May 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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MAY 2024
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
TRUSTCSA

BF24-315 — Andrew Sherry

Sherry, a prominent karate instructor and founder of the Red Triangle karate club, was convicted of indecently assaulting a boy under 16 during the 1980s along with sexually assaulting an older teenager years later. The court heard Sherry abused his position as a mentor and instructor, with one victim describing lasting psychological harm following the offences.

Area: Liverpool

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years | SOR: 10 years

ORDER-BREACHTRUSTCSA

BF24-316 — Cliff Mitchell

Mitchell, a former Metropolitan Police officer based in Hounslow, was convicted of 10 rape offences including the rape of a child under 13, along with kidnap and breaching a non-molestation order. The court heard Mitchell used his position as a police officer to manipulate and intimidate victims during offences committed between 2014 and 2023.

Area: Putney, London

Court: Croydon Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: life (minimum 14 years)

CSA

BF24-317 — Anthony Robert Scott

Scott was convicted at Teesside Crown Court of non-recent offences including indecency with a child and two counts of indecent assault relating to abuse committed decades earlier. Scott, from Thornaby, was sentenced in May 2024 following a trial.

Area: Thornaby, Teesside

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years

CSA

BF24-318 — Friday Ugurou

Ugurou was jailed after being found guilty of the attempted rape of a young girl in Axminster. A jury at Exeter Crown Court rejected Ugurou’s account before sentencing him to nine-and-a-half years in prison on 2 May 2024.

Area: Axminster, Devon

Court: Exeter Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years 6 months

ORDER-BREACHCSA

BF24-319 — James William

William admitted offences including kidnap, kidnap with intent to commit a sexual offence, sexual assault against a boy under 13 and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. William, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of four years and eight months.

Area: Carlisle, Cumbria

Court: Carlisle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: life (minimum 4 years 8 months)

REOFFENDERCSA

BF24-320 — Rhyss Laws

Laws admitted sexually assaulting and exposing himself to a teenage girl in Ashington after targeting her in November. Laws had previous convictions for sexual assault linked to an earlier 2017 attack and was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Area: Ashington, Northumberland

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 45 months | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-321 — Stephen Lewis

Lewis was convicted of sexual offences against a child under 13 including sexual assault, assault by penetration and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. Lewis, from Weymouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 3 May 2024.

Area: Weymouth, Dorset

Court: Bournemouth Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years

Public source:
https://news.dorset.police.uk/…/bb412001-6209-ef11-9d64…

Media:
Weymouth man jailed for assaulting young girl – Dorset Echo

CSA

BF24-322 — Scott Tullis

Tullis was convicted of multiple sexual offences including rape and indecent assault involving a teenage victim and adult women across Fife and Perthshire between 2009 and 2021. Tullis was sentenced at the High Court in Livingston and made subject to indefinite notification requirements and post-release supervision.

Area: Fife, Scotland

Court: High Court in Livingston

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | SOR: indefinite | Supervision: post-release imposed

CSA

BF24-323 — William Inglis

Inglis admitted multiple offences involving two young victims, including penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15 along with sexual assault and inappropriate touching offences affecting children aged 11 and in their early teens. Inglis, of Gilfil Road in Nuneaton, was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court to 15 years in prison with a further five years on extended licence.

Area: Nuneaton, Warwickshire

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years | Licence: 5 years extended

CSA

BF24-324 — David Rowland

Rowland admitted sexually abusing a child over a prolonged period between August 2022 and June 2023. Rowland, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court to 10 years in prison.

Area: Wrexham, Wales

Court: Mold Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years

CSAIIOC

BF24-325 — Michael Sweeney

Sweeney admitted offences involving the sexual assault of a child under 13 along with taking and making indecent images of children. Sweeney, of Great Blakenham, was sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court to five years and four months in prison with an extended licence period, lifetime notification requirements and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Great Blakenham, Suffolk

Court: Ipswich Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 4 months | Licence: 4 years extended | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

CSAIIOC

BF24-326 — Alan Head

Head was convicted of offences including inciting a child to engage in sexual activity along with making and taking indecent images of a child. Head, from Plymouth, was also convicted of possessing extreme pornography before being sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on 1 May 2024.

Area: Plymouth, Devon

Court: Plymouth Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years

CSA

BF24-327 — Brian Symonds

Symonds was convicted of 16 offences involving the abuse of two boys under the age of 13 during the 1990s. Symonds, of Whitaker Avenue in Bradford, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to 16 years in prison with an additional year on extended licence and lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Bradford, West Yorkshire

Court: Bradford Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSA

BF24-328 — Owen Evers

Evers was convicted of 12 non-recent offences against a child including rape, sexual activity and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Evers, of Axminster Close in Hull, was sentenced at Hull Crown Court to 18 years in prison.

Area: Hull, East Yorkshire

Court: Hull Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years

CSA

BF24-329 — George Thorley

Thorley was convicted of 32 offences against seven child victims spanning several decades, including rape and indecent assault carried out across West Yorkshire, London and Durham between the 1970s and 1990s. Thorley, of Moorbottom in Cleckheaton, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court and made subject to lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 27 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-330 — Mark Rayworth

Rayworth was convicted after contacting an 11-year-old girl online and attempting to engage her in sexual activity while also inciting her to view sexual images. Rayworth, of Severndale Close in Allestree, Derby, was sentenced in May 2024 and made subject to lifetime notification requirements and a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Allestree, Derby

Court: Derby Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 6 months | SHPO: life | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-331 — Mark Thomson

Thomson was convicted of rape, attempted rape and multiple offences involving two girls under the age of 13. One child was abused while in Thomson’s care, while another was groomed over a prolonged period before the offences were uncovered.

