In 2018, the Offender Database recorded that 46-year-old Simon Macharia was sentenced to three years in prison for a series of “shocking” sexual offences. Macharia—of St Barnabus Close, Ashford, Kent—set…
Read MoreIn 2018, the Offender Database recorded that 30-year-old James Tower was sentenced to 14 years in prison for a series of predatory sexual offences against a child. Tower—from Crawley, West…
Read MoreIn 2018, the Offender Database recorded the conviction of 52-year-old Russell Bishop for the 1986 murders of nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway. Bishop—a former roofer from Brighton—sexually assaulted and…
Read MoreIn 2018, the Offender Database recorded that then 22-year-old Alex Barnes was sentenced to five years in prison for the sexual abuse and grooming of a 15-year-old pupil. Barnes—an assistant…
Read MoreIn 2023, the Offender Database recorded that 20-year-old Niall Thompson was jailed for distributing “most serious” videos of toddlers being abused. Thompson—of Manchester Road, Burnley—admitted to sharing footage of two…
Read MoreIn 2023, the Offender Database recorded that 41-year-old Stephen Harris was jailed for two years after showing child rape videos to a man he met on a swingers website. Harris—a…
Read MoreIn 2012, the Offender Database recorded that then 46-year-old Stephen Bean was sentenced after a father intercepted indecent and obscene messages sent to his 15-year-old daughter. Bean—formerly of Goldsmith Road,…
Read MoreIn 2007, the Offender Database recorded that then 26-year-old Duncan Wood escaped a custodial sentence despite admitting to the repeated sexual assault of a young child. Wood—of The Steading Cottage,…
Read MoreIn 2014, the Offender Database recorded that 33-year-old James King was convicted of a dozen sexual offences against a brother and sister while babysitting them over a six-year period. King—of…
Read MoreIn 2016, the Offender Database recorded that then 37-year-old Martyn Talbot was sentenced to 14 years in prison for a “string” of sexual offences. Talbot—of The Drive, Doxey, Stafford—admitted to…
Read MoreIn 2021, the Offender Database recorded that then 25-year-old Shane Stewart was convicted of two predatory sexual assaults against strangers in the city centre. Stewart—of Edinburgh—targeted lone women as they…
Read MoreIn 2025, the Offender Database recorded that 43-year-old Sheldon Seaman was sentenced for attempting to groom a teenage girl by sending explicit content to her mother. Seaman—a painter and decorator…
Read MoreIn 2020, the Offender Database recorded that 18-year-old Oliver Shields avoided an immediate custodial sentence after videoing himself having sex with an underage girl and sending indecent images to another…
Read MoreIn 2024, the Offender Database recorded that 42-year-old Mark Davis was jailed for 15 years following a “prolonged and traumatic” campaign of sexual abuse against a child. Davis—of Hanwood, Shrewsbury,…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that 34-year-old Aaron Sadler was found deceased in Cornwall after absconding from his own trial for a series of child sex offences. Sadler—who gave…
Read MoreIn 2025, the Offender Database recorded that 50-year-old William Sale was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the indecent assault of a young girl. Sale—from Belfast—appeared before Belfast Crown…
Read MoreIn 2018, the Offender Database recorded that 44-year-old Martin Socha was sentenced after being caught using a spy camera to film families in a leisure centre changing room. Socha—of Dozen…
Read MoreIn 2023, the Offender Database recorded that 31-year-old Darren Bourn was sentenced to 11 years for the rape of a “very vulnerable” 14-year-old girl. Bourn—a South African former yacht deckhand…
Read MoreIn 2021, the Offender Database recorded that 49-year-old James Junior McKinstry Craig—a convicted child murderer—was found guilty of sexually abusing two girls. Craig, of Edward Street in Portadown, had denied…
Read MoreIn 2026, the Offender Database recorded that 32-year-old Petty Officer Greg Melrose was jailed for 30 months and dismissed from the Royal Navy for a “string of attacks” on female…
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