JAN 2026
UK Child Sexual Offence Convictions Recorded
IIOC
BF26-001 — Gary McVeigh
McVeigh possessed a substantial collection of indecent images involving children, with thousands of files uncovered during a police investigation; convicted and received a custodial sentence alongside safeguarding measures.
CSA
BF26-002 — Robert Hannah
Hannah committed child sexual offences identified during a police investigation and was sentenced following conviction, with preventative measures also imposed.
IIOC
BF26-003 — David Coote
Coote was convicted of offences relating to indecent images involving children following a guilty plea and received a suspended sentence with notification requirements imposed.
CSA
BF26-004 — Hasnain Ahmed
Ahmed committed non-recent child sexual offences established through police investigation and supporting evidence; convicted and sentenced to imprisonment alongside a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-005 — Melvyn Peter Brown
Brown carried out serious historic offences involving a child over an extended period, with sustained abusive behaviour established during the investigation; convicted and sentenced to a lengthy custodial term alongside protective measures.
CSA
BF26-006 — David Peers
Peers was convicted of historic sexual offences involving teenage victims after evidence supported multiple incidents, resulting in a custodial sentence alongside lifelong notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-007 — Jordan Gouldmartin
Gouldmartin committed child sexual offences uncovered during a police investigation, resulting in conviction, imprisonment, and safeguarding measures being imposed.
CSA
BF26-008 — David Prothero
Prothero committed multiple serious offences involving a child, with repeated abusive conduct identified during the investigation; convicted and sentenced to imprisonment with an extended licence and lifelong notification requirements.
TRUSTCSA
BF26-009 — Lee Scott
Scott carried out child sexual abuse offences connected to a community football environment, exploiting access to victims through that setting; convicted and sentenced to imprisonment with notification requirements imposed.
GROOMING
BF26-010 — Phillip Smith
Smith engaged in online communication with children involving sexual intent, leading to a police investigation and conviction for communication offences with a custodial sentence and Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed.
CSA
BF26-011 — Adam McLaughlan
McLaughlan committed offences against multiple children, with evidence identifying more than one victim during the investigation; convicted and sentenced to imprisonment alongside prevention and notification measures.
ORDER-BREACHIIOC
BF26-012 — Jay Hamilton
Hamilton breached an existing prevention order while committing offences involving indecent images of children, resulting in conviction, imprisonment, and safeguarding measures being imposed.
CSA
BF26-013 — Alan Batchelor
Batchelor committed offences involving a child that were investigated by police and dealt with by the court, resulting in a community order and notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-014 — Henry Saklatvala
Saklatvala was convicted of rape and other serious sexual offences against a child following a police investigation, resulting in a lengthy custodial sentence, extended licence, and lifelong notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-015 — Leslie Smith
Smith offended over a prolonged period, with repeated incidents forming the basis of the investigation and prosecution; convicted and sentenced to a lengthy custodial term with lifelong notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-016 — Alexander Sandy Boyd
Committed historic offences within a children’s home setting, exploiting a controlled environment; convicted, resulting in a custodial sentence.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-017 — Ian Della-Rocca
Della-Rocca used Snapchat and other online communications to obtain indecent images involving children through payment and related online activity, resulting in conviction, imprisonment, and preventative restrictions.
IIOC
BF26-018 — Simon Church
Church committed offences relating to indecent images of children identified during a police investigation, resulting in conviction, imprisonment, and safeguarding restrictions.
GROOMING
BF26-019 — Ashley Jepson
Jepson engaged in inappropriate online communication with minors involving sexual intent, resulting in conviction and a lengthy custodial sentence.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-020 — David Masters
Masters targeted multiple underage victims, committed child exploitation offences, and admitted making and distributing indecent images of children, resulting in an 11-year custodial sentence with lifelong notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-021 — John Shannon
Shannon was convicted of child sexual offences following a police investigation, resulting in a custodial sentence of more than eight years and notification requirements being imposed.
GROOMING
BF26-022 — James Lawton
Lawton committed online offences involving young victims through sexually motivated communication, resulting in conviction, imprisonment, and a prevention order.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-023 — Charles Wood
Wood committed offences involving indecent images of children and online exploitation through sexually motivated communications, resulting in conviction, imprisonment, and notification requirements.
CSA
BF26-024 — Adrian Howarth
Howarth was convicted of historic offences against three victims dating back to the 1980s and 1990s, including rape and cruelty offences, resulting in a 20-year custodial sentence and lifelong notification requirements.
GROOMING
BF26-025 — Jack Barrett
Barrett used online messaging platforms to target an underage girl over a sustained period; pleaded guilty to multiple child protection offences including unlawful communications with a child and breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
REOFFENDERTRUSTCSA
BF26-026 — Alexander Bede Walsh
Walsh, a former Catholic priest already serving a lengthy prison sentence for previous sexual offences and indecent assaults, was convicted of a further non-recent indecent assault against a child relating to abuse committed at a church in Cheadle during the 1980s.
