March 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.

Entries are grouped into two reference types: BF and PH.

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convictions recorded this month

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MAR 2024
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
CSA

BF24-148 — Raymond Willan

Willan admitted sexually abusing a boy over a period spanning more than a decade, including offences committed when the victim was under 13 and later aged between 13 and 16. The abuse was uncovered after the victim disclosed what had happened over several years, leading to Willan pleading guilty to multiple child sexual offences and possession of extreme pornography.

Area: Eccles, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years

CSAGROOMING

BF24-149 — Adrian O’Reilly

O’Reilly engaged in online conversations about arranging the sexual abuse of a six-year-old girl before flying from Dublin to London believing he was travelling to carry out the offence. Investigators arrested O’Reilly in Stratford after an undercover operation in which officers posed as someone offering access to a child, with police recovering condoms and Viagra when he arrived at the arranged meeting location.

Area: Dublin, Ireland / Stratford, London

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 9 months | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-150 — Julian Abrahams

Abrahams was convicted of rape and indecent assault offences against two girls aged 15 and 16 in Bristol during the 1990s after one victim came forward to police in 2020. Detectives from a specialist investigation team reopened the historic case and secured convictions relating to prolonged abuse which survivors said continued to affect them decades later.

Area: Craydon Road, Bristol

Court: Bristol Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years

CSA

BF24-152 — Nicholas Lloyd

Lloyd was convicted of 20 sexual offences against girls and women spanning two decades between 1986 and 2006, including rape, rape of a child under 13, indecency with a child and assault by penetration offences. Investigators said Lloyd persistently denied responsibility throughout proceedings despite evidence relating to prolonged abuse which caused lasting trauma to multiple victims.

Area: Duffryn, Newport

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 23 years | Licence: 5 years extended | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-153 — Joseph Kemp

Kemp approached schoolgirls at bus stops in Tenterden offering them money in exchange for sexual acts while already on bail for earlier child sexual offences involving undercover police operations. Investigators later found hundreds of indecent images of children as young as eight on Kemp’s devices, alongside extreme pornography, after he had also used online chats to discuss sexual acts with what he believed was a 12-year-old girl and request indecent images of children.

Area: Tenterden / Cranbrook, Kent

Court: Canterbury Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 7 months | SOR: 15 years

CSA

BF24-154 — Jonathan Burton

Burton was convicted of 10 offences involving sexual activity with a vulnerable teenage boy after allegations were reported to Cleveland Police in 2019. Detectives from the Child Abuse and Vulnerable Adults team supported the victim throughout the investigation and trial which resulted in Burton receiving a lengthy custodial sentence at Teesside Crown Court.

Area: Middlesbrough, Cleveland

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years

CSA

BF24-155 — Steven McGibbon

McGibbon was convicted after subjecting a 12-year-old girl to a serious sexual assault while she slept, leaving her traumatised by the ordeal. He denied the allegations and forced the victim and her family through a five-day trial before being found guilty of sexual assault by penetration involving a child under 13.

Area: Apley Road, Doncaster

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years | SHPO: indefinite

CSA

BF24-156 — Anthony Moore

Moore admitted multiple offences linked to the prolonged sexual abuse of a boy between 1994 and 1998 after the victim’s family provided an audio recording in which he could be heard admitting the abuse. The offending began when Moore was an adult and the victim was still a child, with the case eventually coming to light nearly 30 years later following a police investigation into non-recent abuse allegations.

Area: Lonsdale Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire

Court: Leicester Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years 8 months | SHPO: life | Restraining order: life

CSA

BF24-157 — Stephen Smith

Smith was jailed after being convicted of multiple violent offences including the rape and assault of a woman at a hotel in Morecambe in 2023. He was also found guilty of kidnapping a young child in Lancaster, with the child safely recovered after police stopped his vehicle during the investigation.

Area: Formerly Blackpool / Lancaster / Morecambe

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 21 years | Licence: 5 years extended

CSA

BF24-158 — Gabriel Marinoaica

Marinoaica was jailed after being convicted of offences against a 15-year-old girl at Bournemouth beach in 2021 following a major police investigation that identified him through DNA evidence. The teenager was able to get back to her friends and report what had happened, leading to Marinoaica later being arrested and charged.

