Police shut Torquay nursery after teenager arrested on suspicion of child sex offences
By CARLY READ, Express
Detectives have scoured CCTV from Jack and Jill Childcare in Torquay and identified children as young as two as potential victims. The teenaged male employee was held after allegations of sexual assault were made in July. Officers immediately launched an inquiry with the suspect arrested and released under investigation while inquiries continue.
Nursery shut after teenager held on suspicion of child sex offences
Nancy Meehan, deputy director of children’s services at Torbay Council, said: “We take safeguarding children incredibly seriously and we are working closely with partners including the police in relation to this matter.”
Detectives have contacted over 100 families whose children would have attended the nursery during the investigation period. It is understood around dozen families may have been directly affected.
Moms, Dads, Carers
Please don't let your children be babysat by men.
Or, put them in daycares where men/boys are present.
There are way too many stories like this on this blog.
After the inquiry was launched, police uncovered “a number of concerns around safeguarding matters” and on October 24 Ofsted suspended the nursery’s licence.
Acting Detective Chief Inspector James Stock said: “On July 29 police received an allegation of a serious sexual assault at Jack and Jill Childcare in Torquay.
“A suspect was arrested on the same date and later released on police bail with strict conditions.
“As part of this, over 250 hours of CCTV from within Jack and Jill Childcare have been reviewed.
“As a result of CCTV inquiries, a number of children aged two years and over have been identified as potential victims of further contact offences.
Disgraced Walsall, UK, cop sacked for stealing Carling handed 13-year jail term for child sex offences
By Jordan Coussins, Birmingham Live
A "despicable" former police officer was sacked by the West Midlands force for stealing cans of Carling lager has been jailed for child sex offences.
Ross O‘Grady originally pleaded not guilty to eight charges of sexual assault against three victims between 2014 and 2016.
But the 47-year-old, of High Street, Brownhills, later pleaded guilty to five offences during a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison and placed on the sex offenders' register for life on Wednesday, October 30.
O’Grady was dismissed by West Midlands Police on June 10, 2016, for gross misconduct relating to an unrelated theft matter. He claimed he had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and needed the cans of Carling for medicinal purposes because he saw “dead babies, murdered bodies and guns in his face” when he tried to sleep.
The police investigation found that some of the offences were carried out while he was a serving police officer. Det Sgt Sam Kirk, from the force's public protection unit, said: "O’Grady’s behaviour was despicable. He held a position of trust and he abused this by committing these heinous crimes.
“I commend the bravery of his victims, it has been an extremely traumatic time for them. There is no place in society for this kind of behaviour and O’Grady must now serve time behind bars."
Survivors of sexual abuse can also speak to the NSPCC 24 hours a day on 0808 800 5000.
Child molester from Chatham, On., released
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In spite of admitting more molestations than he can count
BY PAUL PEDRO, Blackburn News
A Chatham man convicted of sexually abusing a young boy has been released from prison.
Ronnie Inghelbrecht was sentenced to seven years behind bars in November of 2012 for sexual assault and two counts of possession of child pornography. A 2011 investigation discovered Inghelbrecht was in possession of 68,500 images and 1,246 videos of child sexual abuse that were stored on three computers and media devices. Inghelbrecht was convicted of sexually abusing a boy between May of 1987 and June 1991.
The Parole Board of Canada decided not to release Inghelbrecht early on March 14, 2019 because his risk to re-offend was too high. The parole board said Inghelbrecht had not made enough “progress” because he admitted to attempting to obtain child pornography in 2016 while he was incarcerated and was caught with pictures of prepubescent boys in his cell that had been cut out from magazines and newspapers. He admitted the images were for self sexual gratification.
Inghelbrecht also admitted to the parole board that he was at high risk for reoffending and there were several other victims but he had “no idea how many.” Inghelbrecht himself has previously said he thought it would be best if he remained in prison for the remainder of his full sentence to work on “self-improvement” and “participate in sex offender maintenance programming.”
The 56-year-old Inghelbrecht is a registered sex offender, has a lifetime weapons ban, had to submitted a DNA sample, and is not allowed to have contact with children for the rest of his life.
It is not known where he will be released or if police in that community have been notified that he is a registered sex offender.
Police in Chatham-Kent have been investigating to ensure there are no more victims. Police received new information a few months ago and started another investigation.
