June 2024 – 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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JUN 2024
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
CSA

BF24-405 — Anthony Morrissey

Morrissey was convicted of rape, causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and causing a child to watch sexual activity following offences committed against a young girl in Liverpool in December 2021. Morrissey denied the offences but was found guilty after trial, with the court hearing he exploited the victim’s trust to carry out the abuse.

Area: Liverpool

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Licence: 1 year extended

TRUSTGROOMING

BF24-406 — Cameron Fraser

Fraser, a serving Police Scotland officer, admitted indecent communications with a child relating to online offending committed in 2022. Fraser was sentenced at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and will also face gross misconduct proceedings following the conviction.

Area: Fife

Court: Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Community payback order: 6 months supervision

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-407 — Khayrul Islam

Islam contacted a 14-year-old girl on her birthday and invited her to his home, where he provided her with alcohol before raping and sexually assaulting her. Islam was convicted of two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault by penetration and one count of sexual assault by touching following the attack in Tower Hamlets.

Area: Tower Hamlets

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years | SHPO: 15 years

IIOCCSA

BF24-408 — Giorgos Lagji

Lagji was convicted of 28 offences including rape, attempted rape, sexual activity with a child and making indecent images of a child following prolonged abuse reported to police in 2022. Lagji carried out repeated sexual abuse against the child victim over an extended period and was found guilty on all counts at Newcastle Crown Court.

Area: Newcastle upon Tyne

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 21 years | SOR: life

TRUSTGROOMING

BF24-409 — Christopher Latimer

Latimer, a Scout leader and school caretaker, admitted sexual communication offences involving a teenage boy, including causing the child to watch a sexual act and inciting sexual activity. Latimer exchanged sexually explicit messages, pictures and videos with the boy over a period of several years after developing a relationship through positions of trust.

Area: Marsham, Norfolk

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-410 — John Armitage

Armitage admitted three counts of possessing indecent images of children and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after devices seized in 2022 were found to contain indecent material. Armitage had previously been jailed in 2019 after travelling to meet what he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sex following online communications with a decoy profile.

Area: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 months

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-411 — Steven Grosvenor

Grosvenor was jailed after pleading guilty to fraud by false representation and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by failing to disclose previous convictions and internet-enabled work devices to police. Grosvenor had previously been convicted in 2021 after attempting to conceal devices containing 251 indecent images of children during a police raid.

Area: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 1 year 4 months

CSA

BF24-412 — Gareth Phillips

Phillips was convicted of rape and four counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child involving a vulnerable teenage girl at multiple locations in Swansea. Phillips, a former serviceman and football coach, was assessed as posing a high risk of serious harm to young teenage girls and was made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Skewen, Neath Port Talbot

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years 6 months | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Licence: remainder on release

REOFFENDERTRUSTCSA

BF24-413 — John Roberts

Roberts, a former vicar and canon, was convicted of five further counts of indecent assault against a boy under 14 committed during the 1970s after another victim came forward following earlier publicity. Roberts had previously been jailed in 2020 for child sexual abuse offences spanning decades and had a prior sexual assault conviction dating back to 1989.

Area: Liverpool, Merseyside

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years

TRUSTCSA

BF24-414 — Simon Taplin

Taplin, a former cadet leader, was convicted of two counts of indecent assault against girls under 16 relating to abuse committed over several years from 1996 onwards. Taplin used his role within cadet activities to gain access to and abuse the victims.

Area: Lavant, West Sussex

Court: Portsmouth Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

IIOCCSA

BF24-415 — Benjamin Holmes

Holmes was convicted of causing a five-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity in Worcester. Police recovered first-generation indecent images from Holmes’ phone following his arrest which evidenced the abuse committed against the child victim.

Area: Worcester, Worcestershire

Court: Worcester Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | SHPO: imposed | Restraining order: imposed

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-416 — Christopher Osborne

Osborne befriended two teenage girls in the United States online and coerced them into performing and filming sexual acts while threatening to share the images publicly if they refused. Osborne admitted offences relating to inciting children to commit sexual acts following an international investigation linking him to the online abuse.

Area: Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years | SOR: life | Licence: 5 years extended

GROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF24-417 — Ben Thompson

Thompson posed online as a 12-year-old girl using a fake profile to groom and coerce dozens of teenage boys into sending sexual images and videos, threatening victims who refused to comply. Police recovered more than 1,000 indecent images and videos linked to the offending and discovered around two million images stored on Thompson’s devices during the investigation.

Area: Bolton, Greater Manchester

Court: Unknown

Month: Jun 2024

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

REOFFENDERGROOMINGCSA

BF24-418 — Donald Kargbo-Reffell

Kargbo-Reffell was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl in Bedford in 2006 after the case was reopened using improved forensic techniques. Kargbo-Reffell persuaded the victim to go to a flat, provided her with alcohol and carried out the rape, while already serving a sentence for another rape offence solved through advances in forensic evidence.

