JUL 2026
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
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BF26-654 — Wissem Bonafia
Bonafia was convicted following a Northamptonshire Police investigation that began after intelligence indicated he possessed indecent images of children. Officers arrested him, seized multiple electronic devices and digital forensic examination recovered indecent images and videos, many created by him, together with evidence supporting further sexual offences against adults and children. He was sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment.
BF26-655 — Ian Tabron
Tabron pleaded guilty after a police investigation into allegations that he had secretly recorded children in a leisure centre changing cubicle. He was convicted of voyeurism and received a four-month prison sentence suspended for one year. The court also imposed seven years’ sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-656 — Ali Namjo
Namjo was convicted following a trial after a child reported sexual abuse and police investigated the allegations. A jury found him guilty of sexual offences against a child. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment with a one-year extended licence period and made subject to lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-657 — James Carr
Carr was convicted following a South Wales Police investigation into historic child sexual offences. He was found guilty after trial of multiple child sexual offences committed over a number of years against one victim. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and made subject to a lifetime restraining order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-658 — Nicholas Jones
Jones was arrested after police received a report of suspected online offending. Officers searched his address, seized an unregistered mobile phone and forensic examination recovered more than 320 indecent images of children. He admitted offences involving indecent images, breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and related online offending. He was sentenced to five years and three months’ imprisonment, a five-year extended licence period and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-659 — Trevor Cook
Cook was arrested after police received information that he had arranged to meet a child he had contacted online. Officers detained him at the meeting location, examined his phone and searched his home, where evidence including train tickets and a hotel booking was recovered. He pleaded guilty to attempting to groom and arrange sexual offences against children. He was sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment with a four-year extended licence period and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-660 — Joseph Pennycook
Pennycook was convicted following an Essex Police investigation launched after the survivor reported his offending in January 2025. He denied the allegations but was found guilty after trial of multiple violent and sexual offences. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment with a two-year extended licence period, made subject to a lifelong restraining order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-661 — Peter King
King was convicted following a West Midlands Police investigation after survivors reported historic child sexual abuse. Investigators established he had groomed three girls by befriending their families, providing gifts and outings before abusing them. Following a trial, he was convicted of multiple sexual offences and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-662 — Peter Minza
Minza was arrested after Cleveland Police received reports that he had discussed child sexual abuse online and distributed indecent images. Officers seized electronic devices and digital forensic examination recovered 3,579 indecent images of children (1,657 Category A, 1,291 Category B and 631 Category C). Evidence also showed he had distributed 91 indecent images of children. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment with a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-663 — Sultani Bakatash
Bakatash was convicted following a Greater Manchester Police investigation after reports made in December 2025. Officers carried out extensive enquiries, arrested him shortly afterwards and secured convictions following a jury trial. Sentencing is listed for 9 September 2026.
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BF26-664 — David Pearce
Pearce was identified after DNA recovered from a 1990 crime scene was matched to him following his arrest for an unrelated offence in 2019. Detectives reopened the investigation, linked him to a further historic offence through witness identification and supporting evidence, and secured guilty pleas to multiple child sexual offences. He was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-665 — Dennis Fletcher
Fletcher was convicted following a police investigation into historic reports of child sexual abuse at Junior King’s School. A former resident boarding master, he abused his position of trust to offend against two boys between 1978 and 1982. Following a trial and an earlier guilty plea, he was sentenced to 11 years and nine months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-666 — Chris Williams
Williams was identified after a Kik account linked to his email address uploaded two Category A indecent images of children. Police enquiries and digital examination found he possessed 62 accessible indecent images involving children, including Category A material, and evidence of image distribution. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-667 — Mohammed Osman
Osman pleaded guilty following an investigation into online offending after reports from members of the public. Police secured evidence of attempts to engage in unlawful sexual communication with a person he believed was underage. He was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-668 — Raymond Utley
Utley was convicted following a joint investigation by South Yorkshire Police and Lincolnshire Police after victims reported historic and more recent child sexual abuse. Investigators secured guilty pleas to multiple offences, including child sexual abuse and taking an indecent photograph of a child. He was sentenced to 18 years and 11 months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-669 — Rhys Lynn
Lynn pleaded guilty following a Lincolnshire Police investigation after a child victim came forward. Investigators secured evidence involving numerous victims and recovered 756 indecent images of children comprising 267 Category A, 102 Category B and 387 Category C images, together with evidence of further child sexual offences and two breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He was remanded in custody pending sentencing.
