[gazettelive.co.uk – 4/21/21] A registered sex offender has been confirmed as a candidate in the upcoming Hartlepool by-elections. Christopher ______, who is on the ballot for the May 6 vote, was sentenced for voyeurism last year for filming a naked woman in a hotel room while she was asleep. … Christopher ______ has since moved to Hartlepool where he is seeking to stand for MP [Member of Parliament]. Asked whether he intended to tell the electorate about his convictions, he said: “I started this process planning to tell everyone, but…
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UK: Jail for Fife woman who extorted cash from innocent man in sex offender smear campaign
[thecourier.co.uk – 4/19/21] A woman who threatened to brand an innocent man a sex offender to extort thousands of pounds and a TV set has been jailed for more than two and a half years. Sharon McDonald targeted the man on numerous occasions over a ten-month period. Previously at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court, McDonald admitted extorting £2,700 and the electrical equipment out of her target. On Monday, Sheriff William Gilchrist sentenced McDonald to 31 months in prison. McDonald, who had already been remanded in custody since before Christmas, had her sentence…
Read MoreUK: Anger as Tory MPs vote against register for stalkers and domestic abusers
[theguardian.com – 4/16/21] The government is facing growing anger after voting against putting serial stalkers and domestic abusers on a national register, despite briefing they were likely to support the measures following the death of Sarah Everard. Conservative MPs voted against amendments to the domestic abuse bill on Thursday that would have placed serial domestic abusers and stalkers on the current Violent and Sex Offender Register (Visor). MPs also voted down House of Lords-supported amendments that would have given family court judges training on sexual abuse and provided greater protection…
Read MoreUK: Man who stabbed his neighbour to death in horrific case of mistaken identity where he wrongly believed he was a sex offender is detained indefinitely in hospital
[dailymail.co.uk – 4/16/21] A man who stabbed his neighbour to death in an horrific case of mistaken identity has been detained indefinitely in hospital. Richard Matthews killed Paul Wells after wrongly believing he was a sex offender who raped him as a child, Bristol Crown Court heard today. The court was told how Matthews was convinced he was the victim of a child abuse ring aged 10 and accused Wells of historical abuse when he moved in next door to him in Highbridge, Somerset. Today, the defendant, 45, was sentenced…
Read MoreUK: Shanklin sex offender had cartoon-porn depicting child sex abuse
[countypress.co.uk – 4/4/21] A REGISTERED sex offender who had cartoon-pornography depicting child abuse on his hard drive has appeared in court. Hilary _______, 79, of Grange Road, Shanklin, appeared before the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Thursday. At a previous hearing at the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court on February 9, he admitted possession of a prohibited image of a child. Prosecutor, Kelly Brocklehurst, told the court Hilary _______,’ case was an unusual one, in that the images found were cartoon-like — pseudo images. He said Hilary _______,, subject…
Read MoreUK: In the courts: Andover father fined after paedophile confrontation
[andoveradvertiser.co.uk – 3/26/21] A man who confronted a convicted child sex offender in Andover has been handed a fine after he did not complete community service. As previously reported by The Advertiser, Matthew Jamie Doyle was given a community order after he tried to ‘expose’ the convicted paedophile in June 2019, with a requirement to complete unpaid work. … The Advertiser reported at the time how Doyle feared he would be in prison at Christmas and also miss his son’s birthday. “I am going to be in jail for Christmas…
Read MoreUK: People Are Calling For Stalkers To Have A Register Like Sex Offenders
[tyla.com – 3/16/21] Following increased calls for the UK government to introduce greater safety measures for women, a Change.org petition is calling for a stalkers’ register. Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service founder Laura Richards started the petition which has accumulated over 232,000 signatures. “We need to act now to save lives by protecting women from serial stalkers and domestic violence perpetrators by extending the Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements to ensure that police, prison and probation services pro-actively identify, track, monitor and manage serial perpetrators,” explains Laura in the petition’s description.…
Read MoreUK: Sex offender driven out of village by people chanting ‘paedophile’ at him
[devonlive.com – 1/28/21] A sex offender was driven out of his village after residents started chanted ‘paedophile’ at him, a court heard. _____, aged 31, moved out of the small community near Totnes once locals found out about his past. … Mr Murray said: “He moved out of the small village of Harbertford when his history became known, people would chant ‘paedophile, paedophile’.” The court heard he now lives in another part of the country. Read the full article
Read MoreUK: Woman’s cruel ‘Fred West’ prank saw ex-partner hounded by paedophile hunters ‘to teach him a lesson’
[hulldailymail.co.uk – 1/11/21] Amy Gray was angry that her ex had left her for another woman so pretended to meet a 14-year-old for sex A Hull woman hacked into her ex-boyfriend’s Facebook account, arranged to meet a 14-year-old for sex and then alerted a paedophile vigilante group in a bizarre revenge plot. Amy Gray, 37, of Great Thornton Street, said she was angry that her ex had left her for another woman and in November 2018 decided to teach him a lesson. Gray – who had helped the man set…
Read MoreUK: County lines gangsters stop using children to sell their drugs when prison bosses put them on sex offenders’ wings, police say
[dailymail.co.uk – 1/11/2021] County lines gangsters will ‘very quickly stop using kids’ for drug trafficking after they are placed on the sex offenders’ wing in prison, police have said. In their report the criminal justice consultancy Crest Advisory found that being placed in the separated location for prisoners with sexual convictions saw drug dealers ‘drop using kids completely’ because of the reputational damage this does. Read the full article
Read MoreUK: ‘Black Panther of Oxford’ calls for racists to be put on sex offenders-style ‘race offence register’
[thesun.co.uk – 12/30/20] A LEADER of a new political party inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement has called for people accused of racism to be put on a sex offenders-style “race offenders register”. Sasha Johnson, the self-styled “Black Panther of Oxford”, said anyone added to the proposed list would be stopped from doing certain jobs or living in certain areas. Johnson, 26, a youth worker and cafe owner, gained attention over summer as a prominent figure at a number of BLM protests, and has since helped to found the…
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