Area: Darlaston, West Midlands / Bournemouth

Court: Bournemouth Crown Court

Month: Apr 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 6 months | SHPO: 20 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-159 — Wayne Mitchell

Mitchell was convicted of multiple offences involving the sexual touching of four teenage girls over a two-year period, with victim impact statements describing lasting psychological harm, flashbacks and ongoing trust issues. The court rejected Mitchell’s claims that he had merely been “messing about”, instead recognising the serious impact his behaviour had on the victims.

Area: Haddon Road, Grantham

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months | SHPO: 10 years

TRUSTCSA

BF24-160 — Quintino Gomes

Gomes was convicted of multiple offences involving two victims between 2000 and 2001 after a 10-day trial at Norwich Crown Court. Police said Gomes abused a position of trust over an extended period, with the victims later describing the lasting emotional and psychological impact the abuse had carried throughout their lives.

Area: Dereham, Norfolk

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 20 years | SOR: life

TRUSTCSA

BF24-161 — Vlazimr Rybak

Rybak was convicted after repeatedly sexually abusing a very young child over a number of years, with the offences eventually reported to police in 2020. The court heard Rybak betrayed a position of trust while carrying out the abuse, leading to convictions for multiple offences following a four-day trial.

Area: Reading

Court: Reading Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years | Licence: 1 year extended

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF24-162 — Nicholas Hawkes

Hawkes became the first person jailed in England and Wales for cyber-flashing offences after sending unsolicited explicit images online, including to a 15-year-old girl. Already a registered sex offender for previous offences involving exposure and sexual activity with a child under 16, Hawkes also admitted breaching earlier court orders during the investigation.

Area: Basildon

Court: Basildon Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 66 weeks | SHPO: 15 years | Restraining order: 10 years | SOR: until 2033

BF24-163 — Benjamin Young

Jailed: minimum 12 years | OLR: imposed | SOR: life | No contact order: imposed

Area: Argyll / Edinburgh

Court: High Court in Edinburgh

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: minimum 12 years | OLR: imposed | SOR: life | No contact order: imposed

TRUSTCSAIIOC

BF24-164 — Kevin Cooper-Shaw

Cooper-Shaw was convicted of 21 offences after abusing his role as a care worker at a Cheshire children’s home to groom and sexually abuse a vulnerable teenage girl between 2018 and 2021. Detectives also found indecent images of children on his devices during the investigation, with the court hearing he had repeatedly exploited a position of trust while working in the home.

Area: Ellesmere Port / Oxton

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Remanded in custody

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACH

BF24-165 — Steven Bell

Bell was jailed after breaching the conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order by failing to register his address, failing to declare that children were staying at the property, and having unsupervised contact with a girl under 16. Police said Bell, a registered sex offender, had been returned to prison following a thorough investigation into the breaches.

Area: Woodchurch / Wirral

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 20 months

CSA

BF24-166 — Dennis Yarr

Yarr was convicted of historical offences involving three girls under the age of 12 following an investigation into abuse dating back to the late 1970s and early 1990s in the Vale of Glamorgan. The court heard Yarr used gifts and secrecy to manipulate the children while working locally as a bus and taxi driver, with the victims only discovering each other’s existence after his arrest in 2020.

Area: Vale of Glamorgan / Cardiff

Court: Cardiff Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years | Licence: 1 year extended | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

REOFFENDERGROOMING

BF24-167 — David Knight (formerly David Thomas)

Knight was jailed after using social media platforms including TikTok to contact and groom a young boy, sending explicit messages and repeatedly attempting to arrange time alone with the child. Police examining Knight’s phone also uncovered concerning internet searches during the investigation, with officers crediting the child’s parents for intervening before more serious offences could occur.

