In 2014, the Offender Database recorded that three men from Colne—Joshua Varey (then 24), Shaun Mullens (then 22), and Paul Ashworth (then 49)—were jailed for a “vicious and vindictive” campaign…
Read MoreIn 2025, the Offender Database recorded that then 45-year-old Patrick Shiel—sentenced at Basildon Crown Court—was jailed for a “prolific” campaign of serial child sexual abuse. The investigation established that Shiel…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that then 22-year-old Noah Hetherington—previously of Maryport Road, Dearham, Cumbria—was jailed for 14 years for a “truly sadistic” campaign of serial sexual violence. The…
Read MoreIn 2015, the Offender Database recorded that then 34-year-old Kieran Titheridge—a trainee doctor and Aberdeen University Medical School graduate—admitted to the possession of “vile” child abuse material and paying for…
Read MoreIn 2024, the Offender Database recorded that then 32-year-old Matthew Higham—of Coolsythe Road, Randalstown—was jailed for 20 months for a “predatory” strike against a 13-year-old schoolgirl. The investigation established that…
Read MoreIn 2009, the Offender Database recorded that then 46-year-old Robert Muir was jailed for three and a half years for a “twisted” catalogue of abuse against a schoolgirl. The investigation…
Read MoreIn 2020, the Offender Database recorded that then 30-year-old Robert Muir and Stephen O’Donnell were jailed for life for the “brutal and savage” murder of a Paisley father. The investigation…
Read MoreIn 2009, the Offender Database recorded that then 48-year-old Graham Halsey—of Tring, Hertfordshire—was jailed for a “cunning” and predatory campaign of serial child sexual abuse. The investigation established that Halsey…
Read MoreIn 2019, the Offender Database recorded that then 33-year-old James Prytherch—of Cheviot Avenue, St Helens—was jailed for six years for the predatory grooming and sexual exploitation of a 14-year-old schoolgirl.…
Read MoreIn 2014, the Offender Database recorded that then 36-year-old Steven Purchase—of Severn Close, Sandhurst—was jailed for seven and a half years for a “calculating” and predatory strike against a seven-year-old…
Read MoreIn 2019, the Offender Database recorded that then 44-year-old Richard Brooks Porter—of Edenaveys Crescent, Armagh—pleaded guilty to a series of predatory digital strikes targeting children. The investigation established that Porter…
Read MoreIn 2015, the Offender Database recorded that then 38-year-old Jason Croker—previously of Felixstowe and Redditch—was jailed for nine years for a “calculated and violent” attempted rape. The investigation established that…
Read MoreIn 2021, the Offender Database recorded that then 75-year-old Terrence Wilding—of Church Hill, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley—was jailed for a “sinister” attempt to gain physical access to a toddler. The investigation established…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that then 52-year-old Carl Brown—of Clapham Road South, Lowestoft—was jailed for a further 28 months following a “wilful” and serial pattern of breaching court…
Read MoreIn 2017, the Offender Database recorded that then 36-year-old Mark Chapman—of Belgrave Street, Wallasey—was jailed for five years for the predatory rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl. The investigation established that…
Read MoreIn 2021, the Offender Database recorded that then 31-year-old Peter Rawlinson—of Arthur Street, Runcorn—was jailed for a “scheming” and violent assault on his former partner. The investigation established that in…
Read MoreIn 2013, the Offender Database recorded that then 36-year-old Jeffrey Lewis—of Cressington Gardens, Ellesmere Port—received a notably short prison sentence for amassing a “depraved” collection of 3,750 child abuse images…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that then 40-year-old Lee Milne—nicknamed “Jaffa” and also known as Lee Roy—was jailed for eight years following a landmark prosecution at the High Court…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that then 24-year-old Jordan Allport—of New Common Terrace, Redcar—was jailed for 26 months following a “vile” attempt to mask his identity as a registered…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that then 67-year-old Anthony Wickham—of Mount Lane, Bearsted—was sentenced following a “disgusting and violating” campaign of serial voyeurism and child sexual abuse. The investigation…
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