was a 12-year-old child during online contact in April 2025. He was also jailed for breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and failing to comply with notification requirements after officers recovered the relevant communications from his mobile phone.

Area: Seaton, Workington, Cumbria

Court: Carlisle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 1 year 8 months

CSA

BF25-659 — Shaun Lampitt

Lampitt was convicted after trial of three counts of rape committed against his younger sister during the 1980s and early 1990s, when she was a child. The survivor later waived her right to anonymity and reported the long-term impact of the abuse, leading to his conviction and lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Newport, South Wales

Court: Merthyr Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-660 — Scott Salisbury

Salisbury admitted rape and causing a child to engage in sexual activity following offending against a teenage girl over a four-year period. After attempting to evade arrest, he was located by police, later sentenced to 22 years and six months’ imprisonment, and made subject to a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime restraining order.

Area: Coventry, West Midlands

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years 6 months | SHPO: life | Restraining Order: life

GROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF25-661 — Aaron Stevens

Stevens was convicted after trial of 15 offences, including sexual assault of a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to communicate sexually with a child, possession and distribution of indecent images of children and exposure. The investigation began in 2018 after police received reports that he had boasted about his offending online.

Area: Sittingbourne, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | Licence: 4 years | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

IIOCCSA

BF25-662 — William Booth

Booth pleaded guilty to voyeurism offences, making and possessing indecent images of children and possession of an extreme pornographic image, and was convicted of further sexual offences involving a child under 13. The offending took place between 2017 and 2020, and digital evidence recovered during the investigation also identified a second child victim.

Area: Northwich, Cheshire

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years

ORDER-BREACH

BF25-663 — Max Simpkins

Simpkins breached a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by having unsupervised contact with three girls aged eight and nine while attempting to engage them in conversation from his car. CCTV captured the incident, including his actions and voice, leading to his identification and conviction.

Area: Wimblington, Cambridgeshire

Court: Cambridge Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months

TRUST

BF25-664 — Wahid Riaz

Riaz engaged in unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl after collecting her while working as a taxi driver, despite knowing her age during the journey. He denied the allegations and was convicted by a jury following the victim’s evidence and the supporting evidence presented at trial.

Area: Nelson, Lancashire

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-665 — Barry Houston

Houston repeatedly sexually abused a school-aged boy over a sustained period, resulting in convictions for four counts of indecent assault on a boy under 14 and two historic offences involving a boy under 16. Houston denied the offences but was convicted following a trial after the victim reported the abuse decades later.

Area: Hebburn, Tyne and Wear

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 6 months | Extended licence: 1 year | SHPO: life | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-666 — James Thomas

Thomas admitted six child sexual offences involving a girl aged 14–15 over a six-month period. The case included multiple offences against the same child and concluded with guilty pleas.

Area: Morriston, Swansea

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 4 months

BF25-667 — Shane Davis

Shane Davis forced unwanted sexual acts on multiple female victims between 2018 and 2023. After pleading not guilty, he was convicted by a jury of two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault following a trial.

Area: Stone, Staffordshire

Court: Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted: 2 counts of rape | 3 counts of sexual assault | Sentencing listed: 10 Sep 2025

CSA

BF25-668 — James Thomas

Thomas admitted six offences involving one child over a six-month period. The offences included unlawful sexual activity and causing or inciting the child to engage in sexual activity.

Area: Morriston, Swansea

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 4 months

CSA

BF25-669 — Andrew Davies

Davies was convicted of ten historic child sexual offences involving girls after survivors reported the abuse in 2023. He was found guilty by a jury of six offences and had previously pleaded guilty to a further four offences.

Area: Penkhull, Staffordshire

Court: Stafford Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted: 1 count of rape | 6 counts at trial | 4 guilty pleas | Sentencing listed: 29 Sep 2025

CSA

BF25-670 — Nathan Halford

Halford was convicted after trial of multiple historic offences involving one child. The offending took place between October 2021 and July 2022 and resulted in a custodial sentence.

Area: Louth, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SOR: life

TRUSTIIOC

BF25-671 — George Voisey

Voisey admitted three offences involving indecent images of children, including making Category A, B and C images between June and October 2024. The investigation found 12 indecent images on his mobile phone and a Category A video shared via Snapchat.

Area: Unavailable

Court: Lewes Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 6 months (18 months) | SHPO: 7 years | SOR: 7 years

GROOMING

BF25-672 — Alan Topham

Topham admitted offences involving online communication with a person he believed was a child and arranging unlawful sexual activity. He was arrested after attending a pre-arranged meeting with an undercover safeguarding operation and later sentenced at Norwich Crown Court.

Area: Riddlesden, West Yorkshire

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 4 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life

ORDER-BREACH

BF25-673 — Alistair Eccleston

Eccleston pleaded guilty to five breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, with a further ten breaches taken into consideration. The breaches included being in the company of and communicating with a person under 16, despite being subject to the order.

Area: Swindon, Wiltshire

Court: Swindon Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 4 months

TRUST

BF25-674 — Jamie Morgan

Morgan used fake online identities to communicate with three children over Snapchat and admitted offences involving sending indecent images and encouraging unlawful sexual activity. He was identified following a police investigation into his online activity.

Area: Birmingham, West Midlands

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 6 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-675 — Marcus Lee Noble

Noble was convicted after trial of three counts of causing a teenage girl to engage in sexual activity and one offence of failing to disclose the PIN to his mobile phone during the investigation. He denied the offences throughout the investigation and trial.

Area: York, North Yorkshire

Court: York Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 1 month

CSA

BF25-676 — Royston Henderson

Henderson sexually abused one child over a 12-year period between 1997 and 2009. The victim later reported the offences to police, leading to an investigation, conviction and a lengthy custodial sentence.

Area: Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 27 years

CSA

BF25-677 — Graham Lightfoot

Lightfoot was convicted after trial of 11 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault involving two children, one aged as young as 11, between 2000 and 2004. The offences were reported in 2023 following the victims’ disclosures.