Area: Bedford, Bedfordshire

Court: Luton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 19 years

CSA

BF24-419 — Robert Llewellyn Price

Price was convicted of two counts of rape involving a 16-year-old girl after luring her to his home on two occasions in Amlwch. Following the assaults, Price warned the victim not to tell anyone before later fleeing the area after the offences were reported to police.

Area: Amlwch, Anglesey

Court: Caernarfon Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 8 months | SOR: life

TRUSTGROOMINGCSA

BF24-420 — Denise Povall

Povall, a former primary school teaching assistant, was convicted of grooming, inciting sexual activity with a child and sexual assault offences involving a 10-year-old boy during the 2000s. Povall used gifts and text messages to groom the child before carrying out repeated sexual abuse while working at a school in the Harrogate district.

Area: Ripon, North Yorkshire

Court: York Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | SOR: imposed

CSA

BF24-421 — Irtiza Abbas

Abbas admitted sexually assaulting a 15-year-old schoolgirl and a 22-year-old university student in separate attacks in Birmingham during 2024. CCTV showed Abbas following lone female victims before targeting and assaulting them in public areas.

Area: Birmingham, West Midlands

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years

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BF24-422 — Geoffrey Hurt

Hurt was convicted of non-penetrative sexual activity and sexual communication offences involving a 13-year-old girl after biting intimate areas of the child’s body and later sending sexually suggestive messages soliciting images and implying sexual activity. Hurt was also found to have searched sexual material involving children and had a previous sexual assault conviction dating back 12 years. :contentReference{index=0}

Area: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 18 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: imposed | Restraining order: 10 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-423 — Andrew Woodhouse

Woodhouse was convicted of multiple offences including four rapes, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, sexual activity in the presence of a child, blackmail and coercive behaviour against several victims over a 20-year period. Woodhouse groomed a young girl with promises of treats to facilitate sexual abuse and also used threats, manipulated images and sustained harassment against adult victims.

Area: Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: life (min 18 years 329 days)

OP-TOURWAYCSA

BF24-424 — Sajad Hussain

Hussain was convicted of rape, false imprisonment, trafficking and aiding and abetting the rape of two young women in West Yorkshire between 2008 and 2011. Hussain was sentenced as part of Operation Tourway, a major investigation into the non-recent sexual exploitation of young women and girls in North Kirklees.

Area: Batley, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 21 years

TRUSTCSA

BF24-425 — Anthony Walker

Walker was convicted of rape and multiple sexual abuse offences against five girls aged between six and 13 committed between 1998 and 2007. Walker exposed children to pornographic material, indecently assaulted victims, exposed himself and carried out sexual acts in front of them before fleeing to Bulgaria ahead of trial and later being extradited to Scotland.

Area: Falkirk, Scotland

Court: High Court in Livingston

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | SOR: indefinite

CSA

BF24-426 — Nigel Jackson

Jackson was convicted of 17 sexual offences committed between 2003 and 2019 including multiple rapes, attempted rape, assault by penetration and sexual touching involving a girl who was as young as 11 when the abuse began, as well as offences against an adult woman. DNA evidence helped secure the convictions following a lengthy investigation into the prolonged abuse.

Area: Long Eaton, Derbyshire

Court: Derby Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 27 years

IIOCCSA

BF24-427 — Ian Heddle

Heddle admitted serious sexual assault offences against a child in Thailand and possession of more than 270,000 indecent images and videos of children. Investigators linked Heddle to abuse recordings involving a child believed to be around eight years old, with further examination uncovering additional contact offending involving a young female.

Area: Dunfermline / Thailand

Court: High Court in Glasgow

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: SOR: imposed | Remanded in custody pending sentence

IIOCCSA

BF24-428 — Alex Symeonides

Symeonides was convicted of multiple sexual offences and making indecent images of children after Essex Police identified him through intelligence linked to online child abuse material in 2023. During the investigation, officers recovered indecent images from Symeonides’ devices and uncovered evidence relating to sexual assault offences.

Area: Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

Court: Basildon Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 8 months

CSA

BF24-429 — Sean Yip

Yip pleaded guilty to two counts of raping a child under 13 and one count of sexual assault involving a young girl in the Kirklees area. Following the victim’s disclosure, Yip was arrested, charged and remanded in custody before being sentenced for the offences against the child victim.

Area: Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years 6 months | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-430 — Billy Ward

Ward was convicted of 12 offences including rape of a child under 13 and assault by penetration against a young child following sustained abuse committed between 2016 and 2022 in Kent. Investigators described the offending as prolonged and pre-planned, with the victim personally delivering a statement in court following the trial.

