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Pervert Christopher Price has been caught with 237 indecent images of children. The 27-year-old, of Flamborough Grove, Middleport, has admitted three counts of making indecent images of children; possessing an extreme pornographic image; and possessing a prohibited image of a child.

Prosecutor Zaine Riaz told North Staffordshire Justice Centre that Staffordshire Police had received intelligence that indecent images had been accessed and uploaded on the internet from the defendant's address.

Mr Riaz said: "He was not at home. However he contacted the police to say he would be the reason they were at the address. The police returned and spoke with him. They seized his devices and he attended a voluntary interview."

Officers found 43 category A indecent images; 87 at category B; and 107 at category C. In the interview, the defendant admitted he was responsible for the indecent content found on his device. He said he would carry out a sex act when viewing the material.

Magistrates sent the case to Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court and Price will appear there on a date to be fixed. They ordered a pre-sentence report. Price's bail was extended.

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A CONVICTED child rapist is back behind bars after he told police during a search of his home: I cant help myself. Back in 2011 James Green was jailed for five years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court for raping a girl under 13 and in 2019 the same court locked him up for ten months for downloading indecent images of children. As part of that latest sentence he was also made subject of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order which banned him from having unauthorised devices which could access the internet. But Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday that West Yorkshire police officers were alerted in April last year to the downloading of sickening child abuse images and videos and their inquiries led to Green being arrested in August. When his mobile phone was examined officers found more than 250 movie and still images in the worst category involving the sexual abuse of children under five years old. About a fortnight later police officers made another check on Green at his home in Croft Place, Brighouse, and when they asked about any more phones he replied:Ive got another one. Theres things on it. I cant help myself. This time officers found a Samsung mobile phone hidden under his mattress and there were a small number of indecent images on the device. Green, 32, was released on police bail, but when a further monitoring check was carried out in October he had obtained another mobile phone without informing the public protection unit and it was found hidden in a plant pot. Green pleaded guilty to a series of offences relating to his downloading of indecent images of children and persistent breaches of his SHPO and the Recorder of Bradford Judge Richard Mansell QC jailed him again for a total of 24 months. The judge said his offending was aggravated by his previous convictions and he had committed serious and persistent breaches of the order. Green will now have to register as a sex offender with the police for the next ten years and he is still subject to the existing SHPO which runs until 2029.

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A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been jailed for 20 years, with an additional four years on licence, after being convicted of child sexual offences.

Mark Roberts, 39, of Madison Street, Tunstall, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court today (Wednesday 13 April).

Allegations of abuse against a child were reported to the force and an investigation was launched.

He pleaded guilty to assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.

He was found guilty of the rape of a girl under 13 and sexual assault of a girl under 13.

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Convicted sex offender Robert Hicks is back behind bars - after sending a photo of scantily-clad girl to a hotel worker. The 67-year-old RAF veteran - who has 67 convictions for 100 offences - was staying at the Plough Motel on Campbell Road, Stoke, when he sent the picture of a teenager dressed in 'scanty white clothing' to a woman who worked there.

Alarmed by the WhatsApp message, staff reported the matter to the police. But when officers arrived at the motel, Hicks had changed the locks to the room. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard entry was forced and a search revealed a laptop had been hidden in the coffee table.

Now Hicks, of Campbell Road, Stoke, has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to three breaches of his life-long Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The court heard the pervert has a number of sexual offences on his record including possessing indecent images of children.

Prosecutor Jonathan Dickinson said: "He is a registered sex offender. His first conviction was in 2004. He was also convicted in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2018. He is subject to a notification requirement for life, since 2015.

"The chain of events leading to this remand in custody began on February 20 this year. He was a resident at the Plough Motel. He had been in contact with a female employee there. They had exchanged messages via WhatsApp.

"The employee received what she thought was an inappropriate image from the defendant. The image was a female aged around 16 or 17 dressed in white scanty clothing. The people at the motel contacted the police and reported the incident. This led to the police arresting the defendant on February 21. Police discovered an extra SIM card which had been in hidden in a pencil holder."