REOFFENDERCSA
BF26-027 — Christopher Proctor (Daniel Travis)
Proctor, who also used the name Daniel Travis and was already serving a prison sentence for separate rape offences against a young girl, was convicted of sexually assaulting a child aged two following a police investigation and court proceedings.
IIOC
BF26-028 — Martyn Daniel Birks
Birks pleaded guilty to multiple offences involving indecent images of children after police recovered more than 200 illegal images from devices seized during an investigation into online activity.
GROOMING
BF26-029 — Michael Cooper
Cooper used social media and a false identity to target an underage victim over a sustained period; convicted of multiple offences involving grooming and unlawful contact with a child.
GROOMING
BF26-030 — Antony Farren
Farren targeted a vulnerable underage girl over a sustained period and was convicted of multiple offences involving unlawful contact with a child, additional sexual offences, and witness intimidation after contacting the victim while on bail.
BF26-031 to BF26-060
You’re about 33% through this month
TRUSTIIOC
BF26-031 — Ian Walpole
Walpole, a former police inspector, pleaded guilty to multiple offences involving indecent images of children after police recovered 246 illegal images and videos across two mobile phones, including Category A material and files depicting the abuse of young children.
ORDER-BREACH
BF26-032 — Gary Smith
Smith breached a Criminal Behaviour Order banning him from entering public parks and gardens after committing a public sexual offence near a children’s play area in Peterborough.
CSA
BF26-033 — Kieran Smith
Smith was convicted of multiple offences involving the sexual abuse of a girl under 13 over a period between 2022 and 2024, including rape, assault by penetration, and causing or inciting sexual activity with a child.
GROOMING
BF26-034 — Hassan Hussain
Hussain used online platforms to target vulnerable children and attempted to arrange contact with someone he believed to be underage; continued offending behaviour while on bail before being convicted and jailed.
ORDER-BREACHGROOMINGIIOC
BF26-035 — Adam Pugh
Pugh engaged in online offending involving indecent images of children, unlawful communications with someone believed to be a 13-year-old girl, and attempts to arrange sexual activity with a child while breaching an existing Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-036 — Jonathan Goss
Goss pleaded guilty to offences involving sexual communication with a child, arranging a child sexual offence, and possessing more than 200 indecent images of children after investigators linked online accounts and seized illegal material from electronic devices.
CSA
BF26-037 — Larry Roberts
Roberts was convicted of sexual assault and multiple offences involving sexual activity in the presence of children after two teenage girls reported abuse committed between 2004 and 2010 when they were aged between 13 and 15.
IIOCCSA
BF26-038 — Steven Field
Field was convicted of sexually assaulting a child under 13 and offences involving more than 125,000 indecent images and videos of children after police uncovered extensive illegal material during a forensic examination of devices seized from his home.
CSA
BF26-039 — Trevor Boakes
Boakes was convicted of multiple offences including indecent assault and gross indecency relating to the repeated sexual abuse of a vulnerable child during the 1990s after the victim later came forward to police.
CSA
BF26-040 — Michael Lashley
Lashley was convicted of multiple offences involving the prolonged sexual abuse of a child over several years, including rape and sexual assault, after the victim later disclosed the abuse and a police investigation secured convictions at trial.
CSA
BF26-041 — Craig Murray
Murray was convicted of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl during an attack at a house in Livingston on New Year’s Day 2023 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
TRUSTCSA
BF26-042 — Paul Boulton-Lea
Boulton-Lea, a former assistant house master at an Oxfordshire boarding school, was convicted of multiple non-recent indecent assaults and indecency offences involving two boys aged under 14 during the 1970s.
CSA
BF26-043 — Stavros Theodoulou
Theodoulou admitted multiple sexual assault offences involving teenage girls and adult women known to him after several victims came forward during a police investigation into repeated inappropriate behaviour.
IIOCCSA
BF26-044 — Joshua Rothery
Rothery admitted offences involving the rape and sexual abuse of a child under 13 as well as creating indecent images of the victim following a police investigation launched after the abuse was reported in August.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHIIOC
BF26-045 — Kier Middleton-Seath
Middleton-Seath, previously convicted for offences involving indecent images of children, admitted multiple breaches of sex offender notification requirements and a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after police discovered new indecent images and undeclared devices during compliance checks.
REOFFENDER
BF26-046 — Barnaby Money
Money, a convicted sex offender, was jailed after targeting and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at a railway station in Hampshire.
CSA
BF26-047 — Ronald Pearson
Pearson was convicted of 24 non-recent child abuse offences involving five girls aged between 5 and 18 across several decades, including rape, sexual assault, and offences involving children under 13, following a major safeguarding investigation in North Yorkshire.