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BF26-670 — David Trigg
Trigg was convicted following a Cheshire Police investigation launched after a victim reported historic abuse in 2022. Further enquiries identified two additional victims, leading to multiple convictions after trial for offences committed during the 1990s and early 2000s. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a 14-year restraining order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-671 — Thomas O’Rourke
O’Rourke was convicted following a Greater Manchester Police investigation that began after a survivor reported historic child sexual abuse in 2019. Detectives identified four further survivors during extensive enquiries, leading to convictions for multiple offences committed over several decades. He was sentenced to 26 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-672 — Joseph Hewitt
Hewitt was convicted following a Northamptonshire Police investigation after a report of child sexual abuse. He admitted multiple offences committed against a girl over a six-year period and was sentenced to 18 years and six months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-673 — David Potts
Potts was arrested by Cleveland Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team following repeated breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Officers seized his devices and found evidence he had used VPNs and other methods to conceal his online activity. Digital enquiries established he had accessed 22 indecent images of children comprising 6 Category A, 11 Category B and 5 Category C images. He pleaded guilty to multiple offences including seven SHPO breaches and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment while remaining subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-674 — Alan Ward
Ward was convicted following a West Yorkshire Police investigation launched after the victim reported historic child sexual abuse in 2020. He denied the allegations but was found guilty after trial of multiple offences committed against a teenage girl during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-675 — John Sladden
Sladden was convicted following a Kent Police investigation into non-recent child sexual offences. Following a trial at Canterbury Crown Court, he was convicted of multiple child sexual offences and sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-676 — John Huskinson
Huskinson was convicted following a Nottinghamshire Police investigation after four victims reported historic child sexual abuse, with further offending identified after police were alerted to online communications in 2022. Officers seized his devices and recovered dozens of indecent images of children, including 13 Category A images. He was convicted after trial of multiple historic child sexual offences, having also pleaded guilty to image and online offences, and was sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-677 — Joel Hanby
Hanby was convicted following a Surrey Police investigation after a child disclosed sexual abuse to a teacher in 2023. Officers arrested him the following day and secured convictions after trial for offences committed against a girl known to him. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and made subject to indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention and restraining orders.
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BF26-678 — Damien Jones
Jones was convicted following a Dyfed-Powys Police investigation into child sexual offences. He was found guilty after trial and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment. The court also imposed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a lifetime restraining order.
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BF26-679 — Christopher Sanders
Sanders was identified following National Crime Agency enquiries based on intelligence received from international partners. Investigators linked online accounts to him, arrested him and seized electronic devices containing 20 Category A and C indecent images of children together with evidence of online communications. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment with a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-680 — Shaul Samson
Samson was convicted following a West Mercia Police investigation after a child disclosed abuse to a third party in October 2025. Officers searched his home and digital forensic examination recovered sexual messages together with indecent images involving children from his phone. He was found guilty after trial and sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment with a four-year extended licence period, a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-681 — Tibor Tompos
Tompos pleaded guilty following a North Wales Police investigation into attempted online child sexual offending. Digital examination of devices recovered evidence supporting further communications and he was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment with a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-682 — Christopher Buxey
Buxey pleaded guilty following a joint Sussex Police and Hampshire investigation. Officers gathered evidence relating to offences in Sussex and separate child sexual offences in Hampshire, including indecent images of children. He was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 25 September 2026.
