Latest Offenders Caerphilly

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Previously Lee Lewitt, now goes by Jago Lee

Update July 2022

A PAEDOPHILE paramedic and ex-RAF serviceman caught with nearly 10,000 child abuse images hid his dark past from his new girlfriend.

Jago Lee, 38, was caught out by Gwent Police after he failed to tell them he was staying overnight at his partners address.

He was ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years following his conviction for making indecent images of children and possession of extreme pornography.

The defendant had been handed an 18-month suspended prison sentence at Truro Crown Court for these offences in March 2021.

Lee had left his home in Cornwall and settled in the Gwent area.

A paramedic and ex-RAF serviceman has avoided prison despite being caught with nearly 10,000 sick child abuse images. Lee Lewitt, 37, had material showing the rape of infants as young as 12 months old and humans having sex with animals.

Lewitt, of Summercourt, appeared at Truro Crown Court where he admitted three charges of possession indecent images of children and possession 10 extreme pornographic images.

Prosecuting the case, Michael Brown described how intelligence was gained regarding Lewitts use of a cloud storage device to store indecent images.

Police searched Lewitts home and seized a number of devices. An interrogation of an iPhone showed a huge number of indecent images, both still and moving, some of the images showing children as young as 12 months old being abused. They were amassed between November 2018 and May 2020.

In total Lewitt was found to have 2,721 Category A images, 1,456 Category B, 3,529 Category C and 10 extreme pornographic images showing humans having sex with animals.

In his first interview Lewitt said he was addicted to adult pornography and must have accessed the indecent images by mistake. However, in his second interview he made full admissions.

Representing Lewitt, Chris Spencer told the court how he works as a paramedic and was formerly in the RAF, completing three tours of Iraq. Mr Spencer added Lewitts experiences left him receiving treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and that he accepts his career is now finished.

Sentencing dad-of-three Lewitt, Judge Simon Carr said he had downloaded a significant number of child abuse images.

Judge Carr said: I appreciate you are an intelligent man so you should be able to appreciate the enormity of what youve done.

Let me spell it out for you. Every day tens of thousands of children are raped for the enjoyment of people like you. The people raping the children dont do it because of a sexual interest, they do it because its a business.

Many hold people like you just as responsible, I certainly do.

Judge Carr went on to state that Lewitts good character, the fact hes showed remorse and sought treatment since his offending and realistic chance of rehabilitation meant he could suspend what would otherwise be an immediate custodial sentence.

Lewitt was given an 18-month sentence suspended for two years. He must also complete relevant treatment programme and 100 hours of unpaid work. Lewitt was made subject of a sexual harm prevention order.

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A BARGOED man has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl - and his victim has been commended for her bravery in reporting the crime to the police. Daniel Bateman, 33, admitted two counts of sexual assault dating back to April last year. The hearing at Cardiff Crown Court today was told Bateman's assault had a "considerable impact" on his victim's life. She had been prescribed medication following the incident and had considered taking her own life, the court heard. Ieuan Bennett, prosecuting, said Bateman had told the police officers who arrested him he had been "smashed" at the time of the incident. James Evans, defending, said Bateman's position was that he had "no recollection" of what happened but this was disputed by the judge, citing one of Bateman's own written statements earlier denying the charges against him. Bateman later pleaded guilty to the offences, the court was told. Judge Richard Williams told Bateman: "You continue to play down what you did [and] there does not appear to be a reasonable prospect for rehabilitation." He added: "When an adult subjects a girl to this... inevitably a custodial sentence must be passed." He jailed Bateman for 19 months and made him the subject of a sexual harm prevention order, covering 10 years, and a restraining order, also covering 10 years. Following the hearing, Gwent Police detective inspector Jamie Cooper said: I would like to commend the bravery of the victim who came forward to report Bateman to police. It is because of her courage to speak out that Bateman is now behind bars. I hope that this sentence imposed will help her and her family to move on and bring closure to this awful chapter in their lives. I hope that this result sends a message to anyone else who has suffered, or is currently suffering abuse, that they can come forward and any allegations will be taken seriously. I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to come forward to report such appalling crimes but I want to reassure anyone considering doing so that there is a whole range of support out there, not only from the police but from partner agencies who can help you through the entire process. Gwent Police will continue to work tirelessly to protect children and bring perpetrators of child abuse to justice.

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A PEADOPHILE who met up with an underage girl at Machynlleth train station has been jailed for nine and a half years.

Mark Owen, 49, wept as he was told by a judge on Wednesday that he was a high risk to any girl aged under 16.

