MAR 2025
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
CSA
BF25-185 — Nichole Pratt
Pratt admitted causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual assault against a child under 13 following charges brought in 2024. The investigation involved specialist protecting vulnerable people officers alongside digital forensic examination of evidence recovered during enquiries
Operation Stovewood
Cases: BF25-186 • BF25-187 • BF25-188 • BF25-189 • BF25-190
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BF25-186 — Romauld Stefan Houphouet
Houphouet was convicted of four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault linked to the exploitation of two 15-year-old girls in Rotherham between 2011 and 2012. Prosecutors said the victims, both living in local authority care, were groomed with alcohol and cigarettes before being repeatedly sexually abused.
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BF25-187 — Absolom Sigiyo
Sigiyo was convicted of rape, attempted rape, sexual activity and intimidation offences connected to the exploitation of two vulnerable 15-year-old girls in Rotherham between 2011 and 2012. Evidence presented at trial showed the victims were groomed with alcohol and gifts before sustained abuse, with Sigiyo later attempting to intimidate one victim into withdrawing her complaint.
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BF25-188 — Jacek Brzozowski
Brzozowski pleaded guilty to penetrative sexual activity with a child relating to the exploitation of a vulnerable 15-year-old girl in Rotherham during 2011 and 2012. The prosecution case formed part of Operation Stovewood, the National Crime Agency investigation into organised child sexual exploitation in the area.
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BF25-189 — Mark Evans
Mark Evans was convicted of rape offences against vulnerable teenage girls and an additional sexual offence involving a third child in Rotherham between 2006 and 2008. Evidence presented at court showed the victims were groomed with alcohol and drugs before being subjected to abuse at multiple locations.
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BF25-190 — Robert Evans
Robert Evans was convicted of raping vulnerable teenage girls in Rotherham between 2006 and 2008 following an investigation under Operation Stovewood. Prosecutors said the victims, some as young as 13, were groomed with alcohol and drugs before being taken to isolated locations where the offences were committed.
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BF25-191 — Samuel Netley
Netley, a previously convicted child sex offender, admitted sexual activity offences against a teenage girl after befriending her on Snapchat and lying about his age. Police examination of mobile phones uncovered sustained grooming behaviour, inappropriate image sharing and further breaches of an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
CSA
BF25-192 — Kevin Benham
Benham was convicted of five rape offences and three sexual assaults involving two child victims following a trial concerning non-recent abuse reported to police in 2022. The court heard the offences had long-term impacts on both victims, with the investigation supported by specialist officers from Devon and Cornwall Police.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-193 — Andrew Shore
Shore was convicted of rape and indecent assault offences against an 11-year-old girl in Rochdale during the early 2000s while acting in a position of trust. Prosecutors said the non-recent abuse was reported decades later, with the victim using GMP’s online reporting system to begin the investigation.
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BF25-194 — Brandon Miller
Miller was convicted of sexual assault offences together with possessing, taking and distributing indecent images of children following a police search at a property in the Haddington area in September 2024. Investigators recovered indecent image material from seized electronic devices along with evidence of encouraging another person to commit child sexual offences.
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BF25-195 — Leighton Gent
Gent admitted multiple online child sexual offences after investigators found he had used several online platforms to communicate sexually with children under 15 and send explicit material. Police recovered more than 5,000 indecent images and videos across Categories A to C, alongside evidence of distribution offences and attempts to arrange further child sexual abuse.
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BF25-196 — Richard Burrows
Burrows was convicted of 97 offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of 24 boys across Cheshire, the West Midlands and West Mercia between 1968 and 1995. Prosecutors said he used positions of trust within a children’s home and Scout groups to groom and abuse vulnerable boys before fleeing the UK under a stolen identity and remaining on the run in Thailand for almost three decades.
CSA
BF25-197 — Andrew Mackintosh
Mackintosh was convicted of six counts of sexual activity with a child following offences committed against a girl in Warrington between 2016 and 2022. The investigation began after the victim reported years of abuse involving sexual touching and penetration during her teenage years.
Operation Lytton
Cases: BF25-198
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BF25-198 — Ajaz Ahmed
Ahmed was convicted of multiple rape, child sexual activity and assault offences involving several vulnerable underage girls in Rochdale following a Greater Manchester Police investigation under Operation Lytton. Prosecutors said he used flats and a café he owned to groom, control and sexually abuse teenage girls over a sustained period, with police also recovering indecent image and extreme pornography offences during enquiries.
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BF25-199 — Errol Brown
Brown was convicted of two child sexual activity offences after exploiting a teenage girl known to him during a car journey in Bedfordshire in August 2023. Prosecutors said he used the offer of transport and alcohol to isolate the victim before sexually assaulting her in his vehicle.
CSA
BF25-200 — Herbert (Herbie) Balmer
Balmer was convicted of multiple historical child sexual abuse offences, including indecent assault and gross indecency offences against children. The convictions followed a PSNI Public Protection Branch investigation into non-recent abuse allegations reported by victims from the Ballymena area.
CSA
BF25-201 — Ian Affleck
Affleck was convicted of 19 offences including attempted rape, indecent assault, indecency with children, cruelty to children and controlling and coercive behaviour relating to abuse committed between 1990 and 2015. The prosecution followed a trial at Preston Crown Court supported by digital forensic investigations and victim testimony.
Harrogate / West Yorkshire multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-202
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BF25-202 — James Richard Arthur Dowson
Dowson was convicted of rape and indecent assault offences against a girl who was eight years old when the abuse began in North Yorkshire, with offending continuing over a five-year period. The life sentence also included separate rape and sexual assault convictions from West Yorkshire involving another victim.