GROOMINGIIOCCSA
BF26-048 — Tom Heckley
Heckley was convicted of multiple offences involving sexual activity with a teenage girl, unlawful sexual communications, and possessing indecent images of children relating to offending committed in 2021.
GROOMINGIIOCCSA
BF26-049 — Stuart Williams
Williams was convicted of multiple offences involving historic sexual abuse, sexual communications with children, and indecent images after repeatedly targeting who he believed were underage girls during undercover police operations while also facing allegations from additional victims.
GROOMING
BF26-050 — Peter Pottle
Pottle groomed a teenage girl over several years after first contacting her online shortly before her thirteenth birthday, later escalating the abuse and using false identities to continue contacting and intimidating the victim.
CSA
BF26-051 — Jamie Charles Lewis
Lewis was convicted of multiple offences involving the sexual abuse of a girl under 13 relating to offending committed in the Portsmouth area between 2014 and 2016 following a trial at Portsmouth Crown Court.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-052 — Luke Williamson
Williamson pleaded guilty to 20 offences involving the grooming and sexual manipulation of two underage girls through social media, including sexual communications, arranging child sexual offences, and indecent image offences, after a major police investigation uncovered thousands of messages and digital evidence.
CSA
BF26-053 — David Brown (aka “Stella Dave”)
Case outcome confirmed via witness update, with no public report available; convicted and given a suspended sentence alongside safeguarding measures imposed through the court.
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GROOMINGIIOCCSA
BF26-054 — Ray Lombard
Lombard admitted multiple offences involving arranging child sexual abuse, producing indecent material involving children under 13, and possessing more than 5,000 Category A and B indecent images after investigators uncovered extensive online exploitation activity and communications with offenders abroad.
TRUSTGROOMINGIIOCCSA
BF26-055 — Nick Gratwick
Gratwick, a former police informer who infiltrated activist groups during the 1990s and 2000s, was convicted of 38 offences involving the arranging of child sexual abuse, indecent images of children, and online communications with other offenders following a National Crime Agency investigation.
TRUSTIIOC
BF26-056 — Alexander Johnston
Johnston, a former teacher at Bishop’s Stortford College, admitted possessing indecent images of a child which he had created during the 1970s after an investigation into historic abuse allegations.
IIOCCSA
BF26-057 — Andrew Robert Pope
Pope was convicted of multiple offences involving the rape and sexual abuse of children over a prolonged period between 2010 and 2024, as well as making indecent photographs of a child, following a police investigation involving multiple survivors.
CSA
BF26-058 — Richard Downey
Downey was convicted of multiple offences involving the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in 1997 after advances in DNA analysis linked him to the attack decades later.
REOFFENDERGROOMINGIIOC
BF26-059 — Mark Bellas
Bellas pleaded guilty to offences involving arranging child sexual abuse, attempting to exploit a child under 13, and distributing indecent images of children after travelling to Swindon intending to meet who he believed was a young girl while already on bail for separate indecent image offences.
IIOCCSA
BF26-060 — Adrian Waring
Waring pleaded guilty to multiple offences involving the rape and sexual abuse of a baby under 12 months old, indecent image offences, extreme pornography, and additional sexual offences following an investigation by Merseyside Police.
BF26-061 to BF26-090
You’re about 66% through this month
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-061 — Vincent Middlebrough
Middlebrough pleaded guilty to offences involving sexual communications with who he believed was a 14-year-old boy, arranging to meet a child following grooming, and indecent image offences after travelling to Stockton during an undercover police operation.
GROOMING
BF26-062 — Richard Dale
Dale posed as a PE and sex education teacher while communicating online with who he believed was a child, sending sexually explicit images before being convicted following an undercover police operation.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-063 — Edward Gratwick
Gratwick used encrypted messaging platforms to communicate with offenders about arranging the abuse of young children overseas, discussed drugging victims, and was convicted of multiple offences involving attempted child sexual abuse arrangements and indecent images.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-064 — Jordan Longhurst
Longhurst used social media platforms including Snapchat to target children, encourage sexual activity and obtain indecent imagery, with offences spanning several years and involving 143 Category A, 106 Category B, and 139 Category C indecent images of children.
GROOMING
BF26-065 — Jack Meredith
Meredith targeted teenage boys online and was convicted of offences involving sexual communications, exploitation and abuse of underage victims following a police investigation.
CSA
BF26-066 — Jerome Blackburn
Blackburn was convicted following a trial for offences involving the repeated abuse of a young child during the late 2000s, after the victim later reported the offences to police as an adult.
CSA
BF26-067 — David Bayliss
Bayliss was extradited from New Zealand and convicted after trial for offences involving the repeated abuse of a young girl over a prolonged period, with evidence including diary entries and disclosures later made to police.