Area: East Malling / Maidstone

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 1 month | Licence: 3 years extended | SHPO: 10 years | Restraining order: 10 years | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF24-168 — Callum Cox

Cox was jailed after repeatedly breaching the conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order by secretly using mobile phones, internet access and social media to pursue online relationships, including with a 17-year-old girl. Investigators found Cox had deliberately misled officers during compliance visits and travelled outside Lancashire in an attempt to avoid detection while continuing the prohibited behaviour.

Area: Lancashire / Bury area

Court: Unknown

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 7 months

CSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-169 — Stephen Humphries

Humphries was jailed after engaging online with what he believed was access to a child for sexual purposes, unaware he was communicating with an undercover officer during a covert investigation in 2023. Officers later recovered thousands of indecent images and videos of children across Categories A, B and C from devices at his home, while Humphries was also sentenced for sexually assaulting a girl under 16 between 2017 and 2019.

Area: Plymouth

Court: Plymouth Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | Licence: 2 years extended | SHPO: imposed

CSA

BF24-170 — Sabaratnam Arulsikamani

Arulsikamani was convicted following a trial over historical offences involving a young teenage girl in 2011, with detectives from Hertfordshire Police’s non-recent child abuse investigation team leading the case. Police said the outcome demonstrated that allegations of child abuse would continue to be investigated thoroughly regardless of how much time had passed.

Area: Watford / Hertfordshire

Court: St Albans Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years 6 months | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSAIIOC

BF24-171 — Jason Hoodlass

Hoodlass was jailed after targeting and befriending two young children on Cleethorpes seafront before abducting and sexually assaulting them in 2023. The court heard Hoodlass later took indecent images of the children and committed the offences while already subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, leading to further breach offences alongside the child abuse convictions.

Area: Immingham / Cleethorpes

Court: Hull Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | SHPO: life | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-172 — Scott Grineau

Grineau was convicted of multiple offences against a child following a jury trial relating to abuse that took place in Witney in September 2021. Police said the victim showed significant courage in supporting the investigation and court proceedings which resulted in Grineau being unanimously convicted on seven offences involving child sexual activity and incitement.

Area: Witney / Thatcham

Court: Oxford Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years | Licence: 12 years extended | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING

BF24-173 — Stephen Painter

Painter was remanded in custody after admitting further breaches of his sex offender notification requirements following reports he had made inappropriate contact with young girls in Oxfordshire after his release from prison. The repeat offender had previously been jailed multiple times for grooming-related offences and repeated breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order linked to undercover sting operations targeting attempts to meet children.

Area: Burford / Oxfordshire

Court: Oxford Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Remanded in custody

CSA

BF24-174 — John Charles Webb

Webb was convicted of 21 historical offences involving three victims who were all under 18 during abuse carried out in Cardiff during the 1990s. Detectives identified additional victims after the original report in 2019, with the court hearing the long-term emotional impact the offences had on those affected over the following decades.

Area: Cardiff / Neath

Court: Cardiff Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 24 years

CSA

BF24-175 — Jack Anderson

Anderson was convicted of five historical offences against a child following an investigation launched in 2021 after the survivor reported the abuse to Cleveland Police. The court heard Anderson denied the allegations throughout the case, forcing the victim to relive traumatic events during the trial before he was found guilty by a jury.

Area: Billingham

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years

CSA

BF24-176 — James Williams

Williams was convicted of nine historical offences against children following an investigation by Cleveland Police’s Child Abuse and Vulnerable Adults team after two survivors came forward to report the abuse. The court heard Williams denied the allegations throughout the proceedings, requiring both victims to relive traumatic experiences before the jury convicted him at trial.

Area: Middlesbrough

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-177 — Jack Laingchild

Laingchild was convicted after grooming two girls aged 14 and 15 through social media in 2018, sending sexual messages and explicit images before arranging meetings in person. Police said Laingchild used cannabis to isolate and exploit the girls during repeated contact, with both victims later reporting the behaviour to their parents which triggered the investigation.

Area: Worthing / Brighton

Court: Lewes Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

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

BF24-178 to BF24-203
CSA

BF24-178 — Brett Sitch

Sitch was convicted following a lengthy Hampshire Constabulary Operation Amberstone investigation into the abuse of five boys in Gosport between 1997 and 2001. The court heard Sitch manipulated children through so-called “dares” to normalise the abuse, with one victim reporting repeated assaults occurring weekly over a prolonged period before other survivors also came forward.