Area: Winsford, Cheshire

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 9 months | Restraining Order

CSA

BF25-678 — Stefon Winter

Winter was convicted after trial of five historic offences involving a 13-year-old boy between 1987 and 1989 while the child was employed by him. The offences were prosecuted under the legislation in force at the time they were committed.

Area: Goatacre, Wiltshire

Court: Swindon Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted: 2 counts of buggery | 3 counts of indecent assault | Sentencing listed: 31 Jul 2025

BF25-679 to BF25-708
CSA

BF25-679 — Saptarshi Mitra

Mitra pleaded guilty to multiple offences involving one child after changing his pleas before trial. Sentencing was adjourned until September 2025.

Area: Birmingham, West Midlands

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted: Guilty plea | Sentencing listed: Sep 2025

CSAIIOC

BF25-680 — Benjamin Edgell

Edgell was convicted after trial of offences involving a young child following prolonged abuse between 2018 and 2020. Investigators recovered indecent images and a video from his devices during the investigation, supporting the prosecution case.

Area: Radstock, Somerset

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years | Extended licence: 4 years | SHPO

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-681 — Lee Smith

Smith was convicted of nine offences after abusing a young boy over more than a decade, exploiting a position of trust and normalising the abuse. He was also convicted of attempting sexual communication with a person he believed to be a 13-year-old boy during a separate undercover investigation in 2024.

Area: Rochdale, Greater Manchester

Court: Minshull Street Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years

CSA

BF25-682 — Fayyaz Haider

Haider admitted multiple offences involving children committed over several years between 2015 and 2024. The investigation led to his arrest in October 2024 and he later pleaded guilty before the Crown Court.

Area: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Court: Amersham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 4 months | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

ORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF25-683 — Thomas Freret

Freret groomed a 12-year-old child online in 2020 for sexual conversations, images and videos, encouraging the child to delete messages. His offending breached an existing Sexual Offences Prevention Order that prohibited him from contacting children online, and he admitted all offences after being returned from Spain.

Area: Lancaster, Lancashire

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-684 — Daniel Carter

Carter was convicted after trial of multiple offences involving one child following a prolonged period of abuse between 2019 and 2022. The victim first disclosed the offending in 2022, leading to the police investigation and conviction.

Area: Macclesfield, Cheshire

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SHPO: 20 years | Restraining Order: 20 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-685 — David Wilkinson

Wilkinson was convicted after trial of seven counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault against a school-aged girl, committed in the late 1980s. The victim reported the abuse in 2023, leading to his conviction more than 30 years after the offending.

Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 19 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SHPO: life | SOR: life | Restraining Order: life

Peterlee, County Durham multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-686 • BF25-687
Multi
MULTI CASE

BF25-686 — Neil Willis

Willis was convicted following a trial into historic offences against multiple children. The investigation began after a report to police in 2019 led to additional survivors coming forward.

Area: Peterlee, County Durham

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | SOR: life

Multi
MULTI CASE

BF25-687 — Anthony Douglas

Douglas was convicted following a trial into historic offences against children after denying the allegations. The investigation began after a survivor reported the abuse in 2019, leading additional victims to come forward.

Area: Peterlee, County Durham

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SOR: life

End of Multi Case
CSA

BF25-688 — Ben Cairns

Cairns was convicted after trial of seven offences involving four girls under 16, including six counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 and one count of assault of a child under 13 by penetration. The offences were committed between 2014 and 2020.

Area: Old Leake, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

Public source:
Unavailable

Media:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy8x7v0g8go

CSA

BF25-689 — Richard Brown

Brown was convicted after trial of two counts of indecent assault against a girl under 14 relating to offences committed in the 1980s. The victim disclosed the abuse in 2022 after learning Brown was under police investigation, leading to his conviction.

Area: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 4 months | SHPO | SOR | Restraining Order: indefinite

Public source:
Unavailable

Media:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20e830k038o

CSAIIOC

BF25-690 — Andrew Speers

Speers was convicted after trial following a police investigation into serious offences against a child. He had previously pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children after digital devices were seized from his home.

Area: Birmingham, West Midlands

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 25 years | SOR: life

ORDER-BREACHGROOMINGCSAIIOC

BF25-691 — Joshua MacFarlane

MacFarlane targeted two children online and admitted offences including grooming, sexual communications, causing or inciting a child under 13, distributing indecent images and making indecent photographs. The Northumbria Police POLIT investigation began after intelligence was received, with MacFarlane also sentenced for multiple breaches of an interim Sexual Risk Order.

Area: South Shields, Tyne and Wear

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years 4 months | Extended licence: 4 years | SOR: life

GROOMINGCSAIIOC

BF25-692 — Reece Green

Green was convicted after a Nottinghamshire Police investigation into online offending involving children and indecent image offences. The case included evidence from multiple digital devices, communications with underage social media users in several countries and offences against a child identified during the investigation.

Area: Worksop, Nottinghamshire

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 8 months | Extended licence: 4 years | SHPO: Unavailable

CSA

BF25-693 — Alex Stokes

Stokes was convicted of unlawful sexual activity involving a 15-year-old girl following an investigation into an incident at the 2022 Latitude Festival. Witness evidence and forensic examination supported the prosecution case.

Area: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Court: Ipswich Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 42 months | SHPO: 10 years

ORDER-BREACH

BF25-694 — Liam Paul Shields

Shields breached the terms of an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order by deleting emails and internet browsing history from a device subject to monitoring. Northamptonshire Police MOSOVO officers identified the breach during a routine compliance visit, leading to his arrest and conviction.

Area: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 20 months

CSA

BF25-695 — James Wadhawan

Wadhawan was convicted after repeatedly breaching safeguarding measures intended to prevent contact with a teenage girl. Sussex Police officers located him with the girl on two occasions, leading to his arrest, guilty pleas and conviction.

Area: Penzance, Cornwall

Court: Hove Trial Centre

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years | Restraining Order: indefinite | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-696 — Karl Noble

Noble admitted operating a mobile phone beneath the clothing of a teenage girl without consent in a Weymouth supermarket. CCTV footage and witness evidence formed part of the Dorset Police investigation after the incident was challenged by a member of the public.