Area: Chatham, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years | SHPO: 35 years | Licence: 5 years extended

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-431 — Mark Anthony Foster

Foster was convicted of 21 offences including rape, indecent assault and gross indecency involving a young girl in Cheshire whose abuse began when she was nine years old during the 1990s and early 2000s. Foster subjected the victim to prolonged grooming, drugging and repeated sexual abuse over a sustained period before being convicted following trial at Chester Crown Court.

Area: Weaverham, Cheshire

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 28 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: indefinite

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-432 — Graham Robinson

Robinson was jailed after pleading guilty to multiple breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, making indecent images of children, possessing extreme pornography and failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements. Investigators recovered undeclared internet-enabled devices containing more than 460,000 images, including indecent images of children and evidence Robinson had used software designed to wipe device activity.

Area: Faversham, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-433 — James Green

Green admitted multiple offences including making and distributing indecent images of children, possessing a prohibited image of a child and repeated breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender notification requirements. Police discovered Green had concealed an undeclared phone containing illegal content after officers attended his home investigating online child abuse activity.

Area: Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Court: Chelmsford Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years

IIOC

BF24-434 — Daniel Aylward

Aylward pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children after digital forensic examination of devices seized from his home uncovered hundreds of Category A, B and C abuse images. Investigators recovered 218 Category A images, 307 Category B images and 624 Category C images during the investigation.

Area: Jersey

Court: Royal Court of Jersey

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 2 months | SOR: 5 years

BF24-435 to BF24-464
IIOCCSA

BF24-435 — Michael Lee Price

Price was convicted of multiple offences against child victims including rape, sexual assault, causing children to engage in sexual activity and causing a child to watch sexual activity following abuse uncovered in Staffordshire from 2022 onwards. Investigators also recovered extreme pornographic material and an indecent image of a child during the investigation into offences against multiple survivors.

Area: Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Court: Shrewsbury Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Licence: 3 years extended

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-436 — Christopher Jay Swaine

Swaine was convicted of attempted sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause or incite a child to engage in sexual activity after engaging in predatory online conversations with undercover officers posing as two 12-year-old girls. Police identified Swaine through covert online communications conducted via the messaging app Kik before he was arrested and charged.

Area: Southampton, Hampshire

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

CSA

BF24-437 — Scott Sly

Sly was convicted of 10 offences including rape, indecent assault and sexual assault against a school-aged girl following repeated abuse committed in Sunderland more than 20 years ago. Sly denied the allegations during police interview but was found guilty on all counts following trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

Area: Hartlepool, County Durham

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years | SOR: life | Restraining order: imposed

IIOC

BF24-438 — Ian Gibbs

Gibbs pleaded guilty to voyeurism offences after installing hidden recording equipment to secretly film a victim in a private space, with police also recovering indecent images of children from his phone during the investigation. Officers found searches relating to covert surveillance devices and evidence linked to the taking and making of indecent images of children.

Area: Bedfordshire

Court: Luton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years | Licence: 12 months

TRUSTCSA

BF24-439 — Shane Medhurst

Medhurst was convicted of multiple child sexual abuse offences including sexual activity with a child, causing penetrative sexual activity, assault by penetration and inciting children to engage in sexual activity involving victims under 13. Investigators stated Medhurst exploited positions of trust and responsibility to carry out prolonged abuse against young children.

Area: Windsor, Berkshire

Court: Reading Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 25 years

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA

BF24-440 — James Hemphill

Hemphill was convicted of causing or inciting a teenage girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity and failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements following inappropriate sexual communications in Northamptonshire during 2022. Hemphill had previously been convicted in the United States for offences involving a teenager before fleeing prior to sentencing and later being extradited back to serve a prison term.

Area: Kettering, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Convicted awaiting sentence

CSA

BF24-441 — Grant Venamore

Venamore was convicted of multiple offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of two children over more than 15 years, including rape, indecent assault and inciting sexual acts. One victim was aged four when the offending began and the court heard the abuse caused long-term harm to both victims.

Area: Croydon / Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years | SHPO: indefinite | Licence: extended 3 years

TRUST

BF24-442 — Umar Dawood

Dawood admitted offences involving inappropriate online communication with a child and causing a boy under 13 to engage in unlawful sexual activity. Dawood had previously taught children within the local community as an imam and had also volunteered with a children’s charity.

Area: Redditch, Worcestershire

Court: Worcester Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

CSA

BF24-443 — Antonino Seminara

Seminara was convicted of offences involving the sexual abuse of four teenage girls in Padiham and Blackburn. The court heard one victim was aged 14 at the time of the offending and Seminara also threatened one victim to prevent disclosure of the abuse.