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BF25-203 — Jack Hickey
Hickey used online chat platforms and Snapchat to target users he believed were teenage boys, sending explicit messages and indecent images while attempting to arrange in-person meetings. Police identified him through digital forensic evidence, and he later continued offending in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after already becoming subject to notification requirements.
CSA
BF25-204 — Derek Hardman
Hardman was convicted of multiple offences involving sexual activity with a vulnerable 16-year-old girl in Burnley after investigators uncovered extensive digital evidence and concerning messages sent to the victim. The victim later described suffering PTSD, nightmares and ongoing psychological trauma as a result of the abuse.
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BF25-205 — David Stewart
Stewart pleaded guilty to sexual grooming, child abduction, witness intimidation and sexual activity offences involving a 13-year-old girl he contacted online in 2023. Investigators found he continued contacting and exploiting the victim despite safeguarding measures and an active police investigation.
CSA
BF25-206 — Rooney Gardi
Gardi was found guilty of raping an 18-year-old woman who was later discovered unconscious with facial and bodily injuries in a Swindon car park in June 2024. Prosecutors said he admitted sexual contact but denied rape, with the jury convicting him following trial evidence and witness accounts.
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BF25-207 — Jamie Barnes
Barnes arranged and paid for the livestreamed sexual abuse of children overseas, with investigators uncovering messages coordinating the offences alongside indecent images of children stored on his electronic devices. Police traced the activity between 2020 and 2022 before arresting him and seizing multiple devices during searches of his home.
CSA
BF25-208 — Paul Lewis
Lewis was convicted of multiple historical child sexual abuse offences including rape, indecent assault and gross indecency involving a child victim. The court imposed lifelong notification requirements and restrictions preventing him from contacting children under 16 following the conviction.
REOFFENDERCSA
BF25-209 — Brian Cooke
Cooke admitted multiple indecent assault offences committed against a child in Gloucestershire throughout the 1990s after the victim reported the abuse in 2022. The court also took seven previous sexual offence convictions into consideration, with evidence showing he used gifts and treats to manipulate and silence the victim following the abuse.
Orkney multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-210
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BF25-210 — Stuart Harding
Harding was convicted of multiple violent sexual offences, including rape, committed against three women and two female youths in Orkney between 2012 and 2021. The offences were prosecuted at the High Court in Edinburgh following a lengthy investigation into repeated abuse across multiple victims.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-211 — Bradley Challinor
Challinor admitted engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl in Winsford and attempting to pervert the course of justice after trying to persuade the victim not to report the offence by offering gifts. The court heard he was in a position of trust and attempted to obstruct the investigation following the abuse.
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BF25-212 — Lee Maidens
Maidens distributed indecent images and videos of child abuse online while discussing the sexual abuse of a child under 13 with another user over a month-long period in 2024. Investigators found he had shared graphic abuse material involving extremely young victims, with the offending only ending following his arrest and the seizure of devices from his Doncaster home.
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BF25-213 — Nathan Barnes
Barnes pleaded guilty to multiple indecent image offences including distributing abuse material, possessing prohibited images of a child and making Category A, B and C indecent images discovered on seized devices during a police investigation. He was also convicted following trial of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against a woman in Telford, alongside offences involving threats to disclose private sexual photographs.
CSAIIOC
BF25-214 — Hassan Subhan
Subhan admitted multiple offences after investigators uncovered more than 5,000 indecent images and videos of children across his electronic devices, including 2,069 Category A files. Officers also discovered first-generation recordings showing the sexual assault of a child, leading to the safeguarding of the victim and further charges relating to distribution and prohibited imagery.
GROOMING
BF25-215 — Richard Bosworth
Bosworth used a fake online profile posing as a teenager to contact and manipulate a 12-year-old girl over social media before arranging to meet her in south London. Police later identified and arrested him through mobile phone data and CCTV enquiries, leading to convictions for multiple serious sexual offences.
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BF25-216 — Christopher Oates
Oates groomed and exploited vulnerable teenage girls in Manchester during the 2000s, coercing one victim into sexual exploitation from the age of 14 after pretending to be her boyfriend. He also admitted possessing an imitation firearm used to threaten one of the victims during the offending period, becoming the first convicted offender under GMP’s Operation Green Jacket investigation.
GROOMINGCSA
BF25-217 — Himanshu Makwana
Makwana used fake Snapchat identities posing as a younger man to target teenage girls before arranging meetings and raping two victims in separate incidents years apart. Investigators linked him to both offences through vehicle evidence and DNA analysis after he lured victims to isolated commercial premises following online contact.
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BF25-218 — Aaron Paul Reece Whitwell
Whitwell breached an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order after posing as a 17-year-old boy on social media to contact and abuse a vulnerable teenage girl between 2022 and 2023. Already a convicted sex offender at the time of the offences, he denied wrongdoing following arrest but was convicted of multiple sexual offences after investigators gathered supporting evidence.
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BF25-219 — Lucas Banton
Banton was identified after an email address linked to him was used to upload indecent videos of children online, leading officers to seize devices containing Category A abuse material. Further investigation uncovered nearly 17,000 indecent images and videos of children, including more than 200 Category A files, after he later admitted downloading and viewing thousands of abuse images while on police bail.
