In 2019, the Offender Database reported that Geoffrey Crossland, the Padside Paedophile Sex Offender, and his wife’s residence in North Yorkshire was searched, and the Police discovered a cache of 2.2 million child sexual assault photographs.
Geoffrey Crossland, then 70 years old, downloaded the images onto his computer at the £750,000 farmhouse where he resides with his wife.
His wife was described as “tearful and devastated” upon learning the shocking truth about her husband (as opposed to skipping around laughing?!).
Former corporate director Geoffrey Crossland was apprehended at Heathrow Airport upon his return from a clay pigeon shooting tournament in the United States, after a tip-off.
Authorities subsequently conducted a raid at his residence in Padside, North Yorkshire.
An underground bunker was also located, which presumably others had not noticed, with a minimum of nine illegal firearms and ammo, along with a sophisticated security system.
Geoffrey Crossland confessed to producing obscene images of a minor.
UPDATE
Geoffrey Crossland, who collected over two million obscene photographs of minors and concealed firearms beneath his residence, has been sentenced to 12 years and eight months in prison.
Geoffrey Crossland, THEN 70, of Harrogate, was under investigation by child abuse detectives who discovered firearms and ammunition in an underground bunker during a raid on his farmhouse.
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