Area: Weymouth, Dorset

Court: Weymouth Magistrates’ Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Community Order: 2 years | SHPO: 5 years | SOR: 5 years

ORDER-BREACH

BF25-697 — Charley Currie

Currie admitted two breaches of an interim Sexual Harm Prevention Order after approaching children under 16 in Kendal on two occasions. The breaches were identified by Cumbria Police MOSOVO officers while he was subject to restrictions imposed by Barrow Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Kendal, Cumbria

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 9 months

IIOC

BF25-698 — Patrick Howlett

Howlett directed and financed the abuse of children in the Philippines over several years, making hundreds of payments to facilitators and receiving abuse images and videos. The National Crime Agency investigation led to the identification and safeguarding of 19 child victims through joint work with Philippine authorities.

Area: Kent

Court: Canterbury Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 30 years | SHPO: indefinite

CSA

BF25-699 — Rodney Abbott

Abbott admitted multiple historic offences involving a child over a prolonged period beginning when the victim was five years old. The North Yorkshire Police investigation resulted in convictions for offences committed throughout the victim’s childhood.

Area: Myton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire

Court: York Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years 8 months | SHPO: until further order | Restraining Order | SOR: life

Amesbury, Wiltshire multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-700
MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF25-700 — 16 year old boy

An unnamed 16-year-old was convicted of offences against four teenage girls aged 13 to 15 after targeting them through social media between 2023 and 2024. The Child Abuse Investigation Team investigation established a pattern of offending across four separate incidents involving victims unknown to one another.

Area: Amesbury, Wiltshire

Court: Salisbury Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | Extended licence: 6 years | SHPO: indefinite | Restraining Order: indefinite | SOR: life

End of Multi Case
CSAIIOC

BF25-701 — Steven Loveridge

Loveridge admitted offences involving young children, including inciting children to engage in sexual activity, indecent exposure and possession of Category A indecent images. Evidence recovered during the investigation supported the imposition of a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order described by Dyfed-Powys Police as unprecedented in the force’s history.

Area: Powys

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 7 months | SHPO: 20 years

CSA

BF25-702 — Mark Preedy

Preedy was convicted of historic offences against two girls aged 12 and 13 between 1994 and 1997 after befriending them and supplying alcohol before the abuse. A Thames Valley Police investigation identified the second victim during enquiries, leading to convictions for rape, attempted rape and indecent assault.

Area: Banbury, Oxfordshire

Court: Oxford Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 23 years | SHPO: indefinite

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-703 — David Brennan

Brennan targeted multiple young girls through social media, using threats and blackmail to coerce sexual activity and images. Following a three-week trial, he was convicted of offences including grooming, sexual communications, paying for sexual services of a child and blackmail.

Area: Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire

Court: Hull Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | Extended licence: 5 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life

Unavailable multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-704 • BF25-705
MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF25-704 — Colin Smith

Smith admitted historic offences against three child victims following a Stockton CID investigation launched after one victim reported abuse more than 30 years later. Two further victims were identified during the enquiry, resulting in guilty pleas before the trial concluded.

Area: Unavailable

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years 6 months

MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF25-705 — Kevin Danks

Danks admitted a historic indecent assault against one child victim during the same Stockton CID investigation that uncovered offending dating back more than three decades. He pleaded guilty at the start of the trial before being sentenced at Teesside Crown Court.

Area: Unavailable

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 6 months

End of Multi Case
CSA

BF25-706 — Zafar Hussain

Hussain was convicted of repeated offences against a child under 13 following an investigation by specialist Metropolitan Police detectives. The case resulted in convictions for multiple counts of rape, sexual activity with a child, sexual assault and attempted rape.

Area: South Norwood, London

Court: Harrow Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 19 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SHPO: 25 years | SOR: life

Poulton, Lancashire multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-707 • BF25-708 • BF25-709 • BF25-710 • BF25-711
MultiIIOC
MULTI CASE

BF25-707 — Jack Lomax

Lomax was charged as part of a Lancashire Police investigation into an alleged organised conspiracy involving unauthorised computer access, distribution of indecent images of children and image-based sexual offences. He was bailed to appear before Lancaster Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Poulton, Lancashire

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Guilty plea: Unavailable | Sentencing: Unavailable

MultiIIOC
MULTI CASE

BF25-708 — Sean Robinson

Robinson was charged as part of a Lancashire Police investigation into an alleged organised conspiracy involving unauthorised computer access, distribution of indecent images of children and image-based sexual offences. He was bailed to appear before Lancaster Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Hambleton, Lancashire

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Guilty plea: Unavailable | Sentencing: Unavailable

MultiIIOC
MULTI CASE

BF25-709 — Jamie McGunnagle

McGunnagle was charged as part of a Lancashire Police investigation into an alleged organised conspiracy involving unauthorised computer access, distribution of indecent images of children and image-based sexual offences. He was remanded to appear before Lancaster Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Blackpool, Lancashire

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Guilty plea: Unavailable | Sentencing: Unavailable

MultiIIOC
MULTI CASE

BF25-710 — Christopher Simpkin

Simpkin was charged as part of a Lancashire Police investigation into an alleged organised conspiracy involving unauthorised computer access, distribution of indecent images of children and image-based sexual offences. He was remanded to appear before Coventry Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Solihull, West Midlands

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Guilty plea: Unavailable | Sentencing: Unavailable

MultiIIOC
MULTI CASE

BF25-711 — David Woof (aka David Miller)

Woof, also known as David Miller, was charged as part of a Lancashire Police investigation into an alleged organised conspiracy involving unauthorised computer access, distribution of indecent images of children and image-based sexual offences. He was remanded to appear before Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Fleet, Hampshire

Court: Unavailable

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Guilty plea: Unavailable | Sentencing: Unavailable

End of Multi Case
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF25-712 — John Carver

Carver admitted making and distributing thousands of indecent images of children after spending almost a year evading capture while using aliases and online payment accounts. A complex Norfolk Police investigation traced his online activity, leading to his arrest and the recovery of evidence from his mobile phone.