Area: Hyde, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 24 years

CSA

BF24-332 — Robert Jones

Jones was convicted of non-recent offences involving a teenage girl, including gross indecency with a child and indecent assault linked to abuse committed in 1998 and 1999. Jones, of Berechurch Road in Colchester, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court and made subject to lifetime notification requirements, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order.

Area: Colchester, Essex

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 6 months | SHPO: life | SOR: life | Restraining order: imposed

CSA

BF24-333 — Robert Johnson

Johnson was convicted of multiple offences including sexual activity with a child and causing a child to view sexual images. Johnson, from Sandfields in Neath Port Talbot, was also convicted of possessing an extreme pornographic image before being sentenced at Swansea Crown Court to 10 years in prison with lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Sandfields, Neath Port Talbot

Court: Swansea Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years | SOR: life

CSAIIOC

BF24-334 — Mark Wilson

Wilson admitted offences including sexual assault, sexual assault by strangulation and making indecent images of children. Wilson, of Gaul Road in March, Cambridgeshire, was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and restraining orders.

Area: March, Cambridgeshire

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: imposed | Restraining orders: imposed

CSA

BF24-335 — Keith Lockwood

Lockwood was convicted of 23 non-recent offences against young boys carried out over a 30-year period. Lockwood, of Park Lane in Keighley, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to 23 years in prison and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Area: Keighley, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 23 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-336 — Mark Thornton

Thornton was convicted of six rape offences against a girl under the age of 13 linked to abuse carried out over a six-year period in Rochdale. Thornton, formerly of Heywood, was sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court and made subject to lifetime notification requirements, an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order.

Area: Rochdale, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 27 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: imposed

CSA

BF24-337 — Roy Foster

Foster was convicted of multiple offences including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, indecent assault and child abduction with intent to commit a sexual offence. Foster, of Low Grange Avenue in Billingham, was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 32 years in prison.

Area: Billingham, Teesside

Court: Teesside Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 32 years

CSA

BF24-338 — Gary Bennett

Bennett was convicted of 57 non-recent offences against seven victims who were children or teenagers at the time, including rape, attempted rape and indecency with a child spanning several years. Bennett, of Shenstone Close in Bromsgrove, was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court to 28 years in prison with a minimum term of 18 years.

Area: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Court: Worcester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 28 years (minimum 18 years)

CSA

BF24-339 — Tahir Ali

Ali was convicted of sexual assaults linked to incidents on Manchester Metrolink trams involving a woman and a teenage girl. Ali, of Lees in Oldham, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court and made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Oldham, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | SHPO: indefinite

CSA

BF24-340 — Darren Marsh

Marsh admitted rape and sexual assault offences against a child under the age of 13 linked to abuse in New Milton during April 2023. Marsh, of The Strete in Christchurch, Dorset, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court with an additional extended licence period alongside lifetime notification requirements and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Christchurch, Dorset

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years | Licence: 12 months extended | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACH

BF24-341 — Nicholas Waters

Waters admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after installing software designed to delete internet history and using private browsing functions to conceal online activity. Waters, previously of Wellingborough, was sentenced at Northampton Crown Court on 9 May 2024.

Area: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 2 months

CSA

BF24-342 — Raymond Hawthorne

Hawthorne was convicted of 14 non-recent offences against children aged around 12 to 13, including rape, indecency and indecent assault linked to abuse carried out in Wirral during the 1980s and 1990s. Hawthorne, formerly of Crescent Road in Bolton, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court with an additional eight years on extended licence.

Area: Wirral / Bolton

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 27 years | Licence: 8 years extended

TRUSTCSA

BF24-343 — Stephen Newmarch

Newmarch, a former foster carer and Educational Welfare Officer, was convicted of offences involving two teenage boys who had been placed in his care during the mid-2000s. The court heard Newmarch used his position of authority to groom and abuse the boys over a prolonged period, including during trips and time spent under his supervision.

Area: Bolton, Greater Manchester

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSA

BF24-344 — Mohammed Amin

Amin was convicted of a series of exposure and sexual offences targeting women and girls in Stamford Hill, including causing a child aged 13 to 15 to view sexual activity imagery. Detectives identified Amin through CCTV analysis and GPS data linked to bike hire accounts after offences committed over a three-month period in 2021.

Area: Stamford Hill, London

Court: Old Bailey

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 10 months

BF24-345 to BF24-374
CSA

BF24-345 — Sean Thomas Jones

Jones was convicted of eight offences against a girl following a prolonged period of grooming and abuse which began before her 13th birthday. The court heard Jones showed the victim inappropriate sexual material on his phone and carried out offences over several months, later forcing her to relive the ordeal during trial after denying the allegations.

Area: Greenfield, Flintshire

Court: Mold Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 11 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: 10 years

CSA

BF24-346 — Samuel Anifaloba

Anifaloba was convicted of rape and multiple other offences linked to the sexual abuse of two children at an address in Rainham between 2004 and 2006. The offences were reported years later after the victims, now adults, came forward to police about the prolonged abuse.

Area: Rainham, Kent

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 17 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-347 — Michael Aggabao

Aggabao was convicted of multiple offences against two children under the age of 13, including sexual assault, digital penetration and attempted digital penetration linked to abuse carried out between 2009 and 2019. Aggabao, of Lister Close in Stevenage, was sentenced following a trial at St Albans Crown Court and made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime notification requirements.