Area: Gosport / Fareham

Court: Portsmouth Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 30 years

CSA

BF24-179 — Amir Saadi

Saadi was convicted after targeting a 14-year-old girl in Bournemouth in 2020 and arranging repeated meetings at his home where money was exchanged for sexual activity. Police said Saadi initially denied knowing the teenager when arrested during the investigation, before later being found guilty following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court.

Area: Bournemouth

Court: Bournemouth Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

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

CSA

BF24-180 — Adam Raado

Raado was convicted of offences involving a child following incidents in the Grantham area during 2022, resulting in a custodial sentence at Lincoln Crown Court. Police said the investigation relied on evidence gathered with support from those involved in the case, leading to the successful prosecution.

Area: No fixed address

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 9 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-181 — Marcus Hoe

Hoe was convicted of 13 offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of two vulnerable children over a three-year period following a trial at Hull Crown Court. Detectives said Hoe had repeatedly exploited and targeted the victims, with the case resulting in a lengthy custodial sentence and lifetime registration requirements.

Area: Hull

Court: Hull Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years | SOR: life

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-182 — Luke Whitfield

Whitfield was jailed after police uncovered more than 100 indecent images of children on his devices alongside conversations arranging meetings and sexual communication with underage girls. Investigators said Whitfield attempted to portray himself as “too clever for police” during conversations with another man, before digital evidence exposed the scale of his online offending and grooming behaviour.

Area: Sheffield

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 9 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: imposed

CSA

BF24-183 — Clinton Woodcock

Woodcock was convicted following a jury trial over offences committed in Gillingham between 2016 and 2018 involving sexual activity with a child aged between 13 and 15. He also admitted separate voyeurism offences from 2021, with detectives praising the victim for reporting the abuse despite Woodcock denying the allegations throughout the case.

Area: Chatham / Gillingham

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

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

CSAIIOC

BF24-184 — Barry Jones

Jones was convicted of 19 offences involving three children aged between six and nine following an extensive Hampshire investigation launched after reports were made in 2022. Detectives said the victims and their families showed significant courage throughout the case, which also involved indecent image offences alongside prolonged abuse against multiple child victims.

Area: Southampton

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 27 years

CSA

BF24-185 — Brian Bottley

Bottley admitted historical offences against a young girl relating to abuse carried out in Dudley during the late 1970s and early 1980s after initially denying the allegations when arrested in 2020. Police said the investigation began after the survivor came forward decades later to report what had happened.

Area: Wolverhampton / Dudley

Court: Dudley Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years | SOR: imposed

GROOMINGIIOC

BF24-186 — Nathan Mainwaring

Mainwaring used platforms including Discord and Snapchat to target and manipulate multiple 14-year-old girls, coercing victims into sending sexual images and carrying out degrading acts while threatening to share content if they refused. Investigators later discovered indecent images, evidence of online exploitation and large collections of stolen account credentials on his devices following searches at his home during the investigation.

Area: Greenfield / Flintshire

Court: Mold Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 6 months

CSA

BF24-187 — Philip Meekings

Meekings admitted historical offences involving the sexual abuse of a very young child after Cleveland Police launched an investigation following a report made through a partner agency in late 2023. Detectives said the victim-survivor and their family showed considerable courage throughout the case, which resulted in Meekings pleading guilty to all charges at Crown Court.

Area: Stockton / Teesside

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years | Licence: 1 year extended | SHPO: imposed | Restraining order: imposed | SOR: imposed

CSA

BF24-188 — Steven Felix

Felix was convicted after sexually abusing a child under 13 over a prolonged period between 2019 and 2020 following an investigation launched after the abuse was reported in 2021. Police described Felix as a predatory offender who repeatedly exploited the victim, with the case resulting in convictions for multiple offences involving rape and sexual activity with a child.