Area: Burnley / Padiham / Blackburn, Lancashire

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years 6 months | SOR: life | Restraining order: imposed

CSA

BF24-444 — Andrew Lucas

Lucas was convicted of multiple historical offences involving the sexual abuse of a boy, including indecent assault and gross indecency offences. Lucas denied the allegations but was found guilty by a jury following a trial at Stafford Crown Court.

Area: Shareshill, Staffordshire

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years

CSA

BF24-445 — Kevin Hawkins

Hawkins was convicted of multiple historical offences involving the sexual abuse of at least seven children over several decades, including rape and indecent assault offences. The court heard some victims were as young as seven when the offending began, with the earliest offences dating back to 1973.

Area: Billericay, Essex

Court: Basildon Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years

GROOMING

BF24-446 — Luke Smerdon

Smerdon admitted offences involving sexual communication and attempts to engage underage girls in sexual activity after approaching three teenage girls in Plymouth and offering money and gifts for sex. Smerdon was also convicted of robbery, attempted robbery and multiple malicious communications offences involving threats towards vulnerable women.

Area: Ivybridge / Plymouth, Devon

Court: Plymouth Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 77 months | SHPO: imposed | Restraining order: imposed

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF24-447 — Barry Aldcroft

Aldcroft was convicted after targeting three 15-year-old girls on a bus in Newcastle, committing sexual offences in their presence and sexually assaulting one of them. Aldcroft was already subject to a sexual harm prevention order following previous offences involving sexual communication with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl and later breaching the order by contacting children.

Area: Newcastle / Cramlington, Northumberland

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

CSA

BF24-448 — David Miller

Miller was convicted of multiple offences involving the sexual abuse of young boys, including rape, indecent assault and causing or inciting children to engage in sexual activity. The court heard Miller targeted vulnerable women in order to gain access to their children.

Area: Ipswich, Suffolk

Court: Ipswich Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 21 years

CSA

BF24-449 — Surajit Ghosh

Ghosh admitted sexually assaulting a young girl inside a Portsmouth supermarket before fleeing the scene and later assaulting a police officer during his arrest. Ghosh also admitted attempting to interfere with the case after contacting the victim’s mother and asking for the allegations to be withdrawn.

Area: Portsmouth, Hampshire

Court: Portsmouth Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 18 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Restraining order: 10 years

CSA

BF24-450 — David Wyn Williams

Williams was convicted of offences involving the sexual abuse of two children, including rape and sexual activity with a child, following a non-recent abuse investigation. The court heard one victim’s disclosure led investigators to identify a second victim during extensive enquiries involving international witness engagement.

Area: Borth, Ceredigion

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: indefinite

CSA

BF24-451 — Monsor Kazi

Kazi was convicted of offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of a young girl, including multiple rape offences committed over several months. The investigation began after concerns were reported to police and forensic evidence later supported the prosecution case.

Area: Ilford, London

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years 6 months | SOR: life

GROOMING

BF24-452 — Patryk Kantor

Kantor admitted offences involving online grooming and sexual activity with a child after falsely claiming to be 17 while communicating through Snapchat. Kantor travelled from Coventry to Wales to meet the child following the online contact.

Area: Coventry / Cardiff

Court: Cardiff Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years | SHPO: imposed | SOR: imposed

ORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-453 — Roger Morris

Morris was convicted after breaching the terms of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order when officers discovered undisclosed electronic devices during an unannounced visit. Examination of the devices uncovered more than 100 indecent images of children along with prohibited and extreme pornographic material.

Area: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

Court: Unknown

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-454 — Craig McKay

McKay admitted offences involving online grooming, sexual communication and indecent image offences after contacting a teenage girl through Tumblr when she was 14. McKay later travelled from Scotland to Plymouth to meet the child following the online contact and continued attempting contact after the abuse ended.

Area: Aberdeen / Exeter

Court: Exeter Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | Licence: extended 1 year | SHPO: imposed | Restraining order: indefinite

TRUSTGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-455 — Sam Powers

Powers was convicted of offences involving the sexual abuse of multiple boys over a two-year period, including rape, voyeuristic offences and internet-based offending. The court heard Powers manipulated vulnerable children, paid some victims for indecent images and videos, and secretly recorded victims while working as a teaching assistant and gym employee.

Area: Swindon / Gloucester

Court: Gloucester Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 20 years | Licence: 4 years | SHPO: 25 years

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-456 — Matthew Brown

Brown admitted offences involving online sexual communication and coercion of a child after contacting a young girl through TikTok and Instagram and threatening to distribute images to force compliance with his demands. Police later recovered recordings of the abuse along with category A, B and C indecent images of children and extreme pornographic material from devices seized during a search of his home.