REOFFENDERCSA
BF25-220 — Robert Cross
Cross, a registered sex offender, was convicted of seven counts of sexual activity with a child relating to the abuse of a vulnerable male victim in Wakefield between 2008 and 2011. Investigators recovered historic Facebook messages in which he admitted the offending and attempted to distance himself from the victim, supporting the prosecution case at trial.
GROOMINGCSA
BF25-221 — Samuel Gorton
Gorton used Snapchat and fake identities to target and manipulate two underage teenage girls from Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, deceiving them about his age before arranging meetings and committing rape offences. Investigators from Norfolk and Cambridgeshire police identified and traced him despite his use of false profiles and aliases online.
CSA
BF25-222 — Raymond Tombs
Tombs was convicted of six offences of indecency against children relating to the sexual abuse of two boys under the age of 14 during the 1980s and 1990s in Birmingham. The investigation began after one victim disclosed the abuse to a family member, leading detectives to identify a second victim and secure convictions following trial.
CSA
BF25-223 — Thomas Bates
Bates admitted eight sexual offences against a vulnerable 14-year-old girl following repeated abuse over a month-long period in the Lancaster and Morecambe area during 2024. The victim was subjected to sustained exploitation and physical harm during the offending, leading the court to impose a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime restraining order.
CSA
BF25-224 — James Palmer
Palmer admitted sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl and assault occasioning actual bodily harm after taking part in the prolonged abuse of the vulnerable teenager in Lancashire during 2024. The offences formed part of a wider pattern of exploitation against the child over several weeks.
CSA
BF25-225 — Ernest Callaghan
Callaghan was convicted of seven indecent assaults and three counts of buggery against young boys following prolonged abuse committed between 1978 and 1994. Detectives identified multiple victims during the investigation after one survivor came forward in 2023, leading to convictions after Callaghan repeatedly denied the allegations in interview.
REOFFENDERCSA
BF25-226 — Humza Khan
Khan, who had a previous conviction for sexual assault, raped a vulnerable 12-year-old girl in Nottingham after approaching her near Crown Island and leading her to a park where the prolonged assault took place. Detectives linked him to the offence through CCTV footage, his bicycle and a mobile number he had given to the victim before the attack.
CSA
BF25-227 — Arif Bhamjee
Bhamjee was convicted of two indecent assaults against a child relating to offences committed in Kirklees in 2004. The abuse was reported to police in 2022, leading to an investigation by specialist safeguarding detectives and a jury conviction following trial at Leeds Crown Court.
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BF25-228 — Carl Lintern
Lintern used his job at Barry Island Pleasure Park to target and groom vulnerable girls as young as 11, befriending them with gifts, cigarettes, alcohol and fairground tokens before sexually exploiting and coercing them online. Investigators uncovered further victims after his arrest, including children he contacted through social media, where he sent indecent images, threatened to share intimate photographs and used ongoing intimidation to maintain control.
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BF25-229 — Adam Dodden
Dodden admitted offences after investigators uncovered a collection of more than 100,000 indecent images of children accumulated over more than a decade, including 1,343 Category A files and 97 prohibited images. Digital examination of seized devices also found extreme pornography offences linked to long-term online abuse material activity dating back to 2010.
Hull multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-230 • BF25-231
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BF25-230 — Ryan Edgar
Edgar targeted and groomed teenage girls while working at Hull Fair, persuading them to return to his flat where one victim was raped and assaulted. Evidence heard at trial showed he requested explicit images, lied to police about the girls’ whereabouts after they were reported missing, and subjected the victims to violence and coercive behaviour during the offending.
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BF25-231 — Ashley Phillips-Dawson
Phillips-Dawson was convicted after helping target vulnerable teenage girls during Hull Fair and sexually assaulting one victim at a flat in Hull. The offences formed part of a wider pattern of grooming and exploitation carried out alongside co-defendant Ryan Edgar against the two teenagers.
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BF25-232 — Kane Pearson
Pearson contacted a 14-year-old girl on Instagram after she mistakenly believed he was somebody she knew, before engaging in sustained sexual communication over several weeks in 2023. He encouraged the girl to send sexually explicit images, sent an explicit image of himself and pressured her into meeting him while insisting she was his girlfriend. The offending was uncovered after another child disclosed concerns to her mother, with the victim later describing ongoing panic attacks, nightmares, loss of confidence and fear following the abuse.
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BF25-233 — Matthew Downing
Downing, previously convicted in 2022 for making indecent images of children, admitted 13 further offences after police tracked him to Surrey while he was subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He used the dark web, anonymous browsing software and disappearing-message apps while accessing undeclared devices including a smartphone and laptop without police monitoring. Officers found him sleeping in a newly purchased car around 100 miles from his Dover home after he failed to comply with notification requirements and attempted to evade supervision.
CSA
BF25-234 — John Gibson
Gibson was convicted of non-recent sexual offences committed against three girls and one boy in Fife between 1996 and 2015. The offences came to light after reports were made to police in 2023, leading to an investigation by specialist public protection officers before his conviction in February 2025.
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BF25-235 — Akhi Rara
Rara was sentenced after approaching a 14-year-old girl in Swindon town centre and making inappropriate comments towards her while she walked to school. The incident drew the attention of a nearby member of the public who intervened and assisted the child before police later traced and arrested Rara using CCTV evidence. Police stated he had previous convictions for similar behaviour.
CSA
BF25-236 — Ronald Keith Richards
Richards was convicted of multiple child sexual offences against two victims in Neath Port Talbot, including rape, sexual assault and indecent assault offences committed over prolonged periods. The court heard one victim disclosed repeated abuse beginning in early childhood over several years, while the second described further serious offences committed during childhood more than two decades earlier. Richards was found guilty on all 14 counts following trial.