The court heard the landlord at the motel also sought to remove him but the lock on the door had been changed, and the master key couldn't open it, resulting in the door having to be forced. Upon removing the defendant's furniture, a workman realised there was something inside the coffee table and a Lenovo tablet device was discovered.

Mr Dickinson added: "When interviewed, he said he had forgotten about the SIM card. He said it would have been an old one that was deactivated. He was asked about WhatsApp, and agreed it was him, but declined to give any explanation. He said he had the tablet for three years. He claimed he didn't use it very much and had forgotten it was in the table at his room."

The court heard that when Hicks was asked to provide the pin for the device, he gave three incorrect ones. Police have never been able to access it.

Barry White, mitigating, said: "He comes from a very troubled childhood. He suffered abuse from a young age. He became a hospital DJ at 17 and a presenter there. In 1987 he received an award for presenter of the year.

"He served for 12 years in the RAF. He nursed his wife of 50 years who was terminally ill. She passed away in 2002. He says he went mad and everything fell apart from there."

The lawyer said his client also wanted the court to know he had a "good side" as he had spent time at numerous charities, including helping the Ukraine efforts, offering his van to deliver prescriptions in the pandemic, and making Christmas hampers.

Jailing the defendant, Judge David Fletcher told Hicks: "You are now 67 years of age. You have been before courts since the 2000s. Until 2003 when you were about 45 you had never been in any trouble. Now you have been an offender since that time.

"There are two separate incidents relating to a SIM card and laptop. In my experience sitting here for many years, it's very rare people get away with that. It's clear to me it was in that place because it's a good place to hide an item such as that. It's a sad state of affairs but there's little other than custodial sentence. You remain the subject of the order, which will be there for as long as you are."

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Rapist Jamie Whiller has been caged for eight years. The 35-year-old former squaddie raped his teenage victim when she was aged 16.

His actions left the vulnerable girl unable to sleep and suffering with stress and anxiety. But she reported the abuse to her mum and the police were informed.

Now Whiller has been jailed for eight years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. Prosecutor Stefan Kolodynski said the defendant 'forced' himself upon his victim and had full unprotected sex with her.

The offending came to light when the victim told her mum what Whiller had done to her. The defendant admitted having sex with the girl when she was aged 16 but denied rape, saying it was consensual.

But Whiller, formerly of High Street, Tunstall, later pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and another serious sexual offence.

Caroline Harris, mitigating, said Whiller is very upset he has caused his victim distress. She said: "It has affected his employment. He has been called names in the street and publicly on nights out. It has resulted in the loss of his employment, the loss of his home and him moving to the south coast."

She said Whiller served in the Army from the age of 18 to 25 and has sought to live a decent hard working life. He has no previous convictions.

Miss Harris added: "He made an attempt on his life last year, such is the remorse and regret he feels."

Deputy Circuit Judge Paul Glenn made Whiller the subject of an indefinite restraining order which prevents him contacting his victim for the rest of his life. He said the defendant's suggestion in the pre-sentence report that, 'She came on to me', was 'distasteful'.

Deputy Circuit Judge Glenn added: "You knew that child was vulnerable. By your pleas you now accept she did not consent on two occasions. She submitted to your demands. You used her to satisfy your sexual appetite.

"She has been left with anxiety, depression and anger and speaks of the effect it has had on her relationship with boyfriends."

Whiller will serve two thirds of the sentence before he can be considered for release. He will be on the sex offenders' register indefinitely and was barred from a range of activities involving children and vulnerable adults.

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Ryan Connor, from Longton, has been locked up for six years.

Sex beast Ryan Connor raped two women - after meeting them on a dating website.

The 30-year-old met his victims through the Plenty of Fish app and took them back to his house.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court has heard both women got into bed consensually and kissed the defendant.

But despite them making it clear they did not want full sex the defendant put his own sexual needs first and raped them.

Now Connor, of Longley Road, Longton, has been jailed for six years after being convicted of the two rapes.

