A former Cleveland police officer paedophile, Philip Magson, from Stockton, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for horrific child sexual abuse.
Philip Magson, 63, raped a baby, a toddler and another preschooler in a Teesside park, removing the nappy of the youngest victim to perpetrate his heinous act, as presented before Teesside Crown Court.
The elder child was capable of recounting the events involving their mother, who contacted the police.
On Friday, the court was informed that Philip Magson had been dismissed from Cleveland Police following his sexual abuse of three women in 1983.
More than 30 years later, Philip Magson observed females skating on a roadway and feigned assistance when they stumbled. However, throughout this interaction, he aggressively groped them and made explicit sexual comments regarding their bodies.
Police were able to trace Philip Magson only after he returned to the same street seven months later, when one of the girls recognised him as the man she had previously described to her mother. The CCTV footage from a corner shop captured the license plate of his van, leading to Magson’s arrest.
Philip Magson, formerly residing at Earlsway on Teesside Industrial Estate in Stockton, was convicted of four charges of sexual assault on a child under 13 and two counts of inducing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.
Judge Howard Crowson informed Philip Magson that he contested a particular element of the probation report, specifically the characterisation of his offences as opportunistic. He stated, “Your transgression was not opportunistic.” You organised the trips to that street and identified targets.
You pose a significant danger of inflicting serious harm to minors through more sexual offences. You are a perilous transgressor. You have been engaging in aberrant sexual behaviour since the 1980s.
The judge labelled Philip Magson a “dangerous offender” and mandated an eight-year extended licence period in addition to a 21-year prison sentence.
He was also subjected to a sexual harm prevention order prohibiting contact with individuals under 16, along with lifelong police notification obligations. Judge Crowson informed Philip Magson that any violation of the 13 stipulations of his court order upon release will result in his return to prison to fulfil the complete 28-year sentence.
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