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BF26-683 — Jason Spence
Spence was convicted following a West Yorkshire Police safeguarding investigation into offences against four child victims. Investigators secured evidence of multiple child sexual offences together with indecent and prohibited images of children. After absconding before sentence, he was arrested in Ireland and returned to the UK where he received a 24-year custodial sentence with an eight-year extended licence period.
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BF26-684 — Lawrence Skrzydlo
Skrzydlo was convicted following a Greater Manchester Police investigation after the victim reported historic child sexual abuse in 2021. Detectives gathered evidence that he had abused his position of trust as a family friend over several years. He denied the offences but was found guilty after trial and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-685 — Kenneth Goodman
Goodman was convicted following a Greater Manchester Police investigation that began after one victim reported historic child sexual abuse in 2018. Detectives identified a second victim during enquiries and established he had abused his professional position and groomed one of the children over several years. He denied the offences but was found guilty after trial and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment with lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-686 — Jimmy Fisher
Fisher pleaded guilty following a Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Child Abuse Investigation Team investigation into offences against two children. The investigation established multiple child sexual offences and recovered evidence of taking, making and possessing indecent photographs of a child. He was sentenced to 24 years’ imprisonment and made subject to a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order, lifelong sex offender notification requirements and a lifetime barring order from working with children and vulnerable adults.
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BF26-687 — Jason Payne
Payne pleaded guilty following a Wiltshire Police investigation after reports that he had sent sexual communications to a child known to him. After his arrest, investigators established he repeatedly breached bail conditions by attempting to influence the victim and her family. He pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody pending sentencing.
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BF26-688 — Dennis Fletcher
Fletcher was convicted following a Kent Police investigation launched after historic child sexual abuse was reported in 2020. Detectives identified a second victim during enquiries, gathered extensive evidence and secured one guilty plea and one conviction after trial. He was sentenced to 11 years and nine months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-689 — Mark Watson
Watson was convicted following a Leicestershire Police Child Abuse Investigation Unit investigation after the victim disclosed historic abuse to a third party in 2021. He was found guilty of child sexual offences committed between 2015 and 2018 and sentenced to 12 years and six months’ imprisonment. The court also imposed a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order, lifetime sex offender notification requirements and a lifetime restraining order.
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BF26-690 — Kevin O’Toole
O’Toole was convicted following a Kent Police investigation after the victim disclosed abuse to an adult in 2023. Detectives arrested him and, during subsequent enquiries, officers recovered more than 180 indecent images of children from devices seized at his Lincoln address. He denied the offences but was convicted after trial and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-691 — Joshua Krumstets
Krumstets pleaded guilty after a North Wales Police investigation found indecent images of children on his digital devices. He was convicted of making indecent photographs of children alongside unrelated drug offences and sentenced to 22 months’ imprisonment. The court also imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years’ sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-692 — Douglas Bowyer
Bowyer was identified following intelligence received by a regional child protection unit and a Lincolnshire Police investigation into online child sexual offending. Extensive forensic examination of 49 seized exhibits recovered more than 19,000 indecent images and 628 videos of children, including 2,923 Category A images and 256 Category A videos, 2,326 Category B images and 79 Category B videos, 12,956 Category C images and 279 Category C videos, together with prohibited and extreme pornography. Investigators also uncovered years of sexualised communications with children. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment with a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-693 — Joe Crawley
Crawley was jailed after Wiltshire Police established he had breached the conditions of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order less than two months after it was imposed. Officers found he had used an AI chat application and an anonymous online video chat platform without the required approval. He was sentenced to 25 months’ imprisonment.
Cardiff multi-defendant case
Cases: BF26-694 • BF26-695
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BF26-694 — Wasee Shikel
Shikel was convicted following a South Wales Police investigation into the grooming and sexual exploitation of a vulnerable teenage girl in 2021. He was found guilty of arranging or facilitating the victim’s travel with a view to exploitation and sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment with a lifelong restraining order protecting the victim.
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BF26-695 — Azad Ahmed
Ahmed was convicted following a South Wales Police investigation into the grooming and exploitation of a vulnerable teenage girl in 2021. The investigation led to convictions for offences involving the child victim, and he was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment with a lifelong restraining order protecting the victim.
