In 2020, 24-year-old Martine Brayshaw, of Coldhurst, Oldham, was jailed for 30 months after carrying out a predatory series of assaults on a 13-year-old girl. The investigation established that Brayshaw targeted the vulnerable teenager by posing as a friend during a period of domestic instability. The prosecution reported at Minshull Street Crown Court in 2020, that the abuse contributed to the victim attempting to take her own life, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the 24-year-old.
The investigation established that Brayshaw’s series of behaviour escalated into violent witness intimidation while she was on police bail. The prosecution reported that Brayshaw attended the victim’s home in the middle of the night, threw a burning rag at the property, and threatened to “get people round.” This identifies a calculated series of assaults on the life-safety and psychological security of the victim and her mother, as Brayshaw attempted to suppress the reports of her crimes through terror and arson.
JUDICIAL FINDINGS AND SENTENCING
The court reported that Brayshaw maintained a campaign of denial throughout her trial, despite the “severe” and ongoing harm caused to the survivor. The investigation established that while the defence cited Brayshaw’s autistic spectrum disorder and “reduced maturity,” Judge Mark Savill ruled that witnesses must be protected from such frightening intimidation. The prosecution reported in 2020, that Brayshaw was sentenced to 30 months in prison, identifying a priority assault by the judiciary to deter those who target children during the “storm of their teenage years.”
Judge-led proceedings at Minshull Street Crown Court concluded with Brayshaw being ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register for ten years. For her actions in Oldham, Coldhurst, and across Greater Manchester, and the nature of the series of child abuse and intimidation investigations reported, Martine Brayshaw was removed from the community. The investigation established that her forensic profile as a convicted sexual predator is now a matter of permanent record, and she is banned from contacting the victim for five years.
STATUS AND CASE DETAILS (2018–2020)
Based on judicial and Greater Manchester Police records as of 2020:
- Legal Status: CONVICTED (Sexual activity with a child x7; Witness intimidation x2; Child abuse).
- Custodial Status: JAILED (In 2020, sentenced to 30 months in prison).
- Offence Nature: Exploited a 13-year-old’s “torrid home life” to facilitate sexual abuse; threw a burning rag at the victim’s home while on bail; threatened violence to prevent the victim from testifying; contributed to the victim’s suicide attempt.
- Timeline of Case: Abuse occurred over two months; Witness intimidation occurred while on bail; Convicted and sentenced 2020.
- Location: Oldham, Coldhurst, Greater Manchester.
- Forensic Profile: 24-year-old female; forensic history documents a predatory opportunism against vulnerable minors; identified as an offender with a “lack of awareness” who utilised arson and threats as tools of coercion.
- Sex Offenders Register: Notification requirements are active for ten years.
- Judicial Oversight: Presided over by Judge Mark Savill at Minshull Street Crown Court.
- Criminal Record: Registered sex offender; Series predator; Child abuser; Jailed in 2020.
- Origin: Oldham.
MONITORING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
In 2020, Brayshaw was managed as a high-risk predator under the statutory requirements of the Greater Manchester MAPPA unit. Due to the nature of the behaviour—specifically the series of persistence in abusing a child and then launching a “rampage” at the victim’s home—she was a priority for an immediate custodial sentence. Authorities reported that the 2020 sentencing identifies Brayshaw as an individual who prioritised her own perverted gratification and the intimidation of witnesses over the principles of human decency and the life-safety of children.
As a registered sex offender, her details are permanently logged on the national police database to ensure her future conduct is strictly scrutinised via a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO). Authorities stated that the behaviour of Brayshaw identifies a commitment to clandestine child abuse and the systematic violation of the judicial process. Her removal to prison in 2020 results in the necessary protection of the community from a woman who used a “friend” mask to hide a predatory and persistent series of assaults on the innocent.
QUESTION – Given that the offender “threatened a child witness by throwing a burning rag at her home while on police bail,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Individuals Charged with Child Abuse” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Remand in Custody” without the possibility of bail to prevent a series of assaults?
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