Area: Unavailable

Court: King’s Lynn Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 6 months | Extended licence: 4 years 6 months | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

REOFFENDER

BF25-713 — Philip Harding

Harding indecently exposed himself inside a charity shop in Devizes in the presence of a woman and her young daughter. Wiltshire Police identified and arrested him following enquiries, leading to his guilty plea and imprisonment.

Area: Seend, Wiltshire

Court: Salisbury Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 months | SHPO: 10 years

CSA

BF25-714 — Stephen Wraith

Wraith was convicted of prolonged indecent assaults against a girl whose abuse began when she was under 10 years old and continued between 1986 and 1993. A Kirklees child safeguarding investigation was launched after she disclosed the offending as an adult in 2022, leading to his conviction following trial.

Area: Isle of Man

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 11 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SHPO: Unavailable | SOR: life

TRUSTIIOC

BF25-715 — Kieran Hornsby

Hornsby, a former teaching assistant, admitted distributing Category A indecent images of children via an X account and voyeurism after Sussex Police recovered digital evidence from devices seized during a 2023 arrest. The investigation involved liaison with prosecutors in Washington DC and victim identification enquiries, and confirmed the offences were unrelated to his school employment or cricket activities.

Area: Arundel, West Sussex

Court: Lewes Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: 10 years | Restraining Order | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-716 — Brian Wills

Wills admitted four counts of assault by touching and one count of assault by penetration involving a girl under the age of 10 following a Hampshire Child Abuse Investigation Team enquiry. The victim disclosed repeated abuse spanning July 2023 to July 2024, leading to his guilty pleas and conviction at Southampton Crown Court.

Area: Dalmellington, East Ayrshire

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 10 months

CSA

BF25-717 — Christopher Hindley

Hindley was convicted of 17 historic offences against a young boy after abusing him over several years in Warrington during the late 1980s and early 1990s. A Cheshire Police investigation resulted in convictions for indecent assault, gross indecency and attempted buggery following a five-day trial.

Area: Lowton, Cheshire

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | Extended licence: 1 year | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSAIIOC

BF25-718 — Billy Ingram

Ingram befriended families to gain unsupervised access to children in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, sexually abusing two boys and persuading a third, aged 10, to send an indecent image. Examination of his mobile phones recovered hundreds of indecent images and videos, enabling investigators to identify additional child victims in Greater Manchester and West Mercia.

Area: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Court: Cambridge Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years | Extended licence: 8 years | SHPO: life

CSA

BF25-719 — Shaun Ashley

Ashley was convicted of offences against a girl under 13 and a girl aged 13–15 following a Cheshire Police investigation after the victim reported repeated abuse in 2021. The offences occurred on at least three occasions in Runcorn between 2014 and 2021, and he was found guilty after a trial.

Area: Runcorn, Cheshire

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years 6 months | SHPO: indefinite | Restraining Order | SOR: life

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-720 — Matthew Cai Pritchard

Pritchard admitted offences involving a girl aged 13 to 16 after first contacting her through social media. The North Wales Police investigation established repeated contact over several years, resulting in convictions for sexual activity with a child and sexual communication with a child.

Area: Caergeiliog, Isle of Anglesey

Court: Mold Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SHPO: Unavailable | Restraining Order: until further notice

TRUSTGROOMING

BF25-721 — Barry Geering

Geering, a former Wiltshire Police officer, admitted attempting to sexually communicate with a child under 16 after a proactive South West Regional Organised Crime Unit investigation into online child exploitation. Following his conviction, a police misconduct hearing concluded he would have been dismissed without notice and he was barred from future policing.

Area: London

Court: Bristol Magistrates’ Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 28 weeks | SHPO: 7 years | SOR: 7 years

TRUSTGROOMINGCSA

BF25-722 — David Graham

Graham, a local authority councillor, was convicted of grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl following offences committed at locations across Fife and Edinburgh between February and August 2023. Following a trial, the court found him guilty and he awaits sentencing.

Area: Fife

Court: Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: Unavailable

Operation Stovewood
Cases: BF25-723 • BF25-724 • BF25-725
MultiCSAOP-NAME
MULTI CASE

BF25-723 — Sageer Hussain

Hussain was convicted following Operation Stovewood of offences against a 14-year-old girl committed in Rotherham in 1999. National Crime Agency investigators identified the victim during enquiries into historic child sexual abuse, leading to his conviction after trial.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: 07 Nov 2025

MultiCSAOP-NAME
MULTI CASE

BF25-724 — Kessur Ajaib

Ajaib was convicted following Operation Stovewood of offences against a vulnerable 14-year-old girl committed in Rotherham between 1999 and 2001. National Crime Agency investigators identified the victim during historic abuse enquiries, resulting in his conviction after trial.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: 21 Nov 2025

MultiCSAOP-NAME
MULTI CASE

BF25-725 — Mohammed Makhmood

Makhmood was convicted following Operation Stovewood of offences against a vulnerable 14-year-old girl committed in Rotherham between 1999 and 2001. National Crime Agency investigators identified the victim during historic abuse enquiries, resulting in his conviction after trial.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: 21 Nov 2025

End of Multi Case
CSA

BF25-726 — Paul Bishop

Bishop admitted eight child sexual offences involving two victims after a Cheshire Police investigation into offending spanning around 15 years. He changed his plea to guilty on the first day of trial and was remanded in custody pending sentencing.

Area: Winsford, Cheshire

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Guilty plea | Sentencing: 15 Sep 2025

CSA

BF25-727 — Robert Grant

Grant pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child under 13 and indecent exposure following an incident in Eastleigh in March 2024. The Hampshire Child Abuse Investigation Team investigation led to his conviction and sentencing at Southampton Crown Court.

Area: Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 4 months | SHPO: 5 years | Restraining Order: 5 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-728 — Wayne Harris

Harris was convicted after trial of six offences involving an 11-year-old child. The Gloucestershire Police investigation established repeated offending around 20 years earlier, resulting in convictions for causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and sexual activity in the presence of a child.

Area: Coleford, Gloucestershire

Court: Gloucester Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years

Operation Pandect
Cases: BF25-729
MultiCSAOP-NAME
MULTI CASE

BF25-729 — Edwin Youll

Youll was convicted of multiple offences involving four victims following a Cleveland Police investigation that originated from Operation Pandect. The offending spanned the late 1980s and 1990s and included abuse of one victim from the age of 13, with the case proceeding after several women independently came forward.