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BF26-696 — John Grant
Grant was convicted following a Metropolitan Police investigation in which detectives gathered accounts from multiple victim-survivors relating to offending spanning more than 40 years. He abused positions of trust within churches and youth groups and was found guilty after trial. He is due to be sentenced on 11 September 2026.
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BF26-697 — Kieran Ridgway
Ridgway was convicted following a Leicestershire Police Child Sexual Exploitation investigation after parents reported concerns about contact with two young girls in 2021. Detectives identified further victims during enquiries and established he had used social media to groom vulnerable children before committing sexual offences. He was found guilty after trial and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment with a three-year extended licence period, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-698 — Adam Daley
Daley was convicted following a Leicestershire Police investigation after the victim immediately reported the offence, enabling officers to rapidly identify and arrest him and preserve key forensic and digital evidence. Examination of his mobile phone also uncovered indecent images of children, to which he pleaded guilty at sentencing. He was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment and made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and an indefinite restraining order.
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BF26-699 — Robert Askew
Askew was convicted following a Suffolk Police investigation after information was received regarding the online upload of illegal child abuse material. Officers seized digital devices during a search and specialist forensic examination recovered the evidence leading to his guilty plea. He received an 18-month Community Order and was made subject to five years of sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-700 — Cruz Buckley
Buckley was convicted following a Dorset Police investigation after a teenage victim reported online sexual offending. Detectives traced the offending account to his address and forensic examination of his mobile phone recovered indecent images and videos of the victim. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years and three months’ imprisonment with a 14-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-701 — Michael Wisdom
Wisdom was convicted following a West Midlands Police investigation after a survivor reported historic child sexual abuse in 2025. During his arrest, officers recovered a mobile phone containing dozens of indecent images of children, including Category A images, and messages relevant to the investigation. He was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with an eight-year extended licence period, a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-702 — Nicholas Raisen
Raisen was arrested following an unannounced Suffolk Constabulary Public Protection Unit visit carried out under the conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Forensic examination of seized devices recovered a significant quantity of child sexual abuse material and evidence he had distributed 23 Category A images or videos, two Category B images or videos and one prohibited video. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years and four months’ imprisonment with a revised 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-703 — David Preedy
Preedy pleaded guilty following a Lancashire Police investigation after a victim reported historic child sexual abuse. Detectives identified a second victim during enquiries. He admitted 12 offences committed between 2001 and 2024 and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Salisbury multi-defendant case
Cases: BF26-704 • BF26-705
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BF26-704 — Gary Mellor
Mellor was identified during a Hampshire Police Internet Child Abuse Team investigation after indecent images of children were traced to him online. Examination of his mobile phone recovered Category A, B and C indecent images, including images he had created, and messages with a co-offender discussing the sexual exploitation of children. The investigation led to the identification of the second offender. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment with a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-705 — Darren Mabey
Mabey was identified during a Hampshire Police Internet Child Abuse Team investigation after digital evidence recovered from a co-offender’s devices linked him to the sexual exploitation of children. Officers arrested him, seized 10 digital devices and recovered further messages discussing plans to sexually exploit children together with additional indecent images of children. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment with a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-706 — Foisal Ahmed
Ahmed was convicted following a Cheshire Police investigation after the victim reported repeated abuse in 2023. Officers arrested and charged him, but he absconded before the conclusion of proceedings. Following international enquiries involving the CPS, Interpol, the National Crime Agency and French authorities, he was located in France, extradited to the UK and returned to serve his eight-year prison sentence.