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BF25-237 — Nicholas Cummins
Cummins was convicted after taking sexualised images of a partially clothed child at a derelict hospital site in Denbigh after falsely claiming the photographs would help win a competition. Police later uncovered more than 8,000 indecent images of children across his devices, including material linked to two additional victims. He admitted making indecent images but denied inciting a child to engage in sexual activity before being convicted by a jury.
CSA
BF25-238 — Gary Moorhead
Moorhead was convicted of multiple offences against a child including unlawful sexual intercourse, indecent assault and gross indecency following a trial in Newcastle. The court heard he groomed the victim over time by buying sweets and presents before carrying out the abuse. The offences were reported to police in 2023, leading to an investigation and his eventual conviction on all counts by a jury.
IIOC
BF25-239 — Philip Cliffe
Cliffe was identified after his IP address was linked to child abuse image activity online, leading detectives to recover multiple electronic devices from his home during a search in 2023. Forensic examination uncovered thousands of indecent images and videos of children, including around 1,000 Category A files involving the most serious abuse, alongside prohibited and extreme pornographic material. He later admitted multiple offences relating to making indecent images, possessing prohibited images and possessing extreme pornography.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-240 — Anthony Pierce
Pierce, a former bishop from Swansea, pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault against a child under 16. The offences were historic in nature and resulted in a custodial sentence alongside lifelong sex offender notification requirements and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order upon release.
IIOC
BF25-241 — Paul Redford
Redford used a social media platform to download and share indecent images of children with other users over an extended period. Police recovered 730 Category A files, 642 Category B and 944 Category C images and videos from his devices, along with evidence he had distributed 40 indecent files through the application. He also admitted possessing extreme pornography after officers from Kent Police’s Paedophile Online Investigation Team attended his Ramsgate home in March 2024.
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BF25-242 — James Tossell
Tossell, the owner of a riding school in Buckinghamshire, was convicted of multiple offences against three girls including sexual assault, sexual assault by penetration, sexual activity with a child and making indecent photographs of children. The court heard he used his position of trust over a number of years to groom and abuse the victims in what they believed was a safe environment. He was found guilty by unanimous jury verdicts following a Thames Valley Police investigation into the non-recent offending.
CSA
BF25-243 — Mark Bye
Bye admitted 13 historic sexual offences against a boy committed over a four-year period, including buggery, attempted buggery, indecent assault and indecency offences. The victim later described the long-term impact the abuse had on his relationships, confidence and wellbeing before Bye pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court.
Addlestone multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-244 • BF25-245
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BF25-244 — Stephen Ireland
Ireland was convicted of multiple offences against a child under 13 following a trial at Guildford Crown Court, including sexual activity offences, sexual assault and indecent image offences. The court heard he had contacted the child online before arranging meetings at his flat in Surrey. He was also convicted of making indecent images of children and admitted further prohibited image offences.
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BF25-245 — David Sutton
Sutton was convicted of indecent image offences and possession of an extreme pornographic image following the same investigation. He also admitted distributing indecent photographs of children and possessing prohibited images, while evidence presented during the case showed attempts had been made to remove material from electronic devices after police involvement became known.
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BF25-246 — Kevin Newson
Newson contacted a 16-year-old girl in the United States through online messaging platforms and offered money in exchange for explicit images before later threatening to share them with her family, friends and school when she refused to send more. Investigators recovered chat logs from the victim’s device and found one Category B indecent video alongside 14 extreme pornographic images on Newson’s phone. He later admitted blackmail and inciting the sexual exploitation of a child.
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BF25-247 — Timothy Gardner
Gardner, previously convicted in 2014 for indecent image offences, was jailed after engaging in explicit online conversations with an undercover officer on a chat platform and repeatedly breaching safeguarding restrictions. He admitted encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence, three breaches of sex offender notification requirements and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after failing to comply with monitoring conditions and court-imposed restrictions.
Hayle / Cornwall multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-248 • BF25-249
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BF25-248 — William Baker
Former police sergeant charged with two counts of rape and three counts of indecent assault against a girl under 16, relating to alleged offences said to have occurred between 1992 and 1995 while serving in West Yorkshire Police’s Mounted Section.
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BF25-249 — Ian Hopkinson
Former police constable charged with five counts of rape and five counts of indecent assault against a girl under 16, relating to alleged offences between 1992 and 1995 while serving in West Yorkshire Police’s Mounted Section.
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BF25-250 — Peter Livingstone
Livingstone was convicted of multiple non-recent physical and sexual offences against boys aged between 11 and 17 while working at a residential children’s home in East Lothian between 1979 and 1983. The court heard he abused his position of trust in the care setting before being found guilty following a trial in February 2025.
CSA
BF25-251 — Jason Keane
Keane was convicted of two counts of assault by penetration against a girl under 13 following abuse committed in Milton Keynes during August and September 2020. The court heard the offences took place while the child was asleep, with the victim later praised by police for her bravery in coming forward and supporting the investigation.
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BF25-252 — Shane Gibbs
Gibbs was convicted of 15 offences against six victims, including rape, sexual abuse, false imprisonment, assault and strangulation offences committed in Brighton and Hove during late 2023. The court heard he targeted vulnerable young women and children while staying in hotels and short-term accommodation around the seafront, using alcohol and drugs including GHB to incapacitate victims before carrying out the offences. Two of the victims were aged 15 at the time of the abuse.