Area: Bridgend / Wales

Court: Crown Court (South Wales)

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 24 years | Licence: 6 years extended | SHPO: life

CSA

BF24-189 — Terry Davison

Davison pleaded guilty to a series of historical offences against a child following an investigation by Cleveland Police’s Child Abuse and Vulnerable Adults team into abuse dating back to the 1990s in the Teesside area. Detectives praised the victim for their courage and support throughout the investigation and court proceedings which ultimately led to Davison being jailed.

Area: Teesside / Cleveland

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 1 month

TRUSTCSA

BF24-190 — Andrew Magee

Magee was convicted after abusing his position as a trusted family friend to target a 15-year-old girl while staying at a campsite with her family. The teenager later disclosed the abuse to her father, leading to a police investigation during which Magee admitted sexual contact with the victim before later being convicted at trial.

Area: Widnes / Cheshire

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 11 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

TRUSTCSA

BF24-191 — Timothy Darch

Darch was convicted of historical offences involving three boys under 16 following abuse carried out in Swindon during 1996 and 1997. Police said Darch used organisations supporting vulnerable young gay men to place himself in positions of trust before manipulating and exploiting the victims over a prolonged period.

Area: Swindon / Quedgeley

Court: Swindon Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 22 years

TRUSTCSA

BF24-192 — Peter William Goodchild

Goodchild admitted multiple offences involving the sexual abuse of three children between 2013 and 2019 after a police investigation led to his arrest in September 2023. Detectives said Goodchild abused a position of trust while carrying out the offences, with the victims praised for their bravery throughout the investigation and court proceedings.

Area: Bury St Edmunds area

Court: Suffolk Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years | SHPO: life | Restraining order: minimum 10 years

TRUSTGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-193 — Thomas Thorpe (former PC)

Former police constable Thorpe was convicted after sending indecent images and sexual messages to an undercover officer posing as a 12-year-old girl during an online investigation in 2019. Police later recovered further indecent images of children from devices seized at his home following his arrest.

Area: South London / London

Court: Kingston Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Convicted awaiting sentence

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-194 — James Blundell

Blundell carried out a prolonged pattern of grooming and abuse against two young boys, using trips to McDonald’s, gifts, money and outings to places including Cheshire Oaks to gain their trust before committing sexual offences against them. Police later recovered Category C indecent images of children and extreme pornography from his phone, while the court heard Blundell had previous convictions for child sexual offences and breached an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order during the offending.

Area: Newton Le Willows / Haydock

Court: St Helens Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years 5 months | Licence: 5 years extended

CSAIIOC

BF24-195 — Andrew Haddock

Haddock was jailed after sexually abusing a child and sharing indecent images of the abuse online, with the investigation beginning after he boasted about the offences to an undercover police officer in 2023. Detectives also recovered prohibited child abuse material and extreme pornography from his devices, while officers said Haddock initially lied about knowing the identity of the child in the images.

Area: St Helens

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 13 years 6 months | Minimum term: 9 years | SHPO: life | Restraining order: indefinite | SOR: life

Peterborough multi-defendant case
Cases: BF24-196 • BF24-197
MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF24-196 — Robert Wiles

Wiles was convicted after sexually abusing a vulnerable girl over a prolonged period between 2004 and 2009 in Peterborough, with offences including repeated rape and assaults against a child.

Area: Peterborough

Court: Peterborough Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 20 years

MultiCSA
MULTI CASE

BF24-197 — Pauline Carr

Carr was convicted of ill-treatment offences involving a child connected to the same Peterborough investigation which uncovered prolonged abuse against vulnerable children.

Area: Peterborough

Court: Peterborough Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 3 months

End of Multi Case
CSA

BF24-198 — John Patrick Kenneth Smith

Smith was convicted after a survivor reported historical abuse to Cheshire Police in 2021 involving offences committed more than 20 years earlier when both children were underage. Detectives said Smith denied the allegations and forced the victim through a trial despite evidence gathered during the investigation, before being convicted at Chester Crown Court.