The court heard there was a gap of 38 months between the two attacks.

One of the victims said the attack left her feeling 'sick, sore and disgusting'.

In a statement she said: "I felt petrified. I felt safe when I got home. I woke up in the night crying in my sleep. I felt it was my fault but I know deep down it was not.

"There still isn't a day that goes by that I do not think about it. I feel scared and lonely. I am scarred for the rest of my life."

Darron Whitehead, mitigating, said: "There are no winners in this case."

He said messages between his client and the two victims had been 'flirtatious' and 'two-way'. The defendant's current partner is standing by him.

"It was not just him coming on strong," said Mr Whitehead. "Both indicated an immediate attraction to him and him an immediate attraction to them.

"He was using Plenty of Fish to meet people for short casual relationships. He made that perfectly clear to both girls straight away. Both agreed to meet him and both got in his car. They were not threatened with violence. No violence was used."

Connor has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for the rest of his life.

The court heard both women had make it clear that 'did not wish to participate in any full sexual relationship' before going to the defendant's house.

Judge David Fletcher said: "The sexual touching by you started almost immediately when you entered your home. But both followed you willingly up to the bedroom and both got into bed and sexual activity of a less serious type started. There was kissing with tongues and that was reciprocal on the part of you and both of those women.

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Joshua Checksfield breached the terms of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order Devious pervert Joshua Checksfield has been jailed after he breached the terms of an order by contacting a 15-year-old schoolgirl. The 19-year-old was sentenced to a three year community order and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in December 2020 after he was convicted of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity. But months later he breached the order by contacting a 15-year-old girl and installing software to use Snapchat, which he was prevented from doing under the terms of the order. Now Checksfield has been sentenced to 30 months detention in a young offenders' institution. Devious pervert Joshua Checksfield has been jailed after he breached the terms of an order by contacting a 15-year-old schoolgirl. The 19-year-old was sentenced to a three year community order and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in December 2020 after he was convicted of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity. But months later he breached the order by contacting a 15-year-old girl and installing software to use Snapchat, which he was prevented from doing under the terms of the order. Now Checksfield has been sentenced to 30 months detention in a young offenders' institution. Prosecutor John Oates told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court the defendant was made the subject of a SHPO in December 2020 which prevents him contacting a child under 16. But in July a mother of a 15-year-old girl realised the teen had been speaking on her phone and discussing travelling on a train to meet the defendant. Mr Oates said: "She took the phone off her and formed the opinion somebody had been trying to groom her daughter. A check of the phone showed the defendant had contacted her daughter on a number of occasions. "He had two phones. One was not registered with the police." The girl had told the defendant she was 15. Mr Oates said: "He kept insisting he thought she was 17 but that was clearly not the case from a review of the messages. Various messages had sexual implications. He spoke about love and called her kinky. "He talked about travelling to Manchester to meet her. "The matter was reported to the police." Checksfield, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching a SHPO. Stuart Muldoon, mitigating, said the defendant has spent five months in custody. Mr Muldoon said: "He made admissions regarding his sexual attraction to young females, aged 15 upwards. "He is going to take whatever steps he can to ensure he doesn't return to custody." Judge Paul Glenn revoked the community order made on December 23, 2020 and re-sentenced him for that as well as these breaches. Judge Glenn said: "You contacted a 15-year-old girl on a persistent basis over seven weeks. You gave a false name and lied about your own age. She told you she was 15. You were not deterred. "You are devious. You visited the child three times in Manchester in July. You used Snapchat by using a web browser rather than an app to avoid detection. You were thinking quite clearly. "The risk of you re-offending is high. "These offences are so serious it has to be an immediate custodial sentence."

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Sex offender Stefan Foy has been back in court after he stayed at a house where there were children without telling police.

The 29-year-old is obliged to inform officers if he is planning to be in a household with minors following his conviction for possessing indecent images of children.

Magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard Foy had several overnight stays with a couple he had befriended - who had no idea about his criminal past - which brought him into contact with their three children.