Area: Mitchel Troy / Monmouth, Wales

Court: Cardiff Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: indefinite

CSA

BF24-457 — Paul English

English was convicted of multiple offences involving the sexual abuse of two children over a number of years, including sexual assault of a child under 13 and sexual activity with a child. The investigation began after reports were made to police, with the earliest offences dating back to 2012.

Area: Lowestoft, Suffolk

Court: Ipswich Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | SHPO: imposed

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-458 — Kurt Anderssen

Anderssen was convicted after arranging online to meet what he believed was a seven-year-old girl for sexual activity and offering payment to facilitate the abuse. Police later recovered evidence from electronic devices including indecent images of children and searches relating to child sexual abuse material.

Area: Amesbury, Wiltshire

Court: Winchester Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 8 months

Lewisham, London multi-defendant case
Cases: BF24-459 • BF24-460
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MULTI CASE

BF24-459 — Clinton Easy

Easy admitted offences connected to arranging and advertising sexual exploitation involving teenage girls and was also found with indecent images of children on seized devices.

Area: Lewisham, London

Court: Woolwich Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: 7 years

Multi
MULTI CASE

BF24-460 — Tyler Belgrave-Breeds

Belgrave-Breeds admitted offences connected to assisting the promotion of online advertisements linked to the exploitation of teenage girls after investigators connected him through digital evidence.

Area: SE28, London

Court: Woolwich Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: 7 years

End of Multi Case
ORDER-BREACH

BF24-461 — Keiran Brodie

Brodie was jailed after breaching the conditions of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by failing to declare multiple email addresses, bank accounts and social media accounts including Snapchat and Instagram. Brodie was already subject to monitoring following an earlier conviction involving a child sexual offence.

Area: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 1 year 9 months

GROOMING

BF24-462 — Michael Murray

Murray was convicted of offences involving the grooming and sexual abuse of a teenage girl after supplying prescription drugs to the victim over a sustained period. Police later recovered substantial quantities of controlled drugs from Murray’s home during searches linked to the investigation.

Area: Halifax, West Yorkshire

Court: Bradford Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years

CSA

BF24-463 — Anthony Fawcett

Fawcett was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at business premises in Cleethorpes following a trial at Grimsby Crown Court. Police described Fawcett as a predator who targeted the victim for his own sexual gratification.

Area: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire

Court: Grimsby Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 months | SOR: 10 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-464 — Lee Begbie

Begbie was convicted of multiple rape offences against a teenage boy after befriending the victim in a shop and luring him to his home in Attleborough. The offences took place over several months in 2003 before the victim later reported the abuse to police in 2019.

Area: Whitby / Attleborough, Norfolk

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 19 years

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REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-465 — Lee Courtney

Courtney was jailed after breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender notification requirements when officers discovered undeclared accounts and a concealed mobile phone containing 140 indecent images of children. Courtney had previously received a suspended sentence for indecent image offences in 2021.

Area: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Court: Cambridge Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 months | SHPO: until January 2036 | SOR: until January 2031

GROOMING

BF24-466 — Andrew Turiccki

Turiccki admitted offences involving attempted sexual communication with who he believed were teenage girls after using a false identity on Facebook to initiate online conversations and send inappropriate images of himself. The investigation began after concerns were raised by an online child protection activist group.

Area: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Court: Peterborough Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 months

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-467 — Norman Williams

Williams was convicted of multiple historical offences involving the sexual abuse of children, including rape and indecent assault offences committed over several years. The court heard Williams groomed some victims from around the age of 12 using cigarettes, alcohol and money before carrying out the abuse.

Area: Atherton, Greater Manchester

Court: Bolton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 25 years

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-468 — Joshua Brown

Brown admitted offences involving the grooming and rape of a 12-year-old girl after exchanging thousands of messages with the child over a six-week period while acknowledging her age in the conversations. Police later recovered evidence from both phones, including messages and indecent image offences, after the victim disclosed the abuse to her mother.

Area: Robin Hood Green / West Midlands

Court: Wolverhampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | Licence: extended 1 year | SHPO: 20 years

CSA

BF24-469 — Martin Hayes

Hayes was convicted of multiple historical offences involving the sexual abuse of two victims over a period spanning the 1980s to 1990s, including rape and indecent assault offences. Hayes denied the allegations but was arrested on his return to the UK and later found guilty following a trial at Teesside Crown Court.

Area: Teesside, Cleveland

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 29 years | SOR: life | Restraining order: imposed

IIOCCSA

BF24-470 — Sean Begley

Begley admitted offences involving the sexual abuse of a child, including sexual assault and indecent image offences. The abuse was reported to police in 2024 after the victim disclosed what had happened, leading to Begley pleading guilty at Bristol Crown Court.