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BF25-253 — Mark Franklin
Franklin was convicted of offences against four girls aged 15 and 16 following an investigation in east London. The court heard he exploited contact with the teenagers over several months, with evidence showing he encouraged alcohol and drug use before carrying out sexual offences at his home, while also recording some incidents. He was found guilty of rape of a child under 16, sexual assault by penetration, sexual assault and causing a child to engage in sexual activity after trial.
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BF25-254 — Paul Roberts
Roberts was convicted after police discovered almost 400,000 indecent and extreme pornographic images across his digital devices, many depicting the sexual abuse of children. The investigation began after an indecent image upload to a social media platform was traced in 2023, leading officers to his home in the Caernarfon area. He also admitted possession of a so-called “paedophile manual” alongside offences relating to making indecent photographs and pseudo-photographs of children.
CSA
BF25-255 — Edward Riley
Riley was convicted of multiple historic offences against a girl and a boy under 14 committed in Kidderminster between 1982 and 1986. The offences included indecent assaults against both children and inciting a boy under 14 to commit acts of gross indecency, with the case proceeding to sentence following his conviction in February.
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BF25-256 — Judith Evans
Evans admitted seven offences against a 14-year-old boy, including sexual communication with a child, meeting a child following sexual grooming, sexual activity involving penetration and possessing an indecent photograph of a child. The court heard she abused a position of trust by developing an inappropriate relationship with the boy before sexually exploiting him, with investigators recovering highly sexualised messages exchanged with the child.
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BF25-257 — Oliver Thomas Lupton Lane
Lane admitted multiple offences after a child disclosed an inappropriate online relationship that began over Snapchat when she was 14. Investigators recovered messages showing he knew the child’s age before arranging meetings and sexual contact, while device examinations uncovered indecent material linked to the complainant and two other children. He pleaded guilty to offences including sexual activity with a child, arranging child sexual offending and making indecent photographs of children.
Enfield / Oxford multi-defendant case
Cases: BF25-258 • BF25-259
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BF25-258 — Ashley Mundee
Mundee groomed a 15-year-old girl online before travelling from Enfield to Oxford with Ninnolar to meet her and another teenage girl in July 2024. The court heard the pair supplied the victims with alcohol and drugs before offences took place in a secluded area, with Mundee later admitting two counts of sexual activity with a child.
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BF25-259 — Huseyin Ninnolar
Ninnolar was jailed after accompanying Mundee to Oxford where offences against two 15-year-old girls took place after the victims had been supplied with drink and drugs. Evidence presented at trial showed he filmed the abuse carried out by Mundee, although he was acquitted of multiple separate rape, sexual assault and strangulation allegations.
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BF25-260 — Joshua Smith
Smith was convicted of 19 online child sexual abuse offences after police identified him sharing indecent material involving girls aged between five and ten and grooming victims through Snapchat. Forensic examination uncovered more than 1,500 indecent still and moving images of children, while officers found he had screen-recorded 79 videos of girls to retain access to disappearing content. Investigators identified multiple victims, many of whom believed Smith was a teenage boy, with offences including sexual communication with a child, inciting sexual activity and making indecent photographs of children.
CSA
BF25-261 — John Thompson
Thompson was convicted of three sexual assault offences against a girl under 13 and one count of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. The offences came to light after the victim reported him in 2022, leading to a police investigation and his eventual conviction for offences committed against the child.
CSA
BF25-262 — Kenneth Dick
Dick was convicted of rape, sexual assault, engaging in sexual activity with a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act after abusing a schoolgirl and forcing her to perform sexual acts. The offences were reported after the victim disclosed the abuse to a family member in 2021, leading to an investigation and jury conviction following trial.
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BF25-263 — Ian Collard
Collard, previously convicted in 2018 for attempting to engage in sexual activity with a young girl, was jailed after repeatedly breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sex offender notification requirements. During routine monitoring officers found he had accessed Snapchat and multiple dating apps using aliases despite internet restrictions, with police stating he had continued attempting to use social media to make contact with potential victims.
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BF25-264 — Joshua Wilson
Wilson admitted multiple offences after posing online as a child to communicate with a young girl in Wales in 2024. Following concerns raised by her family, investigators examined his devices and recovered further evidence of inappropriate contact with other children alongside indecent images and videos involving young victims. He pleaded guilty to offences including sexual communication with a child, causing or inciting sexual activity and making indecent images of children.
CSA
BF25-265 — Thomas Hearn
Hearn pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault by touching involving a child under 13 after kissing the child on two occasions in Swansea. The case proceeded to sentence at Swansea Crown Court, with safeguarding measures imposed to protect the victim following the offending.
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BF25-266 — Steven Pepper
Pepper was convicted of sexual offences against children alongside taking, making and distributing indecent images of children following a joint investigation involving North Yorkshire Police and Police Scotland. The court heard he possessed and shared indecent material involving children, with the investigation leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction at Paisley Sheriff Court.
CSA
BF25-267 — Nicholas Ford
Ford was convicted of three counts of rape and six sexual assault offences after abusing a girl from the age of 12 over a two-year period. The offending came to light years later when the victim disclosed the abuse to her partner before reporting it to police, leading to a jury convicting Ford of all nine offences following trial.
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BF25-268 — Callum Denley
Denley, a former police officer, was sentenced after admitting further indecent image offences and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order following an earlier 2025 conviction for making indecent images of children. Officers found he had deliberately concealed a mobile phone during a home visit, with forensic examination uncovering 34 illegal still and moving images alongside prohibited and extreme pornographic material.