Area: Normanby, North Yorkshire

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: Unavailable

End of Multi Case
CSA

BF25-730 — John Bleasdale

Bleasdale was convicted after trial of two counts of indecent assault on a girl under 16 following a Nottinghamshire Police investigation into abuse committed between 1991 and 1998. The victim reported the offences more than 30 years later, describing repeated abuse after he had been trusted to care for her at a family home in Bulwell.

Area: Milton, Pembrokeshire

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SHPO: life | Restraining Order: life

GROOMINGCSAOP-NAME

BF25-731 — Paul Richardson

Richardson was convicted after a National Crime Agency investigation linked to Operation Stovewood into offences involving a 15-year-old schoolgirl. Historic messages recovered from a mobile phone provided by the victim formed part of the evidence leading to his conviction.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: 21 Aug 2025

CSA

BF25-732 — Edward Sherriff

Sherriff was found guilty following a seven-day trial after three people independently reported historic abuse during a Humberside Police investigation. The jury convicted him of multiple offences involving three child victims and he was remanded in custody pending sentencing.

Area: Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Court: Grimsby Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: Unavailable

REOFFENDERCSA

BF25-733 — Paul Perry

Perry, already subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for previous convictions, was convicted after trial of historic offences against a young person committed more than 35 years ago. A Kent Police investigation began after the abuse was reported in 2019, leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction.

Area: Dartford, Kent

Court: Canterbury Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 1 year | Extended licence: 1 year | SOR: 7 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-734 — Joseph Chapman

Chapman was convicted after trial of four counts of sexual activity with a child following a Lancashire Police investigation involving two 14-year-old girls. The investigation began after separate disclosures to family members in 2023, leading to his arrest, interview and conviction.

Area: Burnley, Lancashire

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 11 years 3 months

TRUSTCSA

BF25-735 — Jonathon Charles Evans

Evans was convicted of offences involving two boys while employed at a school and serving as a volunteer Air Cadet leader. The investigation established abuse of positions of trust between 2017 and 2020, leading to convictions for abuse of trust, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and sexual assault.

Area: Malltraeth, Isle of Anglesey

Court: Caernarfon Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SHPO: life | Restraining Order: life | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-736 — Leo Wilson

Wilson was convicted following a Cumbria Police investigation into an incident reported in 2021 after two young people had been together at his home. The victim’s account and subsequent enquiries led to his guilty pleas before Carlisle Crown Court.

Area: Flimby, Cumbria

Court: Carlisle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 2 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-737 — Aslam Khan (formerly Maurice ‘Morris’ Wynn)

Khan, formerly known as Maurice ‘Morris’ Wynn, was convicted of seven counts of indecent assault involving three child victims following a Greater Manchester Police Major Incident Team investigation. The offences were committed in Rochdale between 1987 and 1998 after victims came forward nearly 40 years later to report the abuse.

Area: Rochdale, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Minshull Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years | SHPO: life

CSA

BF25-738 — Abiola Adenmosun

Adenmosun targeted a child he approached while she was walking in Rochester before arranging further meetings over several months. A Kent Police investigation began after the victim reported the offending in 2017, leading to convictions after trial for six counts of sexual activity with a child.

Area: Chatham, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 3 months | SHPO: life | Restraining Order: life

BF25-739 to BF25-756
GROOMINGCSA

BF25-739 — Daniel Curtis

Curtis contacted a teenage girl through social media before arranging to meet her, leading to a Northumbria Police investigation after their online messages were discovered. He later failed to attend court on multiple occasions before being apprehended, convicted after trial of seven offences and sentenced.

Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life | Restraining Order: life

CSA

BF25-740 — Ronaldo Goncalo Bertoni Filho

Goncalo Bertoni Filho was convicted of offences involving two child victims aged 15 and 10 following attacks in Ewell and Claygate in 2017. A DNA sample provided during a British Transport Police recruitment vetting process in 2024 matched forensic evidence retained from both investigations, leading to his arrest and conviction.

Area: London

Court: Guildford Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | SHPO: Unavailable | SOR: Unavailable

Roath, Cardiff multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-741 • BF25-742 • BF25-743
Multi
MULTI CASE

BF25-741 — Tracy Turner

Turner admitted offences involving three named children and making indecent images of a child. A South Wales Police investigation began after information from a dating app led detectives to examine around 96,000 messages between the co-defendants.

Area: Roath, Cardiff

Court: Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | Extended licence: 2 years | SHPO: Yes | Restraining Order: Yes

Multi
MULTI CASE

BF25-742 — Stuart Compton

Compton admitted offences involving three named children. The South Wales Police investigation started after information received from a dating app resulted in his phone being seized, revealing extensive message evidence that led to the prosecution.

Area: Cathays, Cardiff

Court: Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Life imprisonment | Minimum term: 6 years 131 days | SHPO: Yes | Restraining Order: Yes

MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF25-743 — Andrew Thomson

Thomson admitted offences involving four boy victims after two additional victims came forward following his arrest. The Lancashire Police investigation established offending spanning several years in Accrington, with the later disclosures significantly widening the case before sentencing.

Area: Clitheroe, Lancashire

Court: Burnley Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 24 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

End of Multi Case
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA

BF25-744 — Joshua Adcroft (also known as Joshua Everitt)

Adcroft, also known as Joshua Everitt, groomed an 11-year-old girl while subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The Lancashire Police investigation uncovered undeclared devices containing indecent images of children and evidence of further offending, leading to guilty pleas for child sexual offences and multiple SHPO breaches.

Area: Accrington, Lancashire

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

CSA

BF25-745 — Jonathan Ellis

Ellis was found guilty after trial of rape, sexual assault, unlawful wounding (Section 20), coercive and controlling behaviour, making threats to kill and criminal damage. The offences were committed against a woman in the Kirklees area between 2016 and September 2024 before being reported to police. An investigation by Kirklees District Adult Safeguarding Unit led to his conviction. Detectives described him as a danger to women and the court imposed an extended licence due to the continuing risk he poses.