Area: Stevenage, Hertfordshire

Court: St Albans Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | Licence: 1 year extended | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-348 — Matthew Pritchard

Pritchard pleaded guilty to multiple offences after travelling to Swindon to meet who he believed was a child following online conversations with an undercover investigation team. The offences included arranging a child sex offence, attempted contact offences and causing a child to view sexual material before officers arrested him on arrival.

Area: Newport, South Wales / Swindon

Court: Swindon Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years

CSA

BF24-349 — Roger Faulkner

Faulkner was convicted of eight offences against a girl who was under 13 at the time of the abuse in 2013 and 2014, including two counts of rape. Faulkner, of Neve Gardens in Donington on Bain, was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court and made subject to lifetime notification requirements and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Area: Donington-on-Bain, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 17 years | Licence: 1 year extended | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

CSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-350 — Ben Joseph Refeea

Refeea admitted 17 offences after meeting a girl through Snapchat and engaging in sexual contact with her while she was under the age of consent. Refeea, of Scarletwell Street in Northampton, also pleaded guilty to offences involving indecent images of a child and meeting a child following sexual grooming before being sentenced at Northampton Crown Court.

Area: Northampton, Northamptonshire

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHTRUSTIIOC

BF24-351 — John Noel

Noel admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and DBS barring restrictions after continuing to work as a private tutor for children aged between five and 17. Noel, from Huddersfield, had previously been convicted of making indecent photographs of children and possessing extreme pornography before concealing a device and continuing to work with children despite the restrictions imposed on him.

Area: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years

CSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-352 — Ian Hollinghurst

Hollinghurst communicated online with people he believed were two 13-year-old girls before arranging to meet one of them in person. Hollinghurst, of Eldon Street in Preston, admitted offences linked to online grooming conversations, attempted contact offences and indecent image offences after police also recovered extreme pornographic material from his phone.

Area: Preston, Lancashire

Court: Preston Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 6 months | SHPO: 15 years

CSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-353 — Ray Trewern

Trewern groomed a 12-year-old girl after meeting her online before arranging in-person meetings where he bought her gifts and took her shopping. Trewern, of Park Corner in Birmingham, admitted offences including sexual communication with a child, meeting a child following grooming, sexual assault and possession of indecent photographs of children.

Area: Birmingham, West Midlands

Court: Worcester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 3 months | SHPO: 10 years | Restraining order: indefinite

CSA

BF24-354 — Ryan Holtum

Holtum was convicted of raping and sexually abusing a young girl over a two-year period, with the victim reporting that the abuse began when she was six years old. Holtum, of Hainault Avenue in Westcliff, denied the allegations during police interviews and attempted to suggest the child was lying before being convicted at court.

Area: Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

Court: Chelmsford Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years

CSA

BF24-355 — Anthony Jarrett

Jarrett admitted four offences linked to the sexual abuse of a child over a three-year period in south Lincolnshire. Jarrett, of Maple Close in Larkfield, Kent, was sentenced at Lincoln Crown Court and made subject to lifetime notification requirements, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order.

Area: Larkfield, Kent / Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSA

BF24-356 — Craig Smith

Smith was convicted of eight sexual assault offences against a teenager linked to abuse carried out between 2018 and 2020 in Woodhall Spa and Lincoln. Smith, of Bruce Road in Radford, Coventry, denied the allegations before being convicted following a four-day trial at Lincoln Crown Court.

Area: Coventry / Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSA

BF24-357 — Stephen Martin Tracey

Tracey was convicted of repeated offences against a girl in Waterlooville spanning several years between 1987 and 1994, when the victim was aged between 9 and 15. Tracey, of Skiddaw in Rugby, was found guilty following a trial at Portsmouth Crown Court after the victim reported the abuse to police decades later.

Area: Rugby, Warwickshire / Waterlooville

Court: Portsmouth Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years

CSA

BF24-358 — Benjamin Bull

Bull was convicted of five offences against a child under 13 in Waterlooville, including rape, assault by penetration and causing a child to watch sexual activity. Bull, of Clare Gardens in Petersfield, was found guilty following a five-day trial relating to offences committed in 2020 and 2021.

Area: Petersfield, Hampshire

Court: Portsmouth Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-359 — Nicholas Robinson

Robinson was caught during an undercover online investigation after expressing a sexual interest in children and attempting to engage in sexual communication with who he believed was a 13-year-old girl. Robinson, from Wolverhampton, also admitted distributing indecent images of children and sending abuse material to undercover officers before being sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court.

Area: Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Court: Birmingham Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years

REOFFENDERCSA

BF24-360 — Murabek Ali

Ali, previously jailed as part of the Operation Chalice grooming gang investigation in Telford, admitted further offences including rape and trafficking involving a young girl between 2004 and 2008. Ali had earlier been recalled to prison for breaching licence conditions after his release from a previous sentence linked to child sexual exploitation offences.

Area: Telford, Shropshire

Court: Shrewsbury Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years | Licence: 8 years extended

CSAGROOMINGIIOC

BF24-361 — Kaylum Forrester

Forrester was arrested after investigators uncovered sexualised online communication with someone he believed was a child during a regional organised crime investigation. Forrester, of Liverpool Road in Huyton, admitted arranging a child sex offence along with making, possessing and distributing more than 800 indecent images of children recovered from electronic devices seized by police.

Area: Huyton, Merseyside

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSAGROOMING

BF24-362 — Richard Underwood

Underwood had been messaging a teenage girl with learning difficulties for several months before arranging to meet her for sexual activity. Underwood, of Upper Greenhill Gardens in Matlock, admitted sexual activity with a child aged between 13 and 15 after the victim’s father discovered the messages and contacted police.