Bikie (Biker) attacks child sex offender in watch house
in Adelaide, SA
ABC Radio Adelaide By Camron Slessor
SA Police is reviewing its security practices as
CCTV footage of a bikie attacking a child sex offender at the Adelaide City Watch House is posted online.
A watch house is a house containing police holding cells, I think, for children. They have come under shocking criticism recently for violence against children.
Rebels bikie member Bradley Daniele posted the footage to social media of him allegedly attacking child sex offender Hamzeh Bahrami.
Police on Tuesday morning confirmed a 26-year-old man from Mawson Lakes had been reported for the assault which took place at the Adelaide City Watch House in April.
In the footage, a man can be seen showering in a cubicle before he is confronted and assaulted by another man.
After about 20 seconds, a police officer walks into the room and deploys pepper spray into the shower cubicle in a bid to stop the attack.
Police on Tuesday morning said the victim did not require medical treatment and as the matter was before the courts, could not provide further information.
PHOTO: The footage shows a man entering a shower cubicle and attacking another man. (Facebook: Bradley Daniele)
South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens explained how the footage made its way onto Daniele's social media page.
"… I can say we provided a copy of that video footage to his solicitor yesterday, as we are required to do," he told ABC Radio Adelaide.
"So I suppose you can sort of link the dots there in terms of how it found its way to social media. This is the consequence of that, once they have possession of that they're essentially allowed to do with it as they choose."
He said police would now look at reviewing its practices to make sure inmates were not exposed to unnecessary risk. "There is a policy in place that allows for small groups of prisoners over extended periods to shower," he said.
"This would be normal practice, but we are reviewing our practices to make sure we're not exposing people to any unnecessary risk. … we are looking at whether or not there's been any offences committed in uploading footage that depicts what you might call a private act, someone showering."
SA Police Minister Corey Wingard addressed the release of the footage and said it was part of normal disclosure arrangements. "The footage was provided to the accused man's defence team as part of normal disclosure arrangements when a matter is before the court," he said.
"I have been advised that police are investigating whether any crime has been committed in posting the footage online. I condemn violence and abuse of any nature, especially when it's against children."
Alleged victim pleaded guilty to assault on 10yo
The alleged victim of the attack, Hamzeh Bahrami, 33, pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a young girl in a public toilet in Blair Athol, north of Adelaide, earlier this year.
PHOTO: Hamzeh Bahrami in custody after sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in a toilet at a Blair Athol reserve. (ABC News)
He faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court in August and pleaded guilty to an aggravated count of indecent assault.
In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors dropped two counts of engaging in sexual intercourse with a person without consent, which carries a much higher maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
In May, Bahrami pleaded guilty to another three aggravated counts of indecent assault and one count of false imprisonment in relation to the same incident.
Police have previously said the victim, a 10-year-old girl, had been playing on a playground at a Blair Athol reserve at about 6:00pm on April 3, when she was approached by Bahrami.
They said he lured her into a toilet block and sexually assaulted her multiple times.
'I will do this over and over again'
In a message accompanying the footage on social media, Daniele said he shared the video because he would not stand for the abuse of children.
PHOTO: The CCTV footage was posted on social media by Rebels bikie Bradley Daniele. (Facebook: Bradley Daniele)
"One thing I will not stand for is kids being abused physically or mentally and I will do this over and over again if I had the chance," he said in the post.
"I think it's time people stop judging bikies and people start to worry about the real issues in life like getting pedos (sic) off the street.
"I know everyone is not gonna agree with violence but that little girl never had a voice and I'm sure if you had a heart you would do the same thing.
"If I go to jail for this I will not loose (sic) any sleep."
Like Canada, Australia practices minimal incarceration. The consequences are that the perpetrator learns nothing, the victim feels very vulnerable again, and more children are exposed to danger. Daniele's brutal behaviour may be illegal, but, at least it gets the message across that child sex abuse is not tolerable and there will be consequences.
John Allen: UK paedophile care home owner
on trial for sex abuse
ANDREW PRICE, BBC
A "predatory paedophile" who owned a group of children's homes has gone on trial accused of historical sexual offences against boys in his care.
Mold Crown Court heard John Allen, 78, who ran a number of Bryn Alyn community children's homes in and around Wrexham, had a "longstanding propensity to abuse young boys".
He denies 20 charges relating to eight complainants dating from 1976 to 1992.