He also deleted the internet history from his mobile phone, which is is banned from doing, after using the dating app Grindr.

Foy will now have to wait to learn his fate until his case is heard by a judge at the crown court, after magistrates ruled the offences were too serious for their sentencing powers.

Prosecutor Sara Beddow said Foy was handed a community order at Chester Crown Court in 2017 and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) and the notification requirements of the sex offenders' register.

"On January 11, police made an unannounced visit to conduct a risk assessment," said Ms Beddow. "He told them he had become friends with a couple in the Stoke-on-Trent area. He initially said the friendship did not bring him into contact with children.

"However, police checked his mobile phone and viewed the Facebook account for the couple. There was a picture of them with three young children.

"He was challenged and asked if the couple had children. He put his head in his hands and said he had been to their house several times and had only met the children 'from a distance'."

The court heard police seized Foy's phone and found he had deleted the Grindr app. He had started a new relationship with a man he met through the app, who was related to the couple Foy went on to stay with. None of them knew about his previous conviction.

Foy, of Cherry Tree Lane, Biddulph Moor, pleaded guilty to breaching a SHPO and failing to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders' register.

He declined the chance to be represented by a solicitor in court, but told magistrates: "I know I did wrong. I was in a bad place over Christmas, I got some attention from someone and his relatives.

"I got carried away with it, I didn't think about what I was doing. It was stupid of me. I'm glad I got caught by the police when I did."

Magistrates ordered a pre-sentence report ahead of Foy's next hearing, which will take place at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on a date to be fixed.

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Sex offender Haydn Pinney has been jailed after he was snared by paedophile hunters.

The 35-year-old contacted two decoy 13-year-old girls online before the conversation turned sexual.

He sent a picture and a video of himself performing a sex act and asked the 'girl' to do the same.

But he was arrested when he went to meet one of them and found her to be a decoy.

Now Pinney - who is already serving a 63-month sentence for sexually assaulting a girl - has been jailed for a further three years and eight months at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Prosecutor Martin Liddiard said the defendant was snared by paedophile hunters after he contacted two decoys online over a two-week period in late January and early February 2019.

Mr Liddiard said: "He was told straight away he was talking to a 13-year-old.

"The defendant discussed kissing and sexual activity. He told the decoy to perform a sex act.

"He arranged to meet the decoy and was arrested on February 4, 2019 when he travelled to meet her."

The second decoy was another fake profile of a 13-year-old girl.

Mr Liddiard said the conversation was again initially harmless until the defendant told the decoy he wanted to be in bed with her. He also sent a sexual picture of himself.

Pinney, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to two offences of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child; attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming; attempting to cause or incite a child to engage in sexual activity; and two charges of attempting to cause a child to watch a sexual act.

The court heard Pinney was jailed for 63 months at Taunton Crown Court in August 2019 for sexually assaulting a female under 13 and two charges of sexual activity with a female under 16.

Jason Holt, mitigating, said: "These were attempts. There have been contact offences previously. He is an isolated loner."

Judge David Fletcher said: "This offending took place over a period of about two weeks.

"You contacted two girls who you believed were 13 years of age. You were in your early thirties."

Pinney was made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) until further order and remains on the sex offenders' register for life.

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Monkey dust user Steven Dunn bit and spat at a police officer - before smearing poo in his cell.

The 45-year-old was arrested for breaching the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders' Register.

But he then pulled out a collapsible walking stick and when an officer restrained him he bit his hand and spat at him. He then urinated and defecated in his police cell before smearing the poo on the walls.

Now Dunn has been jailed for 65 weeks at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

The defendant has been on the Sex Offenders' Register ever since being jailed for sexual assault in 2019 and is supposed to tell the police of any change of address.

But he became homeless and was eventually found in Hanley at 1pm on October 8.

Prosecutor Ian Ball said: "He ran, turned and brandished a collapsible walking stick. He raised it over his head and lunged forward to threaten the officer.