Area: Matlock, Derbyshire

Court: Derby Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 3 months

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-363 — Christopher Wood

Wood admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after police discovered evidence he had deleted material from his phone during an unannounced offender management visit. Wood, of Kingfisher Way in Alcester, was also found in possession of 20 indecent images of children, including 11 Category A images, despite previously being convicted for similar offences in 2021.

Area: Alcester, Warwickshire

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 months

CSA

BF24-364 — Robert Hampton

Hampton was convicted of rape, attempted rape and multiple other offences against a child linked to abuse carried out between 2007 and 2011. Hampton, of Somers Court in Upper Howsell Road, Malvern, denied the allegations before being convicted and sentenced at Worcester Crown Court.

Area: Malvern, Worcestershire

Court: Worcester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 18 years | Licence: 1 year | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-365 — Kieron Day

Day was convicted of sexually assaulting a child under 13 and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity following a complex investigation launched after the victim came forward in 2020. Day, of Woodhead Road in Huddersfield, denied the allegations before being found guilty at Leeds Crown Court.

Area: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years | SOR: life

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-366 — Richard Hooper

Hooper was jailed after further indecent images of children were uncovered despite previously receiving a suspended sentence for similar offences in 2022. Hooper, of William Smith Close in Cambridge, admitted breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by concealing digital storage devices, with officers later recovering Category A, B and C abuse images from hidden CDs, DVDs and electronic devices.

Area: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Court: Peterborough Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 1 year 6 months | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

CSA

BF24-367 — Malcolm Lamont

Lamont was convicted of multiple offences against two girls in Motherwell over a seven-year period, including rape and sexual assault after initially exposing the children to pornographic material from a young age. Lamont, formerly of Denny near Falkirk, denied the allegations before being convicted at the High Court in Livingston and later sentenced in Edinburgh.

Area: North Lanarkshire, Scotland

Court: High Court in Edinburgh

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-368 — Brian Lines

Lines was convicted of 28 offences committed in Staffordshire between 1970 and 2009, including multiple rapes and serious sexual assaults involving children and other victims. Lines, from Leek, denied the allegations before a jury convicted him at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court following an investigation launched after victims came forward in 2021.

Area: Leek, Staffordshire

Court: Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 30 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-369 — Kieran Huthwaite

Huthwaite was convicted of multiple offences including rape of a child, attempted rape and sexual assaults involving girls under 13 and older teenage victims. Huthwaite, of Bentilee in Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested in 2021 after victims reported the offences and was later convicted at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Area: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Court: Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

REOFFENDERCSAGROOMING

BF24-370 — Alec Parkin

Parkin, a registered sex offender from Nottinghamshire, arranged a meeting intending to sexually abuse a child before being arrested by Bedfordshire Police in Bedford. Parkin, of Baptist Lane in Collingham, Newark, admitted arranging and facilitating a child sex offence after investigators recovered online conversations and evidence from devices seized at his home.

Area: Collingham, Newark, Nottinghamshire

Court: Luton Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | Licence: 5 years extended

CSA

BF24-371 — Joanna Evans

Evans sexually assaulted three boys in East Lancashire during 2020, with all victims under the age of 13 and the youngest aged eight. Evans, of Swansea, failed to attend Burnley Crown Court and was convicted in absence after detectives launched an investigation when the offences were reported to police.

Area: Swansea / East Lancashire

Court: Burnley Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 17 years

CSA

BF24-372 — Adam John

John admitted offences against two child victims including rape of a boy under 13 and multiple sexual assaults involving a young girl. John, of Golygfa’r Eglwys in Pontypridd, initially denied recollection of the offences due to intoxication before later pleading guilty at Cardiff Crown Court.

Area: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf

Court: Cardiff Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 7 years 3 months | SHPO: indefinite | Restraining orders: indefinite

CSA

BF24-373 — Ahmed Deq Mohamed

Mohamed sexually assaulted a girl under the age of 13 by penetration in south east London in June 2023. Forensic evidence including DNA linked Mohamed to the offence and he was arrested within five days before later being convicted following a trial at Inner London Crown Court.

Area: London (SE8)

Court: Inner London Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 6 months | SHPO: imposed | Licence: 12 months

GROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF24-374 — Paul Price

Price engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl between 2016 and 2018 and was later found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child. Officers also discovered indecent images of children on a phone card seized during a search of Price’s property following his arrest in 2020.

Area: Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Court: Shrewsbury Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 years

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CSA

BF24-375 — Jason Hallam

Hallam was convicted of nine sexual offences against two child victims, including eight counts of indecent assault and one count of indecency with a child under 13. The offences were carried out over several years beginning in the early 2000s, and Hallam was convicted following a seven-day trial at Lincoln Crown Court.

Area: Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Court: Lincoln Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

REOFFENDERGROOMINGCSA

BF24-376 — William Harrison

Harrison approached two eight-year-old girls at an Asda store in Shipley, bought them sweets and offered them money to get into his car before showing them an explicit image on his phone. Harrison admitted causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and child abduction, and the court heard he had previous convictions for sexual assault, exposure and outraging public decency involving teenage girls.

Area: Bradford, West Yorkshire

Court: Bradford Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: life | Restraining order: unlimited time

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-377 — John Whitmore

Whitmore pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child after communicating with and arranging to meet a girl under 16 between January 1 and January 10, 2022. The investigation found Whitmore had repeatedly attempted to meet the child and had engaged in sexual grooming behaviour prior to his arrest and conviction at Aylesbury Crown Court.