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BF26-707 — Sean Sewell
Sewell was convicted following a West Midlands Police Public Protection Unit investigation after officers responded within minutes to a report that a 10-year-old girl had been sexually assaulted. Detectives arrested him nearby and linked him through further enquiries to an earlier indecent exposure offence in Birmingham. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years and five months’ imprisonment with lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-708 — David Pincott
Pincott was convicted following a South Wales Police Online Investigations Team operation in which he communicated via Snapchat with undercover officers posing as girls under 16. Officers searched his home, seized electronic devices and recovered multiple indecent images of children, as well as evidence he had communicated with another child. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years and eight months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-709 — Abdalraham Katende
Katende was convicted following a Metropolitan Police investigation after two children disclosed sexual abuse committed while he was employed as a support worker at a children’s care home. Detectives secured a court order requiring access to his mobile phone after he refused to provide his PIN, resulting in a further conviction for failing to comply under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. He was sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-710 — Paul Benstock
Benstock was convicted following a Leeds Safeguarding investigation into offences committed against five victims between 1998 and 2020 after one victim came forward to police. During the investigation he was also identified through a National Crime Agency CEOP operation as being involved in the making of indecent images of children. He was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 14 August 2026.
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BF26-711 — Ryan Clarkson
Clarkson was convicted following a Northamptonshire Police investigation launched in 2022 after multiple survivors reported historic child sexual abuse. A jury found him guilty of multiple child sexual offences, including rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault and sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-712 — Bryan Mavinga
Mavinga, also known as "Mav", was convicted following a Hertfordshire Police investigation after using a false online identity to groom, deceive and blackmail a child over a two-year period before committing repeated sexual offences. He was found guilty of four counts of rape and blackmail following a trial and was remanded for sentencing on 29 September 2026.
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BF26-713 — Peter Bryan Rudd
Rudd was convicted after a Hampshire Police investigation into offences reported in May 2024. He was found guilty of rape of a child and two counts of sexual activity with a child relating to offences committed over a four-year period. He was sentenced to 16 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, made subject to a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a lifetime restraining order, lifetime sex offender notification requirements and one year of post-release supervision.
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BF26-714 — Leon Bowes
Bowes was convicted following a Leicestershire Police investigation after a survivor came forward having recognised him from media coverage of his previous convictions. He was found guilty of four further sexual offences committed against a child aged 12 to 13, and the court increased the minimum term of his existing life sentence from 17 years to 21 years.“`
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BF26-715 — Thomas Foley
Foley was convicted following a Hampshire Police Internet Child Abuse Team investigation after intelligence linked him to child sexual abuse image offences. Officers seized multiple electronic devices and recovered more than 8,000 indecent images and more than 2,000 videos of children. He pleaded guilty to making and distributing indecent images of children and possessing prohibited images, and was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment with a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years on the Sex Offenders Register.
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BF26-716 — Marc Dannan
Dannan was convicted following a Devon & Cornwall Police investigation into sexual offences committed against a child over several years. A jury found him guilty of three counts of rape, two counts of inciting sexual activity and three counts of sexual assault. He was sentenced to 19 years’ imprisonment with an additional one year on licence, a 25-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a 25-year restraining order.
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BF26-717 — Reggie Cannon
Cannon was convicted after a Durham Constabulary investigation into offences against a child. He admitted rape, sexual assault, meeting a child following grooming and failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements. He was sentenced to six years and six months’ imprisonment with a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a 10-year restraining order and lifetime sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-718 — Philip Lakey
Lakey was convicted following a West Mercia Police investigation into offences committed against one child between 2019 and 2022. A jury found him guilty of multiple child sexual offences, including four counts of rape of a child under 13, assault by touching and sexual activity offences. He was sentenced to 22 years and 3 months’ imprisonment with a 25-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a restraining order and lifelong sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-719 — James Briggs
Briggs was convicted following a Devon & Cornwall Police investigation after a child reported being sexually assaulted. Officers arrested him, seized his mobile phone and recovered evidence including recent ketamine purchases and videos showing children under the influence of drugs. He was sentenced to four years and nine months’ imprisonment with a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years on the Sex Offenders Register.
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BF26-720 — Obianata Onyia
Onyia was convicted following a Kent Police investigation after a child disclosed repeated sexual abuse to a family member in 2023. He initially denied seven counts of sexual assault before changing his plea. He was sentenced to four years and three months’ imprisonment, with a further three years and nine months on licence, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a 10-year restraining order and 10 years on the Sex Offenders Register.
