In 2022, the Offender Database reported that Craig Stephenson, the Grimsby Paedophile Child Molester, was incarcerated for sexually assaulting three girls under the age of 13.
Craig Stephenson, then 39, refuted the charges incurred between 2011 and 2017 but was convicted following a trial.
Craig Stephenson faced five charges, including sexual assault by touching a minor under the age of 13 from 2011 to 2014.
The ex-food factory employee was additionally found guilty of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 between September 2012 and September 2015.
The jury additionally convicted him of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 between December 1, 2014, and December 31, 2014.
The fourth offence was the sexual abuse of a minor under 13 years of age through touching, perpetrated between July 2015 and July 2017.
Craig Stephenson denied the allegations but was convicted of a fifth count of sexual assault involving the touching of a girl under 13 years old between May 4, 2018, and May 7, 2018.
He was incarcerated for 18 months for the initial offences and an additional 18 months for the subsequent sexual offence.
Those sentences are sequential.
Craig Stephenson was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for the 2014 charges, to be served concurrently.
For the fourth offence, Craig Stephenson was sentenced to five years in prison, to be served consecutively with the sentences for the first two sexual assaults.
The judge issued a two-year sentence for the fifth offence to be served consecutively.
A total sentence of eight years in prison was handed down, along with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order that bars any contact with children until further notice.
Craig Stephenson is required to register for life under the Sexual Offences Act, necessitating that he inform the police of his residence and any travel plans upon his release.
A restraining order was enacted.
DANGER – In 2025, the Grimsby Paedophile, Craig Stephenson, was released from prison after serving only half his sentence.
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