Area: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Court: Aylesbury Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 1 year | Restraining order: 5 years

REOFFENDERCSA

BF24-378 — Kajal Miah

Miah admitted raping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl after driving her to a secluded location in Newcastle in January 2023. The court heard Miah denied the offences to police before forensic evidence proved his involvement, and that he had previous convictions including cautions relating to sexual activity with a girl under 16.

Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years | SHPO: life

IIOCCSA

BF24-379 — Peter Wright

Wright was convicted of seven sexual offences against the same child relating to incidents from November 2020. Forensic examination of Wright’s phone uncovered material supporting the prosecution case along with indecent images offences, and Wright later claimed during trial that he had carried out the abuse while asleep, which was rejected by the court.

Area: Radcliffe, Greater Manchester

Court: Minshull Street Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 15 years

GROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF24-380 — Tyler Charter

Charter was convicted of arranging or facilitating a child sex offence and possessing indecent images of children after investigators recovered 4,233 indecent images and videos from his devices. Officers also uncovered online conversations discussing the sexual abuse of young children and evidence showing Charter attempting to arrange child sexual offences before his arrest in Croydon in September 2022.

Area: Croydon, London

Court: Croydon Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years 6 months

REOFFENDERGROOMINGOP-STOVEWOODCSA

BF24-381 — Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar

Akhtar pleaded guilty to multiple counts of rape and indecent assault against a 13-year-old girl committed between 2001 and 2003 in Rotherham. The court heard Akhtar targeted and groomed the vulnerable child by offering alcohol and drugs, and that the victim later came forward after seeing reports of Akhtar’s earlier convictions linked to Operation Stovewood.

Area: Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 12 years concurrent with existing 23-year sentence

CSA

BF24-382 — Roy Hunt

Hunt was convicted of nine offences including sexual assault, sexual activity and sexual assault by penetration against a child under 13 after repeatedly abusing a girl from the age of six in 2017. The child later disclosed the abuse to her mother in 2021 by writing a note detailing the repeated assaults, leading to Hunt’s prosecution and conviction at Guildford Crown Court.

Area: Guildford, Surrey

Court: Guildford Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 8 years | SHPO: imposed

CSA

BF24-383 — Charles Brown

Brown was jailed after being convicted of multiple indecent assaults against young girls relating to offences committed between 1966 and 1994. Essex Police said the investigation began in 2019 after victims came forward alleging repeated abuse spanning several decades.

Area: Shoeburyness

Court: Basildon Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 31 months 3 weeks | SOR: life

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BF24-384 — Andrew Spinks

Spinks sent sexual messages to an undercover online profile he believed belonged to a young girl and was convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. Spinks was also convicted of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order following his arrest in Doncaster in April 2024.

Area: Doncaster

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 months

MultiGROOMINGCSA
MULTI CASE

BF24-385 — Timothy Newberry

Newberry was convicted after attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child under 13 to engage in penetrative sexual activity during undercover online communications in June 2023.

Area: Rotherham

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 6 months

MultiGROOMINGCSA
MULTI CASE

BF24-386 — Mark Priest

Priest was convicted of multiple offences including attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child under 13 to engage in penetrative and non-penetrative sexual activity following an undercover police operation in Sheffield.

Area: Sheffield

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 9 months

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IIOC

BF24-387 — Lewis Simpson

Simpson pleaded guilty to distributing an indecent photograph of a child and disclosing sexual photographs with intent to cause distress after sending explicit images of a woman, including images taken when she was under 16, to her family members via social media and messaging platforms between November 2020 and January 2021.

Area: Great Yarmouth

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Community order: 12 months | SOR: 5 years | Fine: £100

CSA

BF24-388 — Brian Rutherford

Rutherford was convicted of three counts of indecency with a child and six counts of indecent assault after abusing a girl between the ages of four and 12 over an eight-year period during the 1980s. The victim later reported the offences to Northumbria Police as an adult, leading to Rutherford’s conviction at Newcastle Crown Court decades after the abuse took place.

Area: North Shields

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 17 years | Restraining order: life

IIOC

BF24-389 — Reece Kelly

Kelly admitted making indecent photographs of children after investigators examining his phone uncovered more than 100 child sexual abuse images involving girls as young as four and five years old. The material included 29 Category A images showing penetrative sexual activity and was discovered during a wider investigation following Kelly’s conviction for the murder of his infant son.

Area: Workington

Court: Carlisle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 10 months consecutive to existing life sentence

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-390 — Luis Da Silva

Da Silva admitted five child sexual offences including rape against the same victim after grooming and manipulating her over a prolonged period when she was a young child. The offences were reported to police in October 2023 after the victim disclosed the abuse to her family, leading to Da Silva’s conviction at Bristol Crown Court.

Area: Gillingham, Dorset

Court: Bristol Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 9 years 5 months | SHPO: indefinite | Licence: 1 year extended licence

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC

BF24-391 — Martin Harvey

Harvey was jailed after officers monitoring him under a Sexual Harm Prevention Order discovered he had deleted his internet browsing history and stored almost 1,000 indecent images of children on a hard drive. Police said the offences were uncovered during compliance checks linked to a previous conviction.

Area: Rugby

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years

TRUSTIIOC

BF24-392 — Anand Chinnathamby

Chinnathamby, a deputy ward manager working with vulnerable adults at a mental health unit, admitted three counts of making indecent images of children after investigators linked him to uploaded child abuse images on a Gmail account. National Crime Agency officers later recovered evidence showing more than 100 indecent images had previously been stored on his phone.