Area: Dewsbury / Kirklees

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years 6 months (13 years 6 months’ custody) | Extended licence: 3 years

TRUSTCSA

BF25-746 — Elvis Nosakhare

Nosakhare met the victim’s mother through an online dating platform before abusing her daughter in a serious breach of trust. He was convicted after trial of two counts of penetrative sexual activity with a girl and three counts of non-penetrative sexual activity committed in the Thames Valley area.

Area: Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

Court: Aylesbury Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years | SOR: life | Restraining Order

CSA

BF25-747 — Ashley Roberts

Roberts was convicted after trial of seven rapes, two sexual assaults, kidnap, grievous bodily harm, intentional strangulation and two counts of threats to kill against a woman who was a child when she first met him. The investigation also uncovered a further offence of child neglect involving another victim, resulting in an additional conviction.

Area: Allerton Bywater, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 26 years 6 months | Extended licence: 5 years | Restraining Order | SOR: indefinite

GROOMING

BF25-748 — Jonathan Ellis

Ellis was convicted after trial of rape, sexual assault, unlawful wounding, coercive and controlling behaviour, making threats to kill and criminal damage following an eight-year campaign of offending against a woman in Kirklees between 2016 and September 2024. The investigation began after the victim reported the offences, leading Kirklees District Adult Safeguarding Unit to identify him as posing an ongoing danger to women.

Area: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years 6 months | Extended licence: 3 years

IIOCCSA

BF25-749 — Carl Van Wyk

Van Wyk was convicted after trial of 20 sexual offences committed between 2015 and 2022, including rape, sexual assault and making indecent images. The investigation resulted in convictions relating to multiple victims following years of offending, with detectives describing him as a dangerous offender who subjected his victims to prolonged abuse.

Area: Carlisle, Cumbria

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 24 years

ORDER-BREACHGROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF25-750 — Andrew Mayfield

Mayfield inadvertently exposed his offending after contacting police to report an attempted blackmail over sexual messages with a teenage boy, handing officers his phone containing deleted evidence and multiple indecent images of children. While on bail with conditions not to contact anyone under 18, he twice attempted further sexual communication with children, including online decoys, leading to additional arrests before pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent photographs of children and two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.

Area: Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 20 months | SHPO | SOR

CSA

BF25-751 — Daniel Scott

Scott sexually abused a girl over a number of years, beginning when she was 14, before being convicted of attempted rape and sexual assaults. The victim’s disclosure and evidence led to his conviction, with detectives highlighting that he exploited her vulnerabilities throughout the offending.

Area: Thornaby, North Yorkshire

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years 6 months

CSA

BF25-752 — Lutfur Rahman

Rahman was convicted of 18 non-recent child sexual offences, including rape, sexual intercourse with a child under 13, indecent assault, indecency with a child and buggery, after two women reported years of abuse they suffered as young girls during the 1970s and 1980s. Their disclosures in December 2022 led Rotherham Child Exploitation Team to investigate, resulting in his conviction following a seven-day trial.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Doncaster Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 26 years | Extended licence: 2 years

CSA

BF25-753 — Matthew James

James pleaded guilty to sexual offences, including rape, committed against a woman and a child in the Inverclyde area between 2015 and 2022. Detectives praised both victims for supporting the investigation, which led to his conviction and 12-year prison sentence.

Area: Inverclyde, Scotland

Court: High Court in Glasgow

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF25-754 — Darren Kay

Kay groomed two girls aged 13 to 15 by supplying them with alcohol and cigarettes before repeatedly raping and sexually abusing them between 2004 and 2006. The offences remained hidden for almost 20 years until one victim recognised him in public and reported the abuse, prompting a 2022 investigation that led to the second victim also coming forward. He was convicted of two counts of rape, digital penetration and three counts of sexual touching a child, and was made subject to indefinite restraining orders protecting both victims.

Area: Bolsover, Derbyshire

Court: Derby Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | Restraining Orders: indefinite

TRUSTGROOMINGIIOC

BF25-755 — Ricky Stubberfield

Stubberfield, co-owner and manager of the Essex Smiles teeth-whitening salon in Plymouth, was convicted of 23 offences against seven women after using Instagram to lure some victims with offers of free treatment before sexually assaulting them. The offences, committed between 2013 and 2024, included eight rapes, nine sexual assaults, four assaults by penetration, one count of making an indecent image of a child and one count of exposure, with three further offences ordered to lie on file.

Area: Plympton, Devon

Court: Plymouth Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Convicted | Sentencing: 21 Oct 2025

CSA

BF25-756 — Stefon Winter

Winter was convicted after two separate trials for historic child sexual abuse committed against two children almost 40 years ago. A five-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were abused in the 1980s before both victims reported the offences decades later, leading to convictions for indecent assault by penetration, buggery and indecent assault.

Area: Goatacre, Wiltshire

Court: Swindon Crown Court

Month: Jul 2025

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years


JUL 2025 PH CASES
GROOMING High

PH25-237 • Achal Pandya

Wakefield • Jul 2025

Pandya was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after sexually communicating with, and arranging to meet, a person he believed to be a child during a decoy operation. The poster states the original confrontation took place on 11 February 2024.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years

GROOMING High

PH25-238 • Adam Cole

Unknown • Jul 2025

Cole pleaded guilty to offences arising from sexual communications with a person he believed to be a child. Sentencing had not taken place when the poster was published.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Guilty Plea Entered | Sentencing Pending

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING High

PH25-239 • Adam Paul Lydiatt

Oxford • Jul 2025

Lydiatt was sentenced after admitting offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. Oxford Crown Court imposed a 28-month custodial sentence together with a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and costs.

Court: Oxford Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 28 months | SHPO: 10 years | Costs: £228

Source: https://www.facebook.com/ChildOnlineSatetyTeamUK?locale=en_GB

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team (COST)

GROOMING High

PH25-240 • Adam W

Paignton • Jul 2025

Adam W received a two-year custodial sentence after offending involving a person he believed to be a child. The court also imposed a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ten years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1bCvwmqEEt/

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING High

PH25-241 • Anthony McFarlane

Chorley • Jul 2025

McFarlane was jailed for three years after sexually communicating with, and travelling to meet, a person he believed to be a child during a decoy investigation conducted on behalf of London Overwatch.