The court heard he had two previous convictions for child sex abuse.
Prosecution barrister Eleanor Laws QC said: "The children were often troubled and highly vulnerable and if they did complain they were often ignored or disbelieved.
"Most of them had to learn to live with his prolific abuse but it took its toll", she added.
The jury was shown a police interview with one of the complainants who alleges he was sexually abused by Mr Allen as a child.
"He would take me in his car and drive into some woods where it was dark or pull over," he said. He'd put his hand on your knee and try to put his hand in your pants."
He described how Mr Allen bought him gifts before the alleged abuse began. "He took us to Wrexham town centre and bought a record player and some records. I assumed he was just trying to settle us in."
The complainant said he told people including his mother and a social worker what was happening but nothing ever came from it.
The trial continues.
John Allen was the same pervert who was thought to be mixed up in the MP/VIP child sex scandal that fizzled out when police were unable to corroborate the only witness, fantasist 'Nick'.
Stash of child sex abuse images found on
drug-affected NZ driver's cellphone
Sam Kilmister, Stuff
A drug-affected driver claims he doesn't know how a stash of child sex abuse images were downloaded on his cellphone, but admits they are his responsibility.
Tristan Abraham, 30, was jailed in May for dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and driving while under the influence of drugs, but it wasn't until later that police uncovered his fixation with child sex exploitation.
In the Palmerston North District Court on Tuesday, Abraham was sentenced to 12 months' intensive supervision after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing objectionable material.
Police searched his car after a collision earlier this year and found eight photographs of girls, aged 9-13, naked or posing in a sexual way, stored on a phone. Another image showed a 10-year-old girl performing a sex act on an adult male.
Abraham was released from prison on October 23 on the driving charges, and judge Stephanie Edwards said he was at low risk of being found with objectionable material again.
At a previous appearance, Edwards told the court child sex abuse images were illegal in New Zealand to protect the "sexual safety" of children. Production of this material involved the exploitation of vulnerable children for commercial gain and those who downloaded it fuelled future exploitation.
Defence lawyer Mike Ryan said Abraham had several phones which were used for a "variety" of purposes, but he denied knowledge of the inappropriate images. "Four or five phones were found by police after the crash. He's accepting responsibility for what was found on the phone."
Is it usually drug dealers who use a number of cell phones?
Ryan said his client had obtained a forklift licence and had expressed a desire to stop offending. Judge Stephanie Edwards said Abraham suffered from stress and anxiety, and had an extensive history of substance abuse.
At the time of the car crash, he was using methamphetamine daily. But a stint behind bars had opened his eyes to abstinence, the judge said. "Addiction to methamphetamine has increased rapidly over the past 12 months and was at a peak at the time of the offending."
Abraham, who had an abusive upbringing, had an untreated brain injury which occurred in a childhood trauma.
The sentence involves reports updating the judge on Abraham's rehabilitation every couple of months.
NSW school principal charged with sexually
assaulting nine-y/o girl granted bail
ABC Illawarra By Caitlin Dugan
A school principal accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl has been granted bail in a New South Wales court.
Police arrested the man, aged in his 40s, at a home in the Illawarra region at 4:45pm on Sunday, following an investigation by detectives from the State Crime Command's Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was taken to Wollongong Police Station and charged with two counts of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10 and with intentionally sexually touching her.
Police allege the man sexually assaulted the girl on two occasions at homes south of Sydney.
He applied for bail during a brief appearance via video link in Wollongong Court on Tuesday.
Prosecutors told the court they had strong evidence against him, including a letter written by the girl detailing the alleged abuse. The prosecution said she had handed the letter to her mother and it was passed on to police.
They argued he should be denied bail due to the nature of his previous work at a school and his access to children.
Accused supported by family, court told
The man's lawyer, Madeleine Hughes, told the court he has the support of his family, who posted a $40,000 bail surety for his release.
Ms Hughes said the man had "a low risk of reoffending" because if he was found guilty of the allegations, it would be the "end of his career".
Logic and common sense don't ever stop a paedophile from offending!
His family also agreed to supervise him.
In arguing for the man to be released on bail, Ms Hughes said he has significant community ties, is of prior good character and has several positive testimonials from friends.
Paedophiles are often quite gregarious and very popular in their community. They groom everyone around them into thinking they are stellar people instead of the creeps and perverts they really are.