Area: Ipswich

Court: Ipswich Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 8 months for 24 months | Rehabilitation order: 50 days | Unpaid work: 150 hours

TRUSTIIOCCSA

BF24-393 — Kevin Cooper-Shaw

Cooper-Shaw abused a teenage girl at a care home where he worked as a care worker and was convicted of multiple sexual offences, including offences committed while acting in a position of trust. Police also found indecent images of children on his phone after his arrest, and Cooper-Shaw was jailed for 16 years with an additional three years on extended licence.

Area: Ellesmere Port

Court: Chester Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years | Licence: 3 years extended licence

GROOMINGCSA

BF24-394 — Allistair Rhys McHugh

McHugh was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl after pursuing her over a period of time and sending repeated messages attempting to get her to his home in January 2017. The victim later reported the offence and McHugh was convicted following a trial at Caernarfon Crown Court.

Area: Flintshire

Court: Caernarfon Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 years

CSA

BF24-395 — Andrew Blake

Blake was convicted of 16 counts of indecent assault after abusing a child over a number of years in Washington during the 1980s and 1990s. The offences continued into adulthood before the victim later came forward to police, leading to Blake’s conviction at Newcastle Crown Court.

Area: Conwy

Court: Newcastle Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | Restraining order: indefinite | SOR: indefinite

REOFFENDERGROOMINGCSA

BF24-396 — James John Barrie

Barrie was convicted of eight offences against a teenage boy including sexual activity with a child, attempting to engage in sexual activity with a child and causing a child to watch sexual acts. The abuse was reported to police in 2019 and the court heard Barrie had also previously received a suspended sentence in 2020 for grooming another boy in Corby.

Area: Corby

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: May 2024

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

CSA

BF24-397 — Anthony Hare

Hare was convicted of indecent exposure after repeatedly approaching a 13-year-old girl in Sheffield over several months before exposing himself to her in February 2024. Police identified Hare through his vehicle registration after the victim reported the incidents and he was later found guilty at Barnsley Magistrates’ Court.

Area: Sheffield

Court: Doncaster Magistrates Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 6 months | SHPO: 3 years | SOR: 7 years | Driving ban: 1 year

CSA

BF24-398 — Robert Clifton

Clifton pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent assault on girls under 14 after sexually abusing two victims over an eight-year period. The offences were reported to police in 2022 when the women came forward as adults, leading to Clifton’s prosecution at Nottingham Crown Court.

Area: Worksop

Court: Nottingham Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 16 years 9 months

REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMINGCSA

BF24-399 — Alfie Murray

Murray breached the conditions of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by using undeclared internet-enabled devices and contacting young girls online after a previous conviction for child sex offences in 2022. Investigators found Murray had sent indecent messages, requested images and contacted multiple children before he pleaded guilty to communicating sexually with a child and multiple order breaches.

Area: Gillingham

Court: Maidstone Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years | Licence: 18 months

ORDER-BREACH

BF24-400 — Brandon Washbourn

Washbourn was jailed after breaching the conditions of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order by deleting WhatsApp conversations, beginning a relationship without informing police of his registered sex offender status, and having contact with a 14-year-old child during a video call.

Area: Northampton

Court: Northampton Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 38 weeks

GROOMINGIIOCCSA

BF24-401 — Darren Stapleton

Stapleton used online messaging platforms to communicate with undercover police officers posing as young girls and discussed meeting them for sexual activity. Following his arrest, officers recovered indecent images of children from devices at his home and Stapleton later admitted multiple child sexual offences at Cambridge Crown Court.

Area: Cambridgeshire

Court: Cambridge Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | Licence: 2 years | SHPO: 20 years | SOR: life

CSA

BF24-402 — Brian Lowe

Lowe was convicted of sexual offences against two young girls after incidents reported in 2018 and 2019 involving sexual behaviour, exposure and inappropriate contact inside his Sheffield home. One victim was 12 at the time of the offences while another reported being lured into Lowe’s property at the age of nine before he carried out sexual acts in her presence.

Area: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Court: Sheffield Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years | SHPO: 5 years | Restraining order: imposed

CSA

BF24-403 — Michael Taylor

Taylor was convicted of nine child sexual offences after two women reported that he had repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted them during the 1990s when they were young girls. The offences came to light decades later when both victims came forward to police, leading to Taylor’s conviction at Derby Crown Court.

Area: Arkwright Town, Derbyshire

Court: Derby Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 21 years 6 months

CSA

BF24-404 — Muhammad Talukdar

Talukdar was convicted of three counts of rape and four counts of sexual assault after abusing a girl from the age of eight in east London during the late 1990s. Metropolitan Police investigators reopened the case in 2020 and built evidence through witness accounts, medical records and counselling notes, leading to Talukdar’s conviction at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

Area: Tower Hamlets, London

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Month: May 2024

Outcome: Jailed: 14 years


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GROOMING Medium

PH24-139 • Adam Gordon

Rickmansworth • May 2024

Gordon was dealt with by way of a Conditional Police Caution following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. No court conviction was reported in the available source.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Conditional Police Caution

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

GROOMING High

PH24-140 • Ahmet Kucuk

Edmonton • May 2024

Kucuk was found guilty on 20 May 2024 following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was listed for 25 June 2024.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Found guilty | Sentencing listed: 25 Jun 2024

GROOMING High

PH24-141 • Andrew John Sims

Reading • May 2024

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

Court: Reading Crown Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing outcome pending

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING High

PH24-142 • Anthony Beedell

Cornwall / Leeds • May 2024

Beedell believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced on 15 May 2024 to 36 months’ imprisonment and made subject to safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 36 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: imposed

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-143 • Ashley Hirst

Liverpool • May 2024

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

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 10 months (suspended 18 months) | Alcohol treatment: imposed | RAR: imposed | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-144 • Ben Jagger

Leeds • May 2024

Jagger believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. The court imposed a three-year Community Order together with 55 rehabilitation days and five years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community order: 3 years | Rehabilitation: 55 days | SOR: 5 years

Source: https://fb.watch/rTwRlYwEye/?