Area: Bristol

Court: Bristol Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years 8 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

IIOCCSA

BF24-471 — Dane Bartholomew

Bartholomew admitted offences involving the rape and sexual assault of a young girl after investigators recovered images of some of the abuse from his phone. Police said the victim disclosed the offending to family members before the offences were reported.

Area: Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Court: Wolverhampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years 4 months | SHPO: 20 years | SOR: life

IIOC

BF24-472 — John McKechnie

McKechnie admitted multiple offences involving violent sexual attacks against women and girls between 2015 and 2022, including rape, domestic abuse offences and indecent image offences involving children. The court heard investigators also uncovered child abuse images and videos during the investigation.

Area: West Lothian, Scotland

Court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | SOR: imposed

IIOCCSA

BF24-473 — John Armsby

Armsby was convicted of multiple offences involving the rape and sexual abuse of two girls under the age of 13 over a five-year period. Police also recovered indecent images of children and prohibited imagery from digital devices seized during searches of his home.

Area: Bexhill, East Sussex

Court: Lewes Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 24 years | Licence: extended 4 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: indefinite

REOFFENDERGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-474 — John Harrison

Harrison was convicted after attempting to arrange sexual activity with who he believed was a 14-year-old boy while also possessing thousands of indecent images of children, including category A material. Harrison continued offending while under investigation and had previously been convicted of indecent image offences in 2014.

Area: Tipton, West Midlands

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months

TRUSTGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-475 — Michael Pierce

Pierce posed as a teenage boy on Snapchat to manipulate young girls into sending indecent images before using threats to demand further material and distributing one victim’s image to another child. The court heard Pierce was working as a teacher at the time of the offences and used online deception to target vulnerable children.

Area: Worksop / Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

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

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF24-476 — Malak Siftul-Hassan

Siftul-Hassan was jailed after repeatedly breaching a Sexual Risk Order by meeting and communicating with a named 16-year-old girl despite restrictions preventing contact with under-18s. Police recovered evidence from his phone confirming continued communication with the child.

Area: Crawley, West Sussex

Court: Lewes Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 months

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-477 — Patrick Clogg

Clogg was convicted of multiple offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of several victims over a six-year period, including rape offences. Police said Clogg used threats and manipulation to prevent victims reporting the abuse before he was identified after inappropriate messages to a child were discovered by a family member.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 28 years 6 months | SOR: life

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-478 — Carl Gowland

Gowland was convicted of multiple offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of three children over a number of years, including rape and indecent assault offences. The court heard Gowland’s behaviour escalated over time and included grooming and persistent targeting of the victims.

Area: Hartlepool, County Durham

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 20 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: indefinite

IIOCCSA

BF24-479 — Nathan Woods-Springer

Woods-Springer admitted multiple offences involving the rape and sexual abuse of very young children after investigators recovered evidence from seized devices, including images showing the offences being committed. Police also uncovered hundreds of category A indecent images of children during the investigation.

Area: Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire

Court: York Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 36 years

TRUSTIIOC

BF24-480 — Edward Finn

Finn, an anaesthetist working across hospitals in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, admitted offences involving the sexual assault of a child patient, indecent image offences and voyeurism. Investigators recovered nearly 4,000 indecent images of children from devices along with intimate photographs taken of patients in hospital settings, with the court hearing Finn abused his medical position to commit the offences.

Area: Cotgrave / Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | Licence: extended 4 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life

REOFFENDERGROOMING

BF24-481 — Daniel Allcock (aka Daniel Smith)

Allcock posed as a 19-year-old man on social media to groom a 14-year-old girl before arranging repeated meetings and sexual activity with the child. Police later established Allcock was already known for previous sexual offences and recovered digital and forensic evidence supporting the investigation.

Area: Crewe, Cheshire

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years | Licence: extended 4 years | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

IIOCCSA

BF24-482 — Derry Tift

Tift admitted multiple offences involving the sexual abuse of three young girls between 2001 and 2013 after police investigating indecent image activity uncovered hundreds of indecent images of children on seized devices. Further victims came forward following the initial investigation into Tift’s online offending.

Area: Coventry, West Midlands

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | SHPO: indefinite

CSA

BF24-483 — Daniel O’Brien

O’Brien was convicted of multiple offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of a girl over a two-year period, including rape, sexual assault and assault by penetration offences. Following conviction, O’Brien was made subject to lifelong safeguarding orders and indefinite restrictions preventing contact with the victim and witnesses.

Area: Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Court: Basildon Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | Licence: extended 3 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life | Restraining order: indefinite

REOFFENDERGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-484 — Matthew Reilly

Reilly, a registered sex offender, posed as a 15-year-old boy on Snapchat to target girls aged between 11 and 15 across 27 police force areas in the UK. Police identified 40 victims and recovered indecent images of children along with evidence that Reilly had caused a child to engage in sexual activity and persuaded children to watch sexual acts through online communications.