Magistrate Roger Clisdell said the man does not pose an unacceptable risk to the community and granted him strict conditional bail.
So, Roger, how do you think the little girl he molested feels about him being loose (somewhat) in the community? Why do his rights trump hers? Was the girl represented in the hearing? Apparently not!
He was ordered not to go near a school, playground or childcare centre and is required to report to police daily until he is due to face court again in January.
The school administration the man works for is yet to release a statement or comment on the matter.
Lake Illawarra, NSW
Former MP John Hemming wins libel damages from woman branded a fantasist who made unproven allegations of rape and child sex abuse against him
By STEPHEN WRIGHT ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL
A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who made unsubstantiated rape claims against him.
John Hemming, 58, has scored a major High Court victory against Esther Baker, 36, who has tormented him for four years with unproven claims of child sex abuse.
A judge has barred Miss Baker from trying to uphold allegations of rape and sexual abuse she has made against Mr Hemming in court papers.
Miss Baker insisted her allegations were correct but the judge ruled that her 'denial that her allegations of rape and sexual abuse by the defendant (Mr Hemming) were untrue' should be struck out of the documents.
Miss Baker, who in 2015 won the crucial backing of Labour deputy leader Tom Watson over her hotly contested child sex allegations, launched a libel action against Mr Hemming claiming he had defamed her, including calling her a 'fantasist'.
The former politician, who has consistently denied her accusations, counter-sued her for defamation, accusing her of 'malicious and deliberate lies'.
In a preliminary court hearing last month both sought to have each other's claims dismissed.
Yesterday Mr Hemming emerged the substantial winner with a ruling by one of the country's senior judges, Mrs Justice Steyn, which could bring the whole set of proceedings to an early end next month.
She said: 'It follows from the decision I have made in respect of the counterclaim that the Claimant (Miss Baker) cannot contend that the Defendant (Mr Hemming) raped her or anyone else, or that he sexually assaulted her or stalked and defamed her to cover it up.'
And the judge ruled that unless, by December 17, Miss Baker amends her reply to the defence filed by Mr Hemming against her claim, her claim will be completely struck out.
She ruled that he was entitled to damages – to be assessed later – on his claim against Miss Baker, a betting shop worker recently made bankrupt. She represented herself in court.
The complex judgment ran to more than 13,000 words.
Mr Hemming was the member for Birmingham Yardley between 2005 and 2014.
Rapist-murderer of children to hang in rare case after India’s Supreme Court dismisses appeal
FILE PHOTO. Journalists outside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India.
©REUTERS / Adnan Abidi
Almost a decade after two men abducted, raped and killed two children in the Indian city of Coimbatore, death sentence passed on the surviving perpetrator got ultimate confirmation by the nation’s top court.
R Manoharan is to die by hanging after the three-judge court dismissed in full on Thursday his petition to review his death sentence. In a 2:1 vote, the court ruled death is more appropriate punishment than a life behind bars for the “shocking” and “cold-blooded” crimes he had committed.
The October 2010 case horrified India with the callous brutality of Manoharan and
his accomplice,
Mohanakrishnan.
The latter, who worked as a taxi driver, abused the trust of the wealthy Jain family, which occasionally used his services when their regular driver was not available.
Mohanakrishnan picked up two siblings, the 7-year-old brother Hrithik and the 10-year-old sister Muskan, ostensibly to take them to school. But the two men, who were both 23 at the time, abducted the siblings for ransom.
But they apparently got cold feet and, instead, decided to get rid of the children, but not before raping the little girl. They then gave them poisoned milk, which failed to kill the siblings, and later tied them up and dumped into a canal, killing the battered helpless victims by drowning.
Both men were quickly identified and arrested, but only Manoharan ever stood before the court for the crimes. His accomplice was shot and killed by the police in early November, when he was brought to the crime scene and reportedly tried to escape.
The surviving killer-rapist was sentenced to death in 2012, and remained on the death row since as his appeals went up the judicial branch. It reached the Supreme Court in August this year.
Capital punishment was kept by India’s penal code after the nation became independent, with the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi and one of his co-conspirators becoming the first to be hanged in 1949. Deaths sentences have only rarely led to executions in the past decades, even less so for crimes not related to terrorism.
The only such person to be executed in the 21st century was a convicted rapist of a 14-year-old girl, who was hanged in West Bengal in 2004.