Court: Preston Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years

GROOMING High

PH25-242 • Billy Mitchell

Liverpool / Sefton • Jul 2025

Mitchell pleaded guilty to offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. He was remanded into custody and the case was adjourned for sentence.

Court: Sefton Magistrates Court

Outcome: Guilty Plea Entered | Remanded in Custody

Source: https://www.facebook.com/ChildOnlineSatetyTeamUK?locale=en_GB

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team (COST)

GROOMING Medium

PH25-243 • Brian Marcantonio

Leighton Buzzard • Jul 2025

Marcantonio received a suspended sentence following conviction for offences involving a person he believed to be a child.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended Sentence

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH25-244 • Brian Williams

Merthyr Tydfil • Jul 2025

Williams, described in the poster as a reoffender, was jailed for 20 months after offending involving a person he believed to be a child. A lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ten years of notification requirements were also imposed.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 20 months | SHPO: life | SOR: 10 years

GROOMING High

PH25-245 • Caleb Proudley

Aylesbury • Jul 2025

Proudley was sentenced to 29 months’ imprisonment after admitting multiple attempted sexual offences involving a person he believed to be a child. This entry replaces an earlier pending sentencing record.

Court: Aylesbury Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 29 months

Source: https://www.facebook.com/ChildOnlineSatetyTeamUK?locale=en_GB

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team (COST)

GROOMING Medium

PH25-246 • Christopher Ward

Brighton • Jul 2025

Ward received a nine-month suspended sentence after offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. The court also ordered rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work and costs.

Court: Brighton Magistrates Court

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 9 months | Rehabilitation Requirement | Unpaid Work | Costs: £85

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AcudvLD6i/

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING High

PH25-247 • David Gentle

Huntingdon • Jul 2025

Gentle pleaded guilty to sexual communication offences involving a person he believed to be a child. He was jailed for 34 months, made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order until 18 July 2035, placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years and barred from working with children or vulnerable adults.

Court: Huntingdon Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 34 months | SHPO: until 18 July 2035 | SOR: 10 years

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AARfwLEoP/

Poster Credit: Angels Of Innocence

GROOMING Medium

PH25-248 • Dennis Smyth

Catford • Jul 2025

Smyth received an 18-month suspended sentence after admitting offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. The poster states the court also imposed a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and five years of notification requirements.

Court: Woolwich Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 18 months | SHPO: 5 years | SOR: 5 years (reported)

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1GSSLKPrQw/

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

GROOMING High

PH25-249 • Frank Standring

Carmarthen • Jul 2025

Standring was jailed for 14 months after pleading guilty to offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. Swansea Crown Court also imposed a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ten years of notification requirements.

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 14 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

GROOMING High

PH25-250 • Gareth Davies

Swansea • Jul 2025

Davies was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment after offending involving a person he believed to be a child. A Sexual Harm Prevention Order and notification requirements were also imposed.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 18 months | SHPO Imposed | SOR Imposed

Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/

Poster Credit: Dank Dragon

GROOMING High

PH25-251 • Gary Humphreys

Merthyr Tydfil • Jul 2025

Humphreys was jailed for three years after sexual communication offences involving a person he believed to be a child. The court also imposed a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite notification requirements.

Court: Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: 15 years | SOR: indefinite

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1bCvwmqEEt/

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING High

PH25-252 • Ioan Chete

Tamworth • Jul 2025

Chete was jailed for 20 months after sexually communicating with people he believed to be underage girls. Available poster sources report that the court also imposed a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ten years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 20 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AcudvLD6i/

Extra Source: https://www.facebook.com/

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK | Fighting Against The Evil

GROOMING High

PH25-253 • John Mooney

Carlisle • Jul 2025

Mooney received a 15-month custodial sentence after sexual communication offences involving a person he believed to be a child. The court imposed a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, ten years of notification requirements and barred him indefinitely from working with children.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 15 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: https://www.facebook.com/

Poster Credit: Dank Dragon | Children’s Voices

GROOMING High

PH25-254 • Kevin Marshall

Liverpool • Jul 2025

Marshall was jailed for three years after offending involving a person he believed to be a child. Available poster sources state the court also imposed a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: life | SOR: indefinite

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Extra Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1bCvwmqEEt/

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA | Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING High

PH25-256 • Liam Cook

Originally Birmingham • Jul 2025

Cook was convicted of offences involving a person he believed to be a child and received a custodial sentence. The poster does not state the length of imprisonment.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING Medium

PH25-257 • Logan Thew

Northumberland • Jul 2025

Thew received an eight-month suspended sentence after offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. The court also ordered rehabilitation requirements, 80 hours of unpaid work, a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ten years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 8 months (18 months operational period) | Rehabilitation Activity Requirement: 25 days | Unpaid Work: 80 hours | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: https://www.facebook.com/

Poster Credit: Dank Dragon

GROOMING High

PH25-258 • Mark Clibbon

Oxford • Jul 2025

Clibbon was charged with offences involving a person he believed to be a child. The case was listed for a Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing and no verdict had been reached.

Court: Oxford Crown Court

Outcome: Charged | Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing Listed

Source: https://www.facebook.com/ChildOnlineSatetyTeamUK?locale=en_GB

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team (COST)

GROOMING High

PH25-259 • Mark White

Brighton • Jul 2025

White admitted offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. Sentencing was adjourned until 28 July 2025.

Court: Worthing Magistrates Court

Outcome: Guilty Plea Entered | Sentencing Listed: 28 July 2025

Source: https://www.facebook.com/LeedsExposurePage

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH25-260 • Patrick Moles

Brighton • Jul 2025

Moles received a six-month suspended sentence after offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. The court also imposed mental health treatment, rehabilitation requirements, a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and seven years of notification requirements.