"The officer restrained him. He was tearful. The officer sought to reassure him. He put his hand on his shoulder to help him get in the vehicle. He bit the officer on the hand. The officer pulled back. The defendant spat at the uniform and the ground.

"The officer was using a thick glove so his skin was not broken."

The court heard the defendant then banged his head on the side of the car and spat at the officer. The vehicle cost £100 to clean. The clean-up bill for the police cell incident was £65.

The defendant - who has 27 previous convictions for 68 offences - had taken monkey dust earlier in the day.

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Teenage sex offender Tristan Shaughnessy was caught living in the same house as three children.

The 19-year-old had stayed over at a neighbour's address for four days without telling the police.

And he also set up a Facebook account in the name Jay Shaughnessy.

It meant he breached the notification requirements of the sex offenders' register after being handed a conditional caution last September.

Now Shaughnessy has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with 60 hours unpaid work at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Prosecutor Ben Lawrence said the defendant was given a conditional caution on September 27 last year with conditions not to stay for more than 12 hours at an address with children without notifying the police and to inform them of any social media names.

Mr Lawrence said the neighbour felt betrayed when she found out what had happened.

Shaughnessy, of Tiverton Road, Berryhill, pleaded guilty to three offences of failing to comply with notification requirements.

Barry White, mitigating, said the defendant, who has 10 siblings, did not commit any offences while at the neighbour's address. He added Shaughnessy is remorseful and understands he needs to comply with the order.

Judge Paul Glenn said: "You are 19. It is a high time you grew up. You pleaded guilty promptly and the breaches are far from being the most serious of their type. You stayed with your next door neighbour on a couple of occasions. There is no suggestion you behaved inappropriately.

"If you keep following the terms of the notification requirements you will not have any issues at all. You have to make sure the police are made aware of any change of address or the setting up of any social media accounts.

"I do not think that these matters merit a custodial sentence."

Shaughnessy was ordered to pay 150 costs.

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A convicted sex offender forced himself on two hotel guests after he was booked into a room under a Government scheme following his release from jail.

Jamie Smart, from Stoke-on-Trent, grabbed one of the women by her breasts and put his hand up the other's victim skirt after he was rehomed at a Mercure under a programme to help the homeless during Covid.

Both victims were unaware drifter Smart was on the Sex Offender Register due to a 15-year history of sexual offending.

One is now too scared to be cuddled by her own boyfriend and has gone teetotal for fear she might be taken advantage of.

Former warehouseman Smart, 31, had been booked into the three star Wigan Oak Hotel in Greater Manchester after completing a 10-month stretch for failing to comply with the terms of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Bolton Crown Court heard he attacked the first victim in July as they were queuing up for a buffet dinner at the hotel.

Mark Kellet, prosecuting, said: ''He was stood behind her when he slapped and groped her bottom saying: 'you've got a peachy bum!' She said: ''If you do that again, I'll slap you in the mush' but he replied: ''Do it - I might like it.'

''He then continued to touch her bottom on several occasions. Mostly she would tell him to stop but on other occasions she said nothing simply so she could avoid a confrontation.

''One night she was intoxicated when the defendant moved to kiss her. She moved away but he kissed her anyway. He also said he had sex with her and that caused her some distress.

''Three to four days later she was in the garden of the hotel when the defendant approached her from behind wrapped his arms around her and grabbed her left breast.

''She didn't say anything because she felt defenceless as they were alone together. Thereafter he acted as if he had not done anything wrong. The incident exacerbated her anxiety.''

Smart also made inappropriate sexual comments to another guest at the hotel asking her to sit on his knee and bragging he would 'show her a real man.'

She dismissed the comments as banter but when she played a pool at a nearby pub, Smart came up behind her and twice put his hand between her legs and touched her genital area.

Mr Kellet added: ''She made it clear she did not want him to do that but back at the hotel he continued to make sexual comments towards her. She said she felt horrible about how Smart touched her and felt worse when she found out he was on the Sex Offender Register.

''This defendant showed a complete disregard for the views of each victim. Both women were particularly vulnerable.''