CSA
BF25-269 — Barrie Clarke
Clarke was convicted of rape and eight indecent assault offences against a girl who was as young as eight at the time, alongside indecently assaulting a second girl under 15 in North Hertfordshire during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The offending came to light after reports to police in 2023, with Clarke later found guilty following a seven-day trial after denying all allegations.
CSA
BF25-270 — Justin Hughes
Hughes was convicted of multiple sexual offences, including rape and indecent assault involving a child, committed between 1993 and 2002. The case proceeded following a trial in January, with the victim later praised by investigators for reporting the abuse and supporting the lengthy criminal justice process.
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BF25-271 — Archie Langsdon
Langsdon pleaded guilty to causing a child to watch a sexual act after sending explicit images to a teenage girl, as well as a separate indecent exposure offence committed while on bail. Police identified him following a public report and video evidence after an exposure incident in Camberley, with the court remanding him in custody pending sentence.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-272 — Paul Ockelton
Ockleton, a serving councillor, was convicted of sexual assault by touching involving a child under 13 following a four-day trial. The court heard he sat the girl on his lap during the 2021 incident before carrying out the assault, later denying wrongdoing in police interview. A jury found him guilty and he was released on bail pending sentence.
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BF25-273 — Daniel Roberts
Roberts admitted multiple indecent image and pornography offences after police uncovered Category A, B and C indecent images of children, prohibited images and extreme pornographic material on seized devices. Investigators found he continued offending while on police bail, court bail and as a registered sex offender, with convictions including distributing and making indecent images of children.
CSA
BF25-274 — Darnell McCollins
McCollins admitted sexually assaulting two teenage girls after approaching them outside Stafford Crown Court and making repeated unwanted advances while he was attending court for an unrelated matter. The victims reported the incident after he asked for their details and touched both girls, leading to his arrest the following day and a child protection investigation.
GROOMING
BF25-275 — Ciaran Clark
Clark pleaded guilty after attempting to arrange a meeting for sexual activity with who he believed was a 12-year-old girl in an online chatroom, unaware he was communicating with an undercover officer. Investigators found he had arranged to meet the supposed child and booked a hotel room in preparation, leading to charges relating to arranging a child sexual offence and sexual communication with a child.
CSA
BF25-276 — Colin Lomas
Lomas pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual activity with a girl under 13 following offending committed in Oxfordshire over a period within the previous five years. He was arrested in 2023 before later admitting the offence, with the court imposing a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order alongside the custodial sentence.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMINGCSA
BF25-277 — Joshua Martin
Martin, a registered sex offender, admitted four offences of sexual activity with an underage girl committed between 2024 and early 2025 after grooming the teenage victim while knowing she was below the age of consent. He was also convicted of failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements, resulting in a further breach offence alongside the sexual offending.
CSA
BF25-278 — Jamal Armstrong
Armstrong admitted multiple offences against two 12-year-old girls, including sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault offences committed over a period in south London. Police arrested him shortly after the victims reported the abuse, with officers stopping him while he was attempting to leave the country before he later pleaded guilty to six offences.
REOFFENDERGROOMING
BF25-279 — Jack Trollope
Trollope, a registered sex offender, admitted sexually communicating with a 13-year-old girl and sending a sexual image to a child after contacting her online. The court heard he evaded police for a week before handing himself in, with the new offences activating a previously suspended sentence linked to earlier sexual image offending.
CSA
BF25-280 — Luke Jack Ridley
Ridley admitted two rape offences against a teenage girl following abuse committed more than a decade earlier when he was himself a teenager and the victim was several years younger. The offences were reported to police in 2022, leading to an investigation and guilty pleas before sentence at Teesside Crown Court.
GROOMING
BF25-281 — Gary Jefferis
Jefferis admitted offences after using online chat platforms to send sexual messages and images to who he believed was a 12-year-old girl before arranging to meet her at a railway station in the Black Country. Despite being told the child’s age, he continued the contact and repeatedly attempted to arrange meetings, leading to his arrest when he arrived at the agreed location.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA
BF25-282 — Martin Fawcett
Fawcett was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl under 13 following offending in 2022 and was also found guilty of breaching an interim Sexual Harm Prevention Order after refusing police entry to his home. The court heard the offending had a lasting impact on the child, while Fawcett had previous convictions for sexual offending involving children dating back to 2005.
CSA
BF25-283 — James Goy
Goy pleaded guilty to multiple offences against a child under 13 following abuse committed in Kirklees between 2020 and 2022. Police began investigating after concerns were reported by the child’s mother, with Goy later admitting nine rape offences and one sexual assault offence before sentence at Leeds Crown Court.
CSA
BF25-284 — Derek Jinman
Jinman was convicted of 15 serious sexual offences, including rape, committed against four victims aged between 6 and 16 over a period spanning more than 11 years. The court heard the offending continued across decades, with victims later supporting a lengthy investigation and trial that led to his conviction and sentence.
TRUSTGROOMING
BF25-285 — Elvis Moreira
Former Met Police officer Moreira was dismissed without notice after a misconduct panel found he engaged in inappropriate and sexual communications with an 11-year-old girl between 2019 and 2020. The matter was investigated following a report to police, but no criminal charges were brought and the case was dealt with through misconduct proceedings.
GROOMINGCSA
BF25-286 — Ryan Sutton
Sutton’s sentence was increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme after he groomed a 10-year-old child online through social media before travelling to meet and sexually assault the victim in 2023. The court heard he used flattery, sexual messaging and repeated video calls to build contact with the child, with police arresting him shortly after the meeting. His original six-year sentence imposed at Northampton Crown Court in 2024 was increased to nine years by the Court of Appeal.