Area: Chester / HMP Liverpool

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 20 months

CSA

BF24-199 — Paul Creedy

Creedy was jailed for life after targeting a 15-year-old girl and later a 23-year-old woman in separate attacks in Oldham during 2022, with prosecutors describing him as a dangerous sexual predator who isolated victims before assaulting them. Detectives said Creedy attempted to discredit the teenage victim and later forced the adult victim to shower in an effort to remove forensic evidence before both cases were linked through the investigation.

Area: Manchester / Oldham

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: life | Minimum term: 13 years 4 months

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA

BF24-201 — Matthew Liam Dunning

Dunning was jailed after deliberately breaching notification requirements by staying at a household with children without informing police, despite being subject to strict monitoring conditions as a registered sex offender. Dunning had previously been convicted in 2016 for offences involving an underage teenage girl after arranging to meet her in Ryedale and was found by the court to still pose a risk to children.

Area: Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Court: York Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-202 — Gabriel Marinoaica

Marinoaica was convicted after approaching a 15-year-old girl at Bournemouth beach and leading her further into the sea before carrying out offences against her while she was separated from friends. The teenager escaped and alerted others nearby, with a later DNA-led investigation helping Dorset Police identify and convict Marinoaica following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court.

Area: Darlaston, West Midlands / Bournemouth

Court: Bournemouth Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 6 months | SHPO: 20 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-203 — Kaydon Hall

Hall was jailed after offences involving two teenage victims in Bristol, including the rape of an older teenager and sexual activity offences involving a girl under 16. The victims described the lasting psychological impact of the abuse during sentencing proceedings, with Hall receiving a custodial sentence alongside indefinite safeguarding restrictions following his guilty pleas at Bristol Crown Court.

Area: Bristol, Somerset

Court: Bristol Crown Court

Month: Mar 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years 2 months | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: imposed


MAR 2024 PH CASES
GROOMING High

PH24-072 • Benjamin Miller (aka “Peter Lane”)

Unknown • Mar 2024

Miller, also known as Peter Lane, was previously arrested, charged and remanded following an undercover operation. The available update reports that the trial was adjourned until March 2024, with no final outcome yet provided.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Trial adjourned | Previously arrested, charged and remanded

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-073 • Carl Bray

Southampton • Mar 2024

Bray believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Southampton Crown Court imposed a Community Order together with rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work, safeguarding orders and five years of notification requirements.

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Outcome: Community order: imposed | RAR: imposed | Unpaid work: imposed | DBS barring: imposed | DEPO: imposed | SOR: 5 years | SHPO: imposed

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

Poster Credit: Unknown

GROOMING High

PH24-074 • Casey Bond

Bracknell • Mar 2024

Bond believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Reading Crown Court imposed an extended sentence totalling eight years, including four years and six months in custody, together with an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Reading Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 6 months | Extended sentence: 8 years | SHPO: indefinite

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

Poster Credit: Elite Team 2023 / Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING Medium

PH24-075 • Colin Butterworth

Bolton • Mar 2024

Butterworth believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Bolton Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Bolton Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 12 months (suspended 18 months) | RAR: 30 days | Unpaid work: 180 hours | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING High

PH24-076 • Dave Tumber

Kent • Mar 2024

Tumber was the subject of an update following an undercover operation in which he was alleged to have been communicating with a teenage girl online. The available source provides case information only and does not report a court outcome.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Case update only | No court outcome reported

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-077 • David Corbett

London • Mar 2024

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

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 7 months (suspended 2 years) | Concurrent sentence: 14 months (suspended) | Unpaid work: 80 hours | RAR: 10 days | Supervision: 12 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING Medium

PH24-078 • Dylan Gray (AKA Cooper)

Colchester • Mar 2024

Gray, also known as Cooper, believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Ipswich Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with the Horizon Programme, rehabilitation requirements, unpaid work and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Ipswich Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 2 years | Horizon programme: imposed | RAR: imposed | Unpaid work: imposed | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Unknown

GROOMING High

PH24-079 • Farshid Zamani

London (Wood Green) • Mar 2024

Zamani admitted the offences on 12 March 2024 following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was adjourned until 10 May 2024 at Wood Green Crown Court and conditional bail was continued.