Owen met the girl at the towns railway station and kissed and cuddled her.

But Swansea Crown Court heard there was no doubt his plans involved having sexual intercourse with her and even making her pregnant.

Owen, from Caerphilly, was under licence from prison and the subject of a restraining order at the time for previous sexual offences against underage girls.

But, said Judge Peter Heywood, that did not stop him from making contact with the girl over the internet.

Her mother became annoyed to find she had exceeded her mobile telephone messages allowance for the second month running.

She examined the phone and was horrified and alarmed to discover messages her daughter and Owen had swapped.

She sent Owen a message of her own and telephoned him to tell him she would contact the police.

Judge Heywood said Owen had shared more than 1,400 messages or conversations with the girl, including 161 on 26 September 2015, the day he travelled to Machynlleth to meet her.

They included messages, from him to her, reading, I can imagine what it will be like on Saturday. Straight to the woods and well do it in the woods.

We would be at it all night. How many babies would you want, honey?

Sexual intercourse did not take place that day, added Judge Heywood, but it was clear that in the days following, Owen made more arrangements to meet up.

After his arrest he denied contacting the girl at all.

But CCTV cameras had filmed him in Machynlleth even though he had pulled up a hood and put on sunglasses.

Judge Heywood said that even while in jail on remand Owen wrote to the girl asking her to send him photographs of her.

When police spoke to him about that he again denied responsibility, but a handwriting expert could prove he had written the letter.

Owen admitted sexual activity with a girl aged under 16, breaching the terms of his licence from prison and a sexual harm prevention order.

The court heard that in 2006 Owen had been made the subject of a community order for sexual activity with three girls aged under 13.

In 2009 he was jailed for five years for sexual activity with a girl aged under 16 and breaching the terms of the previous sentence, with an extended licence period of three years.

Judge Heywood said Owen was clearly a dangerous offender.

Because of the threats he had made against the Machynlleth girl she had become too afraid to leave her home even though she had been told he was in prison.

You are highly predatory and have a deviant interest in young girls, he added.

Owen was jailed for nine and a half years and told he could not even apply for parole until he had served six years and four months.

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Living in Cardiff area since release.

A serial rapist who used his minimum experience as a soldier to seduce women has been jailed indefinitely.

Tyrone Clarke, of Hengoed, Caerphilly county, was convicted of 10 charges including rape, false imprisonment, causing actual bodily harm and kidnap.

The court heard he had dropped out of the Royal Marines after nine weeks.

The 36-year-old was given an indefinite sentence at Cardiff Crown Court but must serve at least seven years behind bars before being assessed for parole.

The Recorder of Cardiff, Nicholas Cooke QC, told Clarke: "I find you to be an extremely callous and devious threat to women.

"You will continue to present a risk of grave sexual, physical and psychological harm to women for a very long period."

The former nightclub doorman chatted up women with stories about his supposed 12 years in the Marines and going on missions with the SAS.

He attacked four women after warning he could kill them with his bare hands from his military training.

Prosecutor Greg Taylor QC said: "The fact is he was obsessed with the Marines but had never seen active service.

"He did some Marines basic training in Plymouth but requested to leave before the demanding training began.

"He told one woman he used to be 6ft tall but lost four inches in height after jumping out of a plane.

"He said he had weapons and knew how to hurt people and make them disappear.

"He held one woman by the throat, telling her: 'I've spent 12 years in the Marines and I'm trained - I could squeeze you and you would be dead'."

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One 18-year-old woman reported Clarke to police and then other victims came forward.

One rape victim said he told her there were weapons hidden in the garden.

"I thought it would be guns and military things. I did believe it - I never looked," she said.

She said she had a "whirlwind" romance with Clarke but he would later interrogate her about sleeping with other men.

Mr Taylor said: "Clarke impressed women by appearing caring and understanding, before intimidating and controlling them.

"Rape is not always committed by a hooded man jumping out of the bushes - Clarke is a serial rapist."

Greg Bull, defending, said: "Being in prison away from women is not his problem. His problem will be when he comes back into society."

After the hearing CPS Gwent sexual offences specialist, Kath Coleman, said: "Tyrone Clarke subjected his victims to degrading attacks which left devastating emotional scars as well as physical ones.

"He used intimidation and bullying to get his own way and was ruthless in the way he his exploited his victims.

"We want to send out a clear message that CPS Gwent and Gwent police will do everything in our power to bring violent sexual offenders to justice."

The jury failed to reach verdicts in respect of five further charges against Clarke, and CPS Gwent confirmed that it would not be seeking a retrial.