Court: Brighton Magistrates Court

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 6 months (12 months operational period) | Mental Health Treatment Requirement | Rehabilitation Activity Requirement | SHPO: 5 years | SOR: 7 years

GROOMING High

PH25-261 • Phillip Joseph Sanderson

Unknown • Jul 2025

Sanderson pleaded guilty to offences involving a person he believed to be a child. Sentencing had not taken place when the poster was published.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Guilty Plea Entered | Sentencing Pending

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING Medium

PH25-262 • Shaks Ahmed

Glasgow • Jul 2025

Ahmed received a community disposal following conviction for offences involving a person he believed to be a child.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community Disposal

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING High

PH25-263 • Stephen Capon

Unknown • Jul 2025

Capon was convicted of offences involving a person he believed to be a child and received a custodial sentence of less than 12 months.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: under 12 months

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING High

PH25-264 • Steven MacMillan

Unknown • Jul 2025

MacMillan was convicted of offences involving a person he believed to be a child and received a custodial sentence.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CPT.UK.1

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING Medium

PH25-265 • Toby Davies

Llandysul • Jul 2025

Davies received a 26-week suspended sentence after offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. The court also ordered an accredited programme, rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work, a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and seven years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 26 weeks (24 months operational period) | Accredited Programme | Rehabilitation Activity Requirement | Unpaid Work | SHPO: 7 years | SOR: 7 years

GROOMING High

PH25-266 • Shoaib Hassan Momand

Castlemilk / Hamilton, Scotland • Jul 2025

Momand appeared before Glasgow Sheriff Court charged with online grooming, sexual communication with a child, causing a child to watch a sexual act and attempting to possess an indecent photograph of a child. He was granted bail pending the next hearing.

Court: Glasgow Sheriff Court

Outcome: Charged | Bail Continued Pending Next Hearing

Source: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075660769924

Poster Credit: Protecting Kids Scotland

GROOMING High

PH25-267 • Dean Jackson

Banff, Scotland • Jul 2025

Jackson faces charges arising from alleged online grooming and sexual communication offences involving a person he believed to be a child. The trial was deferred until 14 August 2025.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Charged | Trial Listed: 14 August 2025

Source: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075660769924

Poster Credit: Protecting Kids Scotland

GROOMING Medium

PH25-268 • Lloyd Shenton

Worthing • Jul 2025

Shenton received an eight-month suspended sentence after offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. The court also imposed a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 8 months (24 months operational period) | Rehabilitation Activity Requirement | SHPO Imposed

Source: https://www.facebook.com/Protectingpompeysinnocent

Poster Credit: Protecting Pompey’s Innocent

GROOMING High

PH25-269 • David Gillan

Sunderland • Jul 2025

Gillan was found guilty of offences involving sexual communication with a person he believed to be a child. He was remanded into custody and sentencing was listed for 22 August 2025.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Guilty Verdict | Remanded in Custody | Sentencing Listed: 22 August 2025

Source: https://www.facebook.com/TOOK2021?locale=en_GB

Poster Credit: Thinking of Our Kids (T.O.O.K)

GROOMING Medium

PH25-270 • Alan Langmuir

Edinburgh • Jul 2025

Langmuir received a Community Payback Order after sexual communication offences involving a person he believed to be a child. The court also imposed 18 months’ supervision, 190 hours of unpaid work and 18 months of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community Payback Order | Supervision: 18 months | Unpaid Work: 190 hours | SOR: 18 months

Source: https://www.facebook.com/

Poster Credit: Children’s Voices

GROOMING High

PH25-251 • Gary Humphreys

Merthyr Tydfil • Jul 2025

Humphreys was jailed for three years after sexual communication offences involving a person he believed to be a child. Available poster sources state the court also imposed a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite notification requirements.

Court: Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: 15 years | SOR: indefinite

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1bCvwmqEEt/

Extra Source: https://www.facebook.com/

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West | Dank Dragon

GROOMING High

PH25-271 • Murat Ozgun

Torquay • Jul 2025

Ozgun was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment. The court also imposed a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ten years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 21 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Elusive Child Protection Unit

GROOMING Medium

PH25-272 • Peter Sugden

Falkirk • Jul 2025

Sugden was sentenced for indecent communication and child abuse image offences. Falkirk Sheriff Court imposed a Community Payback Order with supervision, restrictions and notification requirements.

Court: Falkirk Sheriff Court

Outcome: Community Payback Order | Supervision | Restrictions | SOR Imposed

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: London Overwatch

GROOMING Medium

PH25-273 • Hussain Ahmed

Orpington, Kent • Jul 2025

Ahmed received a four-month suspended sentence following conviction for offences involving a person he believed to be a child. The court also imposed ten years of notification requirements and ordered him to pay £687 in costs.

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 4 months (2 years operational period) | SOR: 10 years | Costs: £687

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: London Overwatch

GROOMING Medium

PH25-274 • Gary Holtham

Unknown • Jul 2025

Holtham received an eight-month suspended sentence following conviction. The court also ordered completion of an accredited programme, 150 hours of unpaid work, a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, ten years of notification requirements and costs.

Court: Leicester Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 8 months (18 months operational period) | Accredited Programme: 26 days | Unpaid Work: 150 hours | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Costs: £187

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Sanctuary OCPT

GROOMING Medium

PH25-275 • Nicholas Ablewhite

Melton Mowbray • Jul 2025

Ablewhite received a 14-month suspended sentence following conviction. The court also imposed rehabilitation requirements, forfeiture of a mobile phone, a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, ten years of notification requirements and a surcharge.

Court: Leicester Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended Sentence: 14 months (2 years operational period) | Rehabilitation Activity Requirement: up to 30 days | Mobile Phone Forfeiture | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Surcharge: £187

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Sanctuary OCPT


Severity Key

Severity indicators describe general seriousness based on offence type, sentencing outcome,
and safeguarding risk. They are not legal classifications.

  • 🟡 Low–Medium Severity
    Non-custodial or suspended sentences; safeguarding concerns remain
  • 🟠 Medium–High Severity
    Custodial sentences, grooming, sexual communication, indecent images
  • 🔴 High Severity
    Serious contact abuse, exploitation, repeated or high-risk offending

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