Court: Wood Green Crown Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing adjourned: 10 May 2024 | Conditional bail

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

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure + Elite Team 2023

GROOMING Medium

PH24-080 • Gary Voyce

Dagenham • Mar 2024

Voyce admitted four of the five charges on 11 March 2024 following an undercover operation. Sentencing was listed for 7 May 2024, with the remaining charge left to lie on file.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Pleaded guilty to 4 of 5 counts | Sentencing listed: 07 May 2024

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING High

PH24-081 • George Barton

Sheffield • Mar 2024

Barton was the subject of an exposure report following an undercover operation in which he was alleged to have been communicating with a teenage girl online. The available source provides case details only and does not report a court outcome.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Case narrative only | No court outcome reported

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING High

PH24-082 • Jordan Castle

Sheerness • Mar 2024

Castle entered guilty pleas after appearing before the court on 21 March 2024 following an undercover operation. A sentencing date had not yet been confirmed in the available update.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing date pending

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-083 • Leo Hilden

Bedfordshire • Mar 2024

Hilden believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. St Albans Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with unpaid work, rehabilitation requirements and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: St Albans Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 9 months (suspended 24 months) | Unpaid work: imposed | Rehabilitation: imposed | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

GROOMING Medium

PH24-084 • Mark Stevens (aka Mark Lee-McGurk)

Southport • Mar 2024

Stevens, also known as Mark Lee-McGurk, believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 12 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: imposed | Costs: £187

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

Poster Credit: Saving Children’s Futures South West

GROOMING High

PH24-085 • Paul Marshall

Southampton • Mar 2024

Marshall admitted the offences following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. He was remanded in custody and sentencing was adjourned until 26 April 2024.

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Remanded in custody | Sentencing adjourned: 26 Apr 2024

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-086 • Ricki Hillman

Blackburn • Mar 2024

Hillman 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 unpaid work, rehabilitation requirements and a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community order: imposed | Unpaid work: imposed | Rehabilitation: imposed | SHPO: 5 years | SOR: imposed

GROOMING High

PH24-087 • Roy Moseley

Wolverhampton • Mar 2024

Moseley believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 44 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 15-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and indefinite notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 44 months | SHPO: 15 years | SOR: indefinite

Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/1bpYnba8s1/

Poster Credit: Broken Dreams Awareness

GROOMING Medium

PH24-088 • Stuart Davies

Merthyr Tydfil • Mar 2024

Davies 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 the Horizon Programme, community service and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 14 months (suspended 2 years) | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Horizon programme: imposed | Community service: imposed

GROOMING High

PH24-089 • Tom Smith

Bexley • Mar 2024

Smith believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Woolwich Crown Court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment together with a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Woolwich Crown Court

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

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACH High

PH24-090 • Tristan Bradshaw

Hull • Mar 2024

Bradshaw was the subject of a further case update following earlier proceedings. The available source reports additional allegations, including an alleged attempt to breach a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, together with linked court reporting.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Charges update | Alleged SHPO breach attempt

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-091 • Robert Walls

Blackpool • Mar 2024

Walls 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 a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 6 months (suspended 24 months) | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: https://fb.watch/jtrjJIDX66/

Poster Credit: C&C

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMING High

PH24-092 • Luke Bullivant

Bradford • Mar 2024

Bullivant was sentenced to three years and 10 months’ imprisonment in a case involving grooming offences and the breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The available source describes him as a repeat offender.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 10 months

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

Poster Credit: Children’s Voices

GROOMING High

PH24-093 • Mohammed Mullafer

Westcliff-on-Sea • Mar 2024

Mullafer believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Basildon Crown Court sentenced him to 15 months’ imprisonment together with a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Basildon Crown Court

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

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: London Overwatch

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-094 • Philip Baker

Derby • Mar 2024

Baker admitted the offences on 29 February 2024 and was remanded before sentencing. The court later imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with programme requirements, 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 21 months (suspended 2 years) | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Programme requirement: 45 days | RAR: 30 days

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure / London Overwatch


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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