Poster Credit: C&C

GROOMING High

PH24-145 • Benjamin Miller (aka Peter Lane)

Romford • May 2024

Miller, also known as Peter Lane, changed his plea to guilty following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was due later in May 2024 and he remained on unconditional bail pending disposal.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing pending | Unconditional bail

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-146 • Bradley J Keith

Poole • May 2024

Keith believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Bournemouth Crown Court imposed a Community Order together with electronic monitoring, rehabilitation requirements and long-term safeguarding measures.

Court: Bournemouth Crown Court

Outcome: Community order: imposed | Electronic monitoring: until 23 Nov 2025 | RAR: 40 days | SOR: 5 years | SHPO: until 23 May 2036 | Surcharge: £95

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING High

PH24-147 • Dale Howes (aka Dale James Bennett)

Norwich • May 2024

Howes, also known as Dale James Bennett, believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Norwich Crown Court sentenced him to 28 months’ imprisonment.

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 28 months

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-148 • Gary Copley

Manchester • May 2024

Copley believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Manchester Crown Court sentenced him on 29 May 2024 to 18 months’ imprisonment and imposed a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square)

Outcome: Jailed: 18 months | SHPO: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-149 • Gary Voyce (aka Gazza Maycey)

Dagenham • May 2024

Voyce, also known as Gazza Maycey, admitted the offences and was sentenced on 7 May 2024 following an undercover operation. Snaresbrook Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation requirements, programme attendance, device forfeiture and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 12 months (suspended 2 years) | RAR: 60 days | Programme requirement: 43 days | Device forfeiture/destruction: ordered | SHPO: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-150 • Gavin Evans

Neath • May 2024

Evans admitted the offences on 23 April 2024 following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. He was sentenced on 14 May 2024 to a suspended custodial sentence together with rehabilitation measures, alcohol treatment requirements and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 10 months (suspended 2 years) | SOR: 10 years | Rehabilitation requirement: imposed | Alcohol treatment: imposed

GROOMING Medium

PH24-151 • George Knight

Stoke-on-Trent • May 2024

Knight 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 45 rehabilitation activity requirement days, a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and court costs.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 52 weeks (suspended 2 years) | RAR: 45 days | SHPO: 10 years | Costs: £272

GROOMING High

PH24-152 • Grant Brownlow

March • May 2024

Brownlow believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Huntingdon Crown Court sentenced him to four years and six months’ imprisonment and imposed lifetime notification requirements and a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Huntingdon Crown Court

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

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

GROOMING High

PH24-153 • Ian "Andy" Hollinghurst

Huddersfield • May 2024

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

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 5 years 6 months | SHPO: 15 years | SOR: indefinite

Source: https://fb.watch/s7hcAuWuJE/?

Poster Credit: C&C

GROOMING Medium

PH24-154 • Ian Ulyatt

Derby • May 2024

Ulyatt appeared before Derby Magistrates’ Court in relation to allegations of attempting sexual communication with a child. The available source reports the first hearing only and no final outcome was provided.

Court: Derby Magistrates Court

Outcome: First hearing | Outcome pending

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-155 • John Andrew Saddler

Newton Aycliffe / Durham • May 2024

Saddler appeared before the magistrates’ court in relation to allegations of sexual communication offences. The case was transferred to Durham Crown Court and no plea had been entered at the time of the update.

Court: Magistrates → Durham Crown Court

Outcome: Case committed to Crown Court | Plea not entered

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING High

PH24-156 • John Dyer

Ellesmere Port • May 2024

Dyer 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, with a deprivation order made for his mobile phone.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 12 months | SHPO: 10 years | Device deprivation order: imposed

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-157 • Mark Downes

Bristol • May 2024

Downes believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Bristol Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with programme requirements, rehabilitation measures and a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Bristol Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 6 months (suspended 12 months) | Programme requirement: imposed | RAR: imposed | SHPO: 7 years | Surcharge: £228

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING Medium

PH24-158 • Mark McDevitt

Glasgow / Ayr • May 2024

McDevitt believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. The available source reports that the case concluded with a community-based disposal.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Community disposal: imposed

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Scotland Child Protection Team ASA

GROOMING High

PH24-159 • Martin Edgecombe

Bedfordshire • May 2024

Edgecombe believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. After entering guilty pleas, he was sentenced on 24 May 2024 at Luton Crown Court to 33 months’ imprisonment.

Court: Luton Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 33 months

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING High

PH24-160 • Matt Beavis

Pirbright • May 2024

Beavis believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Guildford Crown Court sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment. Safeguarding and notification requirements were not confirmed in the available source.

Court: Guildford Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

GROOMING Medium

PH24-161 • Mike Bulmer

Frome, Somerset • May 2024

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

Court: Taunton Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 20 months (suspended 24 months) | Barred list: imposed | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years | Costs: £156

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

GROOMING High

PH24-162 • Nathan Missing

Norwich • May 2024

Missing believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Norwich Crown Court sentenced him on 24 May 2024 to two years’ imprisonment and imposed a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Norwich Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years | SHPO: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Elite Team 2023

GROOMING High

PH24-163 • Paul Andrew Marshall

Southampton • May 2024

Marshall believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Southampton Crown Court sentenced him to nine months’ imprisonment and imposed a victim surcharge.