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BF26-721 — Abdul Barkeeh Salihi
Salihi pleaded guilty following a City of London Police investigation into two separate sexual assaults committed on the same day against an adult woman and a 14-year-old girl. He also admitted criminal damage after throwing chairs through a restaurant window. The court ordered him to sign the Sex Offenders Register for five years and imposed a fine.
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BF26-722 — Joseph Haffenden
Haffenden, a former primary school teacher, admitted multiple counts of sexual assault by touching and false imprisonment following a Sussex Police investigation after two nine-year-old boys disclosed the offences to adults. Officers searched his home and recovered evidence supporting the victims’ accounts. He was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 3 September 2026.
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BF26-723 — Andrew Grierson
Grierson was convicted following a Cheshire Police investigation into non-recent child sexual abuse. After a seven-day trial he was found guilty of multiple child sexual offences and was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 6 October 2026.
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BF26-724 — Lewis Stevens
Stevens was convicted following a Kent Police investigation launched in 2021 after allegations that he had raped two children. Further enquiries identified additional victims, including another child and adult women. He was convicted of 10 sexual offences, including five counts of rape of a child, and sentenced to an extended prison term of 22 years and 6 months with a further 6 years and 6 months on licence.
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BF26-725 — Peter Declan West
West pleaded guilty following a Greater Manchester Police investigation after the father of a 13-year-old girl discovered inappropriate online messages and reported them to police. Examination of West’s phone uncovered evidence of sexual activity, indecent images and further offending. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment with an additional six-year extended licence period.
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BF26-726 — Jake Austin
Austin pleaded guilty following a Norfolk Police investigation after he was arrested near a victim’s home when she reported him looking through her bedroom window. Examination of his electronic devices uncovered extensive voyeuristic recordings and indecent images of children. He was sentenced to 31 months’ imprisonment with a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-727 — Ashley Coldwell
Coldwell was convicted following a Staffordshire Police MOSOVO investigation after officers conducting a routine compliance visit discovered undeclared internet-enabled devices in breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He admitted two breaches of the order and was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment.
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BF26-728 — Robert Pasteiner
Pasteiner was convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation after suspicious payments exceeding £200,000 linked him to facilitators of livestreamed child sexual abuse in the Philippines. He was arrested before travelling overseas, where investigators found evidence he had arranged to meet a 12-year-old child. Searches recovered 15 electronic devices, six containing indecent images of children, together with records documenting payments and contacts linked to child sexual exploitation. He pleaded guilty to 36 offences and was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment with a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime sex offender notification requirements.
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BF26-729 — Terrence O’Neil
O’Neil pleaded guilty following a Cheshire Police investigation into online communications in which he believed he was arranging sexual activity with a 14-year-old child. He also admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-730 — Stephen Shill
Shill was convicted after a Devon & Cornwall Police investigation began when a victim recognised him from media coverage of an earlier conviction and reported historic offending. He had used a false identity and lied about his age before grooming a teenage girl online and later meeting her. He was found guilty and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-731 — Stephen Roche
Roche pleaded guilty following a Kent Police investigation after a child immediately reported being sexually assaulted in a Rainham pub. He was arrested later the same day and sentenced to one year and two months’ imprisonment, together with a two-year Community Order, an eight-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and an eight-year restraining order.
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BF26-732 — Luke Ridley
Ridley was convicted following a Surrey Police investigation after a child disclosed abuse to a family member. He was found guilty of multiple child sexual offences and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment with an additional five-year extended licence.