CSAGROOMINGIIOC
BF25-287 — Alec Calvert
Calvert was convicted of 11 offences against multiple child victims, including rape, sexual assault, inciting sexual activity, sexual communication offences and indecent image offences. One victim reported years of abuse between the ages of eight and 14, while another disclosed rape and the taking of naked photographs. Investigators later recovered indecent images of children from seized devices, and the court heard Calvert continued breaching safeguarding conditions during the investigation by meeting another child while on bail.
GROOMINGCSA
BF25-288 — Trevor Fuller
Sutton’s sentence was increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme after he groomed a 10-year-old child online through social media before travelling to meet and sexually assault the victim in 2023. The court heard he used flattery, sexual messaging and repeated video calls to build contact with the child, with police arresting him shortly after the meeting. His original six-year sentence imposed at Northampton Crown Court in 2024 was increased to nine years by the Court of Appeal.
CSA
BF25-289 — Naresh Kumar
Kumar was convicted of six sexual offences after targeting and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Addison Howard Park, Kempston, in August 2024. The attack was interrupted when members of the public noticed what was happening and intervened, allowing the victim to escape before police identified Kumar through CCTV and phone evidence during the subsequent investigation.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC
BF25-290 — Phillip Peach
Peach, previously jailed for similar offences, admitted making indecent images of children and repeatedly breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after police recovered 308 indecent images from his devices, including 43 Category A, 24 Category B and 241 Category C files. Investigators also found he had continued communicating with children, deleted data and possessed unregistered electronic devices despite existing court restrictions.
CSA
BF25-291 — Ronald Davidson
Davidson’s prison sentence was reduced on appeal from nine years to seven years following convictions for prolonged sexual abuse offences against two child victims in Dunfermline spanning the 1980s and early 1990s. The court previously heard he repeatedly raped and sexually abused a girl from the age of three over several years and also committed serious sexual offences against a young boy, with appeal judges later ruling the original sentence was excessive.
GROOMING
BF25-292 — Hamdan Alshamsi
Alshamsi travelled to Brighton from overseas after online contact with a teenage girl and arranged to meet her at a hotel while aware she was underage. Police later located the girl inside the hotel and arrested Alshamsi nearby, with evidence showing he had prepared for the meeting before later admitting multiple child sexual offences.
CSA
BF25-293 — James Quinto
Quinto was convicted of multiple offences against three girls following abuse carried out over several years beginning around 2010, when the victims were between seven and 18 years old. The jury found him guilty of penetrative sexual activity offences, assault by penetration and sexual assault after multiple victims independently disclosed similar abuse to police, though he was acquitted of rape and some additional assault charges.
GROOMINGCSA
BF25-294 — Paul Collins
Collins was convicted of seven offences involving sexual activity with a vulnerable teenage girl after approaching her in the street, gaining her trust and supplying her with drugs before repeatedly abusing her over several days in 2022. The offences came to light after police found the girl at his bedsit during an unrelated arrest and she later reported the abuse to officers.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-295 — Philip Rigby (formerly Benson)
Rigby, previously known as Philip Benson, admitted offences against three child victims committed in Congleton between 1982 and 1988, including indecent assault and multiple buggery offences. The court heard he had been trusted to care for the children before exploiting that position over several years, with the victims later supporting the investigation decades after the abuse occurred.
GROOMING
BF25-296 — Nalika Ranasinghe
Ranasinghe was convicted after exchanging around 1,200 sexually explicit messages with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl, encouraging sexual acts involving both the supposed child and a younger cousin. The offences were uncovered after an online decoy operation, with Ranasinghe later failing to attend court for sentencing before being jailed in his absence and becoming wanted by police.
CSA
BF25-297 — Marian-Darius Neagu
Neagu admitted multiple offences against a schoolgirl following a prolonged period of abuse spanning six years, including five rape offences, nine sexual assaults and causing a child to engage in sexual activity. Investigators said the offending escalated over time, with the victim later providing evidence that led Neagu to plead guilty after initially giving no comment answers in interview.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSA
BF25-298 — Jonathan Lloyd
Lloyd was sentenced after convictions for raping a teenage boy in 2004 and later sexually assaulting the same victim again as an adult between 2011 and 2012. The court also imposed consecutive sentences for separate 2021 offences involving indecent images of children and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, bringing the total sentence to 24 years and six months.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-299 — Terrence John Waters
Waters, a former prep school art teacher, admitted 32 offences and was convicted of four further sexual offences involving 14 former pupils abused between 1978 and 1988. Investigators said he used his trusted position at Allen House Prep School to isolate and target boys both in a detached art building and during camping trips organised outside school term time.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-300 — Robert Gould
Gould, a former primary school teacher and church youth leader, was jailed after being convicted of multiple offences against 14 boys committed between 1971 and 1987. The court heard he systematically targeted pupils and children connected to church activities, using classroom interactions, school trips and youth settings to carry out repeated abuse over many years before a major investigation was launched following reports in 2021
CSAIIOC
BF25-301 — Reuben Swansborough
Swansborough admitted 26 offences including rape of a child, sexual assault, inciting sexual activity, voyeurism and indecent image offences after investigators uncovered more than 250,000 indecent images and videos on his digital devices, including recordings involving upskirting children. Police said the investigation began after he self-reported an incident in 2024, with further enquiries revealing extensive offending against child victims.