Court: Southampton Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 9 months | Surcharge: £190

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-164 • Peter Hale

Hull • May 2024

Hale believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Hull Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with the Horizon Programme, 200 hours of unpaid work and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Hull Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 24 months (suspended 24 months) | Horizon programme: 90 days | Unpaid work: 200 hours | SOR: 10 years | Surcharge: £154

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING Medium

PH24-165 • Shane Andrew Scanlon

Bradford • May 2024

Scanlon believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Bradford Crown Court imposed a suspended custodial sentence together with an accredited programme, 50 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Bradford Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 16 months (suspended 24 months) | Accredited programme: imposed | RAR: 50 days | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

GROOMING High

PH24-166 • Shaun Luck

Liverpool • May 2024

Luck believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Liverpool Crown Court sentenced him to 40 months’ imprisonment and imposed lifetime notification requirements.

Court: Liverpool Crown Court

Outcome: Jailed: 40 months | SHPO: imposed | SOR: life

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

Poster Credit: Fleetwood Enforcers UK

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-167 • Simon Deryck John

Bridgend • May 2024

John admitted the offences on 21 May 2024 following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was adjourned until 18 June 2024 at Cardiff Crown Court and conditional bail was continued.

Court: Cardiff Crown Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing adjourned: 18 Jun 2024 | Conditional bail

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING High

PH24-168 • Steven Hodgson

Cumbria • May 2024

Hodgson admitted the offences on 7 May 2024 following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was listed for 18 July 2024 at Preston Crown Court and he remained on conditional bail.

Court: Preston Crown Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing listed: 18 Jul 2024 | Conditional bail

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-169 • Steven Underhill

Liverpool • May 2024

Underhill 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 Building Better Choices programme, rehabilitation requirements and a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 2 years (suspended 2 years) | Building Better Choices programme: 6 months | RAR: 30 days | SHPO: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Predator Exposure

GROOMING Medium

PH24-170 • Terry Shires

Leeds • May 2024

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

Court: Leeds Crown Court

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 8 months (suspended 12 months) | Rehabilitation days: imposed | SHPO: 5 years | SOR: 10 years

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

Poster Credit: Stings of Innocent Voices

GROOMING Medium

PH24-171 • Thomas Blount

Warwick • May 2024

Blount admitted the offences following an undercover operation in which he believed he was communicating with a teenage girl online. Sentencing was adjourned until 2 July 2024.

Court: Warwick Crown Court

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Sentencing adjourned: 02 Jul 2024

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

Poster Credit: Child Online Safety Team

GROOMING High

PH24-172 • Fredrick Weeks

Salisbury • May 2024

Weeks believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced on 12 May 2024 to two years and eight months’ imprisonment and made subject to lifetime notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 2 years 8 months | SOR: life | Costs: £228

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

Poster Credit: Silent Angels

GROOMING Medium

PH24-173 • Thomas Reeds

Manchester • May 2024

Reeds believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Manchester Crown Court imposed a two-year Community Order together with rehabilitation requirements, a fine and five-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Manchester Crown Court

Outcome: Community order: 2 years | RAR: 30 days | Fine: £100 | SHPO: 5 years | SOR: 5 years

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

Poster Credit: Silent Angels

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-174 • Raymond Knight

London • May 2024

Knight admitted the offences and was remanded pending sentence. The available source describes the matter as a repeat offender case and references earlier allegations and proceedings.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Pleaded guilty | Remanded in custody | Sentencing pending

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

Poster Credit: Silent Angels

GROOMING Medium

PH24-175 • Luke Denham

Unknown • May 2024

Denham 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 Drug Rehabilitation Requirement, unpaid work and 10 years of notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 12 months (suspended 2 years) | Drug Rehabilitation Requirement: imposed | Unpaid work: imposed | SOR: 10 years

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

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

GROOMING High

PH24-176 • Richard Newsham

Stockport • May 2024

Newsham believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to four years and one month imprisonment and made subject to 10-year safeguarding and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 4 years 1 month | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Elusive Child Protection Unit

GROOMING High

PH24-177 • Terry O’Neil

Crewe • May 2024

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

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 3 years 9 months | SHPO: indefinite | SOR: indefinite

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Elusive Child Protection Unit

GROOMING Medium

PH24-178 • Sandip Singh

Dudley • May 2024

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

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 22 months | RAR: 30 days | Unpaid work: 60 hours | SHPO: 10 years | SOR: 10 years

Source: Unavailable

Poster Credit: Elusive Child Protection Unit

GROOMING Medium

PH24-179 • Osman Raidan

Leicester • May 2024

Raidan 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 unpaid work, rehabilitation requirements, a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and financial penalties.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Suspended sentence: 10 weeks (suspended 24 months) | Unpaid work: 150 hours | RAR: 43 days | SHPO: 5 years | Surcharge: imposed | CPS costs: imposed

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

Poster Credit: Fighting Against The Evil

GROOMING High

PH24-180 • Michael Wallace

Louth • May 2024

Wallace believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. He was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment and made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and notification requirements.

Court: Unknown

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

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

Poster Credit: Fighting Against The Evil

REOFFENDERGROOMING High

PH24-181 • Kevin Hughes

Lancashire • May 2024

Hughes believed he was communicating online with a teenage girl and continued the contact before arrangements were made to meet. Described as a repeat offender in the source, he was sentenced to 32 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay a victim surcharge.

Court: Unknown

Outcome: Jailed: 32 months | Surcharge: £190

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

Poster Credit: Fighting Against The Evil


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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