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BF26-733 — Reginald Chan
Chan was convicted following a Sussex Police investigation after reports of exposure near a primary school prompted searches of his home and electronic devices. Officers recovered child sexual abuse images, prohibited and extreme pornographic images, and evidence of historic offences against a child. He also admitted multiple breaches of a Sexual Risk Order after being found with prohibited electronic devices. He was sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment with a two-year extended licence and an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-734 — Karl Miles
Miles pleaded guilty following a Thames Valley Police investigation after grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl between 2021 and 2021. He admitted two counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13–15 and one count of sexual communication with a child, and was sentenced to five years and four months’ imprisonment. :contentReference{index=0}
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BF26-735 — Christopher Hall
Hall, already subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, was identified during an unannounced police compliance visit when officers examined his phone and seized further electronic devices. Investigators recovered indecent images of children, extreme pornographic material and evidence of attempted sexual communication with a person presenting as a 14-year-old. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. :contentReference{index=0}
Wigan multi-defendant case
Cases: BF26-736 • BF26-737
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BF26-736 — Stewart Knowles
Knowles, a Boys’ Brigade captain, was convicted following a Greater Manchester Police investigation into non-recent offences against a teenage boy. He was found guilty of multiple penetrative and non-penetrative child sexual offences committed while abusing his position of trust and was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-737 — Andrew Lord
Lord was convicted following the same Greater Manchester Police investigation into non-recent child sexual offences against the same teenage victim. He was found guilty of multiple child sexual offences committed alongside Stewart Knowles and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-738 — Jacob Agnew
Agnew, a former senior youth worker, was convicted following a Humberside Police Child Sexual Exploitation Team investigation into offences against multiple children between 2012 and 2022. He was found guilty of multiple child sexual offences following trial, having previously pleaded guilty to further child sexual offences. He was sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment, made subject to a five-year restraining order, placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and permanently barred from working with children.
BF26-739 — Aaron Strachan
Strachan pleaded guilty to serious sexual and violent offences committed in Edinburgh in 2025. The High Court imposed an Order for Lifelong Restriction with a minimum custodial term of five years.
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BF26-740 — Allan Michael Grimson
Grimson, already serving a life sentence for unrelated murder convictions, was convicted following a Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary investigation into non-recent offences against three male victims and one child between 1994 and 1999. He was found guilty of multiple sexual offences, including rape, indecent assaults and one offence of making an indecent image of a child, and was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 6 November 2026.
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BF26-741 — Graham Stephenson
Stephenson pleaded guilty following a Humberside Police investigation after four men reported non-recent sexual abuse they suffered as children. He admitted offences including rape, sexual activity with a child, inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity and making indecent photographs of a child. He was sentenced to 18 years and four months’ imprisonment, made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
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BF26-742 — Paul Webb
Webb pleaded guilty following a Wiltshire Police investigation into online child sexual offending. He admitted multiple offences involving attempts to cause or incite children aged 13–15 to engage in sexual activity and to view sexual activity. He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
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BF26-743 — Robert Douglas
Douglas, a registered sex offender, pleaded guilty following a Lancashire Police investigation into sexual offences against a child committed between December 2025 and February 2026. He admitted rape of a child, other child sexual offences and multiple indecent image offences after officers recovered more than 1,000 indecent images from his phone. He was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment with a four-year extended licence.
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BF26-744 — Tom Jun Ahnstrom
Ahnstrom, a teaching assistant and martial arts instructor, pleaded guilty following a Dorset Police Child Abuse Investigation Team inquiry after two teenage girls reported online sexual offending. He admitted sexual communication offences, causing or inciting children to engage in sexual activity, causing a child to watch a sexual act and making indecent photographs of children. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment, made subject to a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime restraining orders protecting both victims.
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BF26-745 — Adrian Vermaak
Vermaak was convicted following a Staffordshire Police investigation into sexual offences against a child. A jury found him guilty of child sexual assault offences committed over a number of years. He was sentenced to three years and six months’ imprisonment and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order.
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BF26-746 — Deborah Franklin
Franklin, a former teacher, was convicted following a Hertfordshire Police investigation into non-recent child sexual offences at a preparatory school between 1991 and 1995. A jury found her guilty on eight counts of gross indecency involving a boy under 14. She was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 1 October 2026.