GROOMING
BF25-302 — Liam Lewis
Lewis was convicted after arranging to meet who he believed was a child under 13 for sexual abuse following sexually explicit online communication. Investigators found he had discussed rape and penetrative sexual activity, sent sexual videos and offered to supply crack cocaine during the conversations before officers arrested him during a warrant in Rhondda.
CSA
BF25-303 — Colin McGregor
McGregor admitted multiple indecent assaults against a 10-year-old girl committed in Blackburn during the 1980s after the victim later disclosed the abuse decades on following stress-related illness. Police said the offending had a profound long-term impact on the victim’s life, with McGregor later pleading guilty before being sentenced and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
CSA
BF25-304 — Charles Andrew Chapman
Chapman was convicted of 19 sexual offences, including rape of a girl under 13, relating to the abuse of two young girls in the Harrogate area over a prolonged period more than a decade earlier. Police said he denied the allegations throughout the investigation and trial, with both victims later giving evidence in court leading to his conviction and sentence.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-305 — Derek Hinchliffe
Hinchliffe, a former Southend United youth coach, was convicted of 11 sexual and indecent assault offences against teenage players committed between 1973 and 1977. The court heard he exploited his authority and promises of football apprenticeships to abuse boys in dressing rooms, baths and private areas at the club, creating what the judge described as an environment where young players feared displeasing him.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACH
BF25-306 — Said Mohamed
Mohamed, a registered sex offender previously convicted of sexually assaulting a girl under 13, was jailed after failing to notify police of a change of address as required under sex offender notification conditions. The court also sentenced him concurrently for harassment linked to breaching a restraining order imposed in 2023.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHCSAIIOC
BF25-307 — Dominic Boultwood
Boultwood, a registered sex offender acting in breach of court orders restricting contact with children, was convicted after luring a 13-year-old girl to a secluded wooded area in Colchester and sexually assaulting her. Investigators linked him to the offence through DNA evidence recovered from the victim’s clothing, while he was also convicted of possessing indecent images of children.
TRUSTCSA
BF25-308 — Paul Hanson (former officer)
Hanson, a former Warwickshire Police officer, was previously convicted of six counts of sexual activity with a child and two counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity relating to offences committed before he joined the police. Following a gross misconduct hearing, the force confirmed he would have been dismissed without notice and he has now been placed on the police barred list.
CSA
BF25-309 — Sean Healy
Healy was convicted of multiple offences against a girl under 13 after repeatedly abusing her over a six-year period beginning when she was very young. The jury found him guilty of two rape offences, assault by penetration and multiple sexual assaults committed at his Gosport home following a trial where he denied all allegations.
IIOC
BF25-310 — Robert Swaine
Possessed more than 1,000 indecent images and videos of children across categories A, B and C; also pleaded guilty to indecent exposure in the presence of an 11-year-old girl; arrested at the scene and jailed.
CSA
BF25-311 — Christopher Hall
Hall was convicted of nine offences against a girl, including sexual assault, causing a child to engage in sexual activity and causing a child to look at sexual imagery, following an investigation launched after the survivor disclosed the abuse. Police said specialist officers gathered extensive evidence supporting the case, leading to guilty verdicts on all counts after trial.
CSA
BF25-312 — Tevin Sherif
Sherif was jailed after breaking into a property in Luton during June 2024 and attempting to rape a child before fleeing when the victim alerted her parents. Police said he then entered another nearby property before being stopped by members of the public and arrested later the same day.
CSA
BF25-313 — Tyrese Wilson
Wilson was convicted after arranging to meet a child in Luton in 2021 before taking the victim to a property where he committed rape despite repeated pleas to stop. The victim reported the offence to police shortly afterwards, leading to his prosecution and imprisonment.
IIOC
BF25-314 — Jonathan Clark
Clark admitted voyeurism offences after secretly installing hidden recording equipment disguised inside household items to spy on a victim in a private setting. Police searches of his devices uncovered footage of the victim along with indecent images of children, leading to further charges relating to making indecent imagery.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF25-315 — Vince McAllister
McAllister was convicted after police discovered a large organised collection of illegal child abuse material on his digital devices, including Category A files. During the investigation, he also communicated online with someone he believed to be a child, who was in fact an undercover officer, leading to further offences involving inappropriate messages and image sharing.
IIOC
BF25-316 — Robert Coleman
Coleman was convicted after investigators linked uploaded indecent child abuse material to his address and recovered 279 indecent images and videos from his devices. The case also involved offences against identified victims, including sexual assaults and the taking and distribution of indecent imagery, resulting in lifetime restraining orders being imposed for victim protection.
GROOMING
BF25-317 — William Griffiths
Griffiths admitted offences after engaging in sexual online conversations with individuals he believed were girls aged 12 and 14, including requests for images and discussions about meeting. Police were alerted by an online child protection group, with further evidence uncovered during the investigation leading to additional charges relating to attempted child sexual offending.
ORDER-BREACHGROOMING
BF25-318 — Daniel Sheen
Sheen was convicted after engaging in online sexual communication with individuals he believed were girls aged 12 and 13 using Kik and Snapchat. The investigation, involving undercover officers, also established attempts to breach an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order and attempts to encourage sexual activity involving a child.
GROOMINGTRUST
BF25-319 — Kevin Ridler
Ridler was convicted after targeting and grooming a teenage girl he met through a community centre, leading to repeated sexual offending over a period of time. The offences, reported many years later, resulted in convictions following trial, with the court hearing the victim had suffered long-term psychological harm linked to the abuse.
