A 40-year-old Worcestershire paedophile who arranged for a child under 13 to be raped and sexually assaulted in Yorkshire—while breaching an existing court order by failing to declare a mobile telephone—has been sentenced to 20 years at Worcester Crown Court.
David Hough, residing at Regency Road in Malvern, Worcestershire, appeared in the dock for sentence on Monday 2 November 2026 having been convicted on five criminal counts at Worcester Crown Court:
Three counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence
One count of making indecent photographs of children
One count of breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO)
The court heard that Hough’s offences related to two crimes committed in Yorkshire in July 2026. Prosecutors outlined that the three counts of arranging or facilitating a child sex offence comprised two offences in which Hough arranged for another individual to rape and sexually assault a child under the age of 13, alongside one offence in which Hough arranged to rape a child under the age of 13 himself.
In addition, investigators established that Hough had made indecent photographs of children and was actively in breach of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order previously imposed upon him in 2020, having failed to register a mobile phone with police as required under the terms of his order.
Under the provisions of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992, all child victims in this case are protected by mandatory, lifelong statutory anonymity from the moment an allegation is made. Any publication, broadcast, or public dissemination of information capable of leading to their identification is strictly prohibited under UK law.
Passing sentence at Worcester Crown Court on Monday 2 November, the presiding judge imposed an extended sentence totalling 20 years—comprising 14 years’ immediate imprisonment on each of the three arranging or facilitating offences to run concurrently, plus an extended licence period of six years for the protection of the public.
In addition, Hough was made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and ordered to register on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
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