Area: Halesowen, West Midlands

Court: Wolverhampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years

TRUSTCSA

BF24-485 — Anthony Roberts

Roberts, a piano teacher at Boarzell School in Etchingham, was convicted of historical offences involving the sexual abuse of two boys over a number of years beginning when they were under the age of 10. Police said Roberts abused his position of trust at the boarding school and one victim only came forward decades later, leading to a second victim being identified through a media appeal.

Area: Etchingham, East Sussex

Court: Hove Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years

CSA

BF24-486 — Sajidur Rashid Tipu

Tipu was convicted of 15 offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of two girls known to him over a period spanning more than 15 years. One victim reported the offences to police in 2019, leading to a wider investigation before Tipu was arrested returning to the UK from Bangladesh in 2021.

Area: Poplar, London

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years 6 months | SHPO: 15 years | Restraining order: 15 years

GROOMING

BF24-487 — Adrian Vermaak

Vermaak admitted offences involving sexual activity with two schoolgirls after using his Audi to lure the children into meeting him and taking them on drives before sexually abusing them in the vehicle. The court heard the offending took place over several days and had a lasting impact on both victims’ mental health and education.

Area: Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

Court: Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years

CSA

BF24-488 — David James

James admitted multiple historical indecent assault offences against two girls who were under the age of 16 at the time of the abuse between 1976 and 1980. Police said the victims showed significant courage in reporting offences which had continued to impact them decades later.

Area: Dursley, Gloucestershire

Court: Hertfordshire / Gloucestershire (case origin)

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 3 months | Licence: extended 2 years

GROOMING

BF24-489 — Robert Charles Payne

Payne admitted offences involving attempts to sexually communicate with and meet who he believed was a 13-year-old girl after initiating contact on Facebook before moving conversations to WhatsApp. Police said Payne sent sexual messages, requested indecent images and arrived at Northampton train station with condoms intending to meet the child, who was actually an online child protection decoy.

Area: Towcester / Northampton

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: Jun 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 11 months


JUN 2024 PH CASES
GROOMING Medium

PH24-182 • Aaron Holden

Barrow-in-Furness • Jun 2024

Holden believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. The court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 18 months (suspended 2 years) | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | RAR: 20 days

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

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

GROOMING Medium

PH24-183 • Andrew Smith

Leicestershire • Jun 2024

Smith believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. The court imposed a Community Order together with accredited programme requirements, rehabilitation measures and financial penalties.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community order: imposed | Accredited programme: 30 days | RAR: imposed | Surcharge: £114 | Costs: £85

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

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING Medium

PH24-184 • Andy Manning

Sidcup, Kent • Jun 2024

Manning believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. The court imposed a Community Order together with programme requirements and five years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community order: imposed | Accredited programme: 35 days | SOR: 5 years | Costs: £85 | Surcharge: £114

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

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING Medium

PH24-185 • Anthony Barton (AKA Anthony CBF Barton)

Doncaster • Jun 2024

Barton, also known as Anthony CBF Barton, believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Sheffield Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements, mental health treatment and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 20 months | RAR: 25 days | MHTR: 6 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING High

PH24-186 • Bavajani Sina

Nottingham • Jun 2024

Sina believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment and made subject to indefinite notification requirements and an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Unknown

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

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure & Children’s Voices

GROOMING Medium

PH24-187 • Benjamin Miller

London (Redbridge) • Jun 2024

Miller believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Snaresbrook Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with the Horizon Programme, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 2 years (suspended 2 years) | Horizon programme: imposed | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Surcharge: £187

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices & Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-188 • Blake Connor Sherwin

Leeds • Jun 2024

Sherwin believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Leeds Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work and seven-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 4 months (suspended 18 months) | RAR: 55 days | Unpaid work: 100 hours | SHPO: 7 years | SOR: 7 years

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-189 • Christopher Houghton

Northampton • Jun 2024

Houghton admitted the offences before Northampton Magistrates’ Court following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was adjourned until 25 July 2024 for final disposal.

Court: Northampton Magistrates Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing adjourned: 25 Jul 2024

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-190 • Daniel Martin

Melton Mowbray • Jun 2024

Martin believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Leicester Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Leicester Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 12 months | RAR: 50 days | Unpaid work: 70 hours | SHPO: 10 years | Costs: £70 | Surcharge: £187

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING Medium

PH24-191 • Dave Southern

Leeds • Jun 2024

Southern believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Leeds Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation work, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and forfeiture of his mobile phone.