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BF26-747 — Manh Hung Le
Le was convicted following a Kent Police investigation after a child reported historic sexual offending. He was found guilty of sexual activity with a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act. He was sentenced to three years and six months’ imprisonment, made subject to a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
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BF26-748 — Jude Maruska
Maruska, already subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for previous child sexual offences, was convicted after a West Mercia Police MOSOVO compliance visit found he had breached the order by using prohibited social media. Officers discovered he had contacted a teenage girl on Snapchat seeking sexual images and admitted offending involving a second girl. His suspended sentence was activated, resulting in a total sentence of 44 months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-749 — Kieran Mansfield
Mansfield pleaded guilty following an Essex Police investigation into an incident involving a child in Southend. He admitted kidnapping, assault with intent to commit a sexual offence, breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and providing false information in relation to that order. He was remanded in custody pending sentencing on 1 October 2026.
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BF26-750 — Ian Perrin
Perrin was convicted following a Bedfordshire Police Protecting Vulnerable People investigation after one victim disclosed historic abuse. As enquiries progressed, four further victims came forward. A jury found him guilty of 11 offences, including rape, indecent assault, gross indecency, child cruelty, neglect and perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to 23 years’ imprisonment, made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register until further order.
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BF26-751 — Anthony Webb
Webb, a former judo instructor and mentor in blind sports, was convicted following a Devon & Cornwall Police investigation after a victim reported non-recent child sexual abuse committed in the 1980s. A jury found him guilty of six counts of indecent assault against a child. He was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-752 — Luke Tilsley
Tilsley pleaded guilty following a Norfolk Police investigation after communicating online with undercover officers posing as children. He admitted multiple attempted sexual communication offences, attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity and making indecent images of children. He received a 28-month prison sentence suspended for two years, was made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
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BF26-753 — Wesley Brito
Brito pleaded guilty following a Wiltshire Police investigation into sexual offences against two female victims. He admitted multiple child sexual offences, including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault by penetration, sexual activity with a child and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, together with the rape of an adult woman. He was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment, made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a restraining order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register.“`
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BF26-754 — James Finlay
Finlay was convicted following a Cleveland Police investigation into child sexual offences. A jury found him guilty of sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-755 — Paul Hopkins
Hopkins pleaded guilty following a South West Regional Organised Crime Unit investigation into multiple child sexual offences. Investigators uncovered evidence of online child sexual exploitation, including arranging the livestreaming of abuse overseas, and further evidence of non-recent child sexual offences in the UK. He admitted 25 child sexual abuse offences and was sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment with a further eight years on licence and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-756 — Scott Layfield
Layfield was convicted following an Essex Police investigation into child sexual abuse committed against six girls between 2011 and 2021. He was found guilty of multiple child sexual offences, including rape and sexual assault, and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment with a six-year extended licence and an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
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BF26-757 — Benjamin Jackson
Jackson, a Metropolitan Police officer, was charged with multiple child sexual offence allegations and bailed to appear at Guildford Magistrates’ Court on 4 August 2026.
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BF26-758 — Keith Allen
Allen, a retired music teacher, was convicted following a West Midlands Police investigation after non-recent sexual offending was reported. He abused his position as a music tutor to groom a teenage girl before committing serious sexual offences. He was sentenced to eight years and six months’ imprisonment.
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BF26-759 — Ross Jameson
Jameson pleaded guilty following a Police Scotland investigation into online child sexual offending. He admitted offences involving online grooming and indecent communication with children and was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.
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BF26-760 — Adrian Austin
Austin was convicted following a Greater Manchester Police investigation after two survivors reported non-recent child sexual abuse. A jury found him guilty of multiple child sexual offences committed against his younger half-sisters over a number of years. He was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment with an additional two years on licence.
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BF26-761 — Alan Davies
Davies pleaded guilty following a Kent Police investigation after a survivor reported historic sexual abuse. Officers examining his electronic devices uncovered extensive evidence of child sexual offences, covert recordings of victims, child sexual abuse images and further offending spanning many years. He was sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment with an additional seven years on licence.