IIOC
BF26-068 — Giuseppe Bottone
Bottone was identified through online group chats used to share indecent images of children and was convicted of offences involving the making and distribution of more than 1,000 indecent images alongside possession of extreme pornography.
TRUSTCSA
BF26-069 — Aamar Mohammed
Mohammed used his position as station security staff to approach and isolate a teenage girl at a railway station before carrying out sexual offences while on duty.
TRUSTGROOMING
BF26-070 — Suleman Baig
Baig used a trusted connection with two teenage girls to commit offences involving sexual communications, exploitation and abuse over an extended period, and later admitted attempting to interfere with the investigation.
REOFFENDERORDER-BREACHGROOMINGIIOC
BF26-071 — Rhys Jones
Jones was convicted of offences involving indecent images of children and repeated breaches of Sex Offender Register and Sexual Harm Prevention Order requirements through the use of social media and online accounts.
ORDER-BREACHIIOC
BF26-072 — Michael Simmonds
Simmonds was convicted after sexually assaulting a teenage boy and later breaching a Sexual Risk Order through unauthorised technology use, with investigators also finding Category A and B indecent images of children on his devices.
REOFFENDERTRUSTCSA
BF26-073 — Willy John Gillham
Gillham, a former children’s home worker previously convicted over abuse at the same home, was convicted again for historical offences involving the abuse of a boy under his care during the early 1980s.
CSA
BF26-074 — Gary O’Shea
O’Shea admitted a historical offence involving the indecent assault of a young child during the 1980s after the victim later reported the abuse to police.
GROOMING
BF26-075 — Santiago McMurtrie
McMurtrie communicated with an underage girl online over several months before travelling to meet her, resulting in convictions for multiple child sexual offences following a police investigation.
CSA
BF26-076 — Keith Clifton
Clifton was convicted following trial for multiple offences involving the prolonged abuse of a young girl over several years, after the victim later reported the offences to police as an adult.
ORDER-BREACHIIOC
BF26-077 — Samantha Franklin
Franklin was jailed after repeatedly breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed following convictions relating to the production of hundreds of child sexual abuse images.
REOFFENDERCSA
BF26-078 — Paul Tyler
Tyler, already serving a lengthy sentence for previous child sexual offences, admitted further historical offences involving the abuse of two children following separate police investigations and victim reports.
TRUSTGROOMING
BF26-079 — Chris Higgins
Higgins, a piano and theatre teacher, admitted offences involving sexual communications with an underage pupil, leading to safeguarding action and his removal from the theatre organisation.
GROOMING
BF26-080 — Kai Giggie (aka Kyle Wellburn)
Giggie created a false identity to communicate with underage victims and was convicted of offences involving child abduction and sexual offending against children following a police investigation.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-081 — Calin Rus
Rus used online platforms to discuss and attempt to arrange the abuse of a child he believed to be 10 years old, while also admitting offences involving indecent images and sexual communications with a child.
TRUSTCSA
BF26-082 — Emem Udaw
Udaw, a former learning mentor at a London secondary school, was convicted of offences involving the abuse of multiple vulnerable teenage girls who had approached him for emotional support.
CSA
BF26-083 — Paul Dowsing
Dowsing was convicted following trial for offences involving the repeated abuse of a child over a prolonged period, with the victim later supporting the police investigation and prosecution.
CSA
BF26-084 — Dominic Mulligan
Mulligan was convicted of non-recent child sexual offences involving two victims in the Farnborough area, with the offences reported to police many years later.
CSA
BF26-085 — Jacob Atkinson
Atkinson was convicted following trial for historical offences involving the prolonged abuse of a child during the 1980s after the victim later reported the offences to police.
TRUSTCSA
BF26-086 — Jacob Leland
Leland, a former Eton College teacher, abused his position of trust to commit sexual offences against a vulnerable pupil during his time working at the boarding school.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-087 — Nico Williams
Williams communicated with an underage girl online over a sustained period before committing offences involving sexual activity and indecent images of a child.
CSA
BF26-088 — Ricky Champ
Champ admitted offences involving the sexual assault of a child in north Essex during 2025 and was jailed following a police investigation supported by specialist officers.
GROOMINGIIOC
BF26-089 — John McAdams
Offences included arranging activity and handling indecent images; engaged in both arranging offences and image-related activity, leading to imprisonment and a long-term prevention order.
GROOMING
BF26-090 — Shane Crump
Crump was made subject to a Sexual Risk Order imposing strict monitoring and internet restrictions following intelligence-led concerns about behaviour posing a potential risk to young females.
BF26-091 to BF26-091
You’re about 99% through this month
IIOC
BF26-091 — Jake Wales
Wales pleaded guilty to offences involving more than 500 Category A images, over 350 Category B images and more than 1,100 Category C indecent images of children, alongside prohibited and extreme pornographic material.