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 2 years (suspended 18 months) | RAR: 30 days | SHPO: 10 years | Device forfeiture: phone

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING High

PH24-192 • David Sterling

Newton Aycliffe • Jun 2024

Sterling admitted the offences before Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing had not yet taken place, with notification requirements remaining active pending final disposal.

Court: Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing pending | SOR: active pending disposal

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-193 • Jamie Broome

Manchester • Jun 2024

Broome admitted the offences before Manchester Crown Court (Minshull Street) following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was adjourned until 6 August 2024 and conditional bail was continued.

Court: Manchester Crown Court (Minshull St)

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing adjourned: 06 Aug 2024 | Conditional bail

Source: https://www.facebook.com/p/Aftermath-Confronting-Evil-Online-100091778439604/?locale=en_GB

Poster Credit: Aftermath – Confronting Evil Online

GROOMING High

PH24-194 • John Barker

Darlington • Jun 2024

Barker believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 53 months’ imprisonment, made subject to indefinite notification requirements and had devices seized as part of the court’s orders.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 53 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: indefinite | Devices: seized | Costs: £228

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Byhm58Abv/

Poster Credit: 365 Hunters

GROOMING Medium

PH24-195 • John Kimmet

Drumchapel • Jun 2024

Kimmet admitted the offences following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. The available source records the guilty plea but does not provide sentencing details.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing outcome not stated

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

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING High

PH24-196 • Martin Mewse (AKA Marty)

Middlesbrough • Jun 2024

Mewse, also known as Marty, believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 41 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: indefinite

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING High

PH24-197 • Michael Harris

Preston • Jun 2024

Harris was due to appear before Preston Magistrates’ Court following allegations arising from an undercover operation but failed to attend. The court subsequently issued a warrant in connection with the proceedings.

Court: Preston Magistrates Court

Outcome: Failed to attend court | Warrant issued

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING High

PH24-198 • Neville Douglas Richard Gray

Liverpool • Jun 2024

Gray denied the allegations but was found guilty following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. He was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and notification requirements.

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 16 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: imposed

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING High

PH24-199 • Paul Marshall

Southampton • Jun 2024

Marshall believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order together with lifetime notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 9 months | SHPO: 15 years | SOR: life | Fine: £190

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

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING High

PH24-200 • Scott Simpson

Unknown • Jun 2024

Simpson was convicted following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. The available source reports that the case resulted in a substantial custodial sentence, although the exact disposal details were not provided.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: long custodial sentence | Further details: not stated

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

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING High

PH24-201 • Steve Badder

Ilkeston • Jun 2024

Badder believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Nottingham Crown Court sentenced him to 32 months’ imprisonment and imposed indefinite notification requirements together with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 32 months | SHPO: until further notice | SOR: indefinite | Costs: £190

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure & Defending the Innocent

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-202 • Thomas Lee

Huddersfield • Jun 2024

Lee was identified as a repeat offender after coming to attention during a further undercover operation. He was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 16 months | SHPO: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-203 • Tom Phillips

Stoke-on-Trent • Jun 2024

Phillips was described as a repeat offender and was reported to have come to attention during multiple investigations. A jury found him guilty on five counts, with sentencing pending at the time of the update.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Found guilty by jury | 5 counts | Sentencing pending

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure & Children’s Voices

GROOMING Medium

PH24-204 • Wayne Harrison

Worcester • Jun 2024

Harrison believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Worcester Magistrates’ Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements, 200 hours of unpaid work and notification requirements.

Court: Worcester Magistrates Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 4 months | RAR: up to 50 days | Unpaid work: 200 hours | SOR: imposed

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING High

PH24-205 • Milind Nandkumar Sade

Isle of Wight • Jun 2024

Sade believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 45 months’ imprisonment and made subject to indefinite notification requirements together with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order lasting until further order.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 45 months | SHPO: until further order | SOR: indefinite | Surcharge: £228

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

Poster Credit: Protecting Pompey’s Innocent

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-206 • Donald Kennedy

Cumbernauld • Jun 2024

Kennedy was identified as a repeat offender and remanded in custody pending trial. The allegations involved sexual communication offences and arranging to meet a person he believed to be underage following an undercover operation.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Remanded in custody | Trial pending

Source: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089068025679

Poster Credit: Silent Angels

GROOMING High

PH24-207 • James East

Solihull • Jun 2024

East believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment, made subject to lifetime notification requirements and received a lifetime deprivation order preventing smartphone ownership or use.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 16 months | SOR: life | Deprivation order: lifetime smartphone ownership/use ban

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

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

GROOMING High

PH24-208 • Mike Foster

Wrexham • Jun 2024

Foster believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to two years and two months’ imprisonment and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order running until 2032 together with 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 2 months | SHPO: until 2032 | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Children’s Voices


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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