Police later attended at the hotel and found Smart had been flouting the terms of his Sex Offender notification requirements by not registering a bank card with police.

He had 23 offences in his record starting in 2006 for sexual activity with a child for which he was given a six month detention and training order.

In 2008 he was convicted again of sexual activity with a child and was given 12 months jail suspended for two years.

In 2011 he was given 54 months in jail for two charges of sexual activity with a child and in 2015 was convicted of failing to comply with court orders for which he was locked away for two months.

In 2018 he failed to comply with the restrictions again and was given a conditional discharge for two years.

In July 2020 he admitted failing to comply and was jailed for another 10 months. He was released early but recalled back to prison for flouting the restrictions before being freed again in May to take up residence at the Mercure

In a statement the first victim said: ''I still feel physically sick about what Jamie did to me. I think about what he did most days and it has made my depression and anxiety worse.

''I am also worried he has sexually assaulted other women. I hope I can move on but I will be speaking to psychologist soon to talk about what happened.''

The second woman said: ''I am now suffering on many ways. I never been so low in terms of confidence and I am constantly scared of being around men in case they do anything to me.

''Most of my friends are male but since the incident with Jamie I've not been able to spend time with them.

''I do not drink alcohol now - not even socially- as I am so scared I will be sexually assaulted or raped. I am terrified of consuming alcohol in case I get taken advantage of. These incidents with Jamie have been on my mind on a daily basis.

'I struggle to switch off or sleep as I keep thinking about them. I also have problems with my boyfriend as I no longer want to be affectionate and I don't like being cuddled. In fact I struggle to feel relaxed around anyone,. The way Jamie took advantage of me has had a major impact on me in many ways, I'll never be able to forget what he did. I never want to see Jamie ever again.''

Smart, who grew up in Stoke-on-Trent, was jailed for nine months after he was convicted of two charges of sexual assault and failing to comply with the Sex Offender Register following a trial. He denied the charges.

He will have to abide by a new five year Sexual Harm Prevention Order which bans him from being in the company of any lone woman except when it becomes unavoidable during ''normal daily life.''

He began a relationship with his cellmate's sister whilst being held on remand.

Sentencing the judge Miss Recorder Sarah Johnston told Smart: ''One of the women felt terribly conflicted between hating what you were doing to her and not wanting any confrontation. She told you many times not to do it.

''You made disgusting and leering comments towards the second victim in a place where she was entitled to feel safe. You were impervious to her wishes and thought it was funny.

''You have invaded these women's privacy their sense of security and their sense of self. No individual should be assaulted in the way you did out of a wholly misplaced senses of entitlement. Your behaviour erodes confidence and makes women feel unsafe.

''You have no insight at all into your behaviour, the risk you pose or the boundaries within which you must operate generally as far as women are concerned. You are currently unsafe to be managed in the community.''

Smart was also banned from contacting the two victims for five years under the terms of a restraining order and will remain on the Sex Offender Register for another 10 years.

The hotel a popular wedding venue first welcomed the homeless in May last year and accommodated 50 people under the scheme run by Wigan Council and a charity. Rough sleepers were given rooms with ensuite bathroom, flatscreen TV, and complimentary tea and coffee making facilities.

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A convicted sex offender has been branded devious - after failing to tell police he was engaged to a woman with two boys.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that Richard Anthony Hudson had stayed overnight at her family home on 15 to 20 occasions.

He also contacted an ex-girlfriend, who unwittingly sent him a picture of her six-year-old daughter. She was left shell-shocked when she discovered his vile past.

Now 47-year-old Hudson has been given a 16-month prison sentence after admitting three counts of breaching notification requirements.

He is subject to the lifetime requirements following convictions for sex offences. It meant he had to inform the police if he took part in certain activities, such as being in a household where children resided.

Hudson, of Lewis Street, Stoke, was released from an extended prison term in 2019.

Hunter Gray, prosecuting, said: From at least August 25, 2020, the defendant was using an Instagram account under the name AntHunt37.

He had used the account to contact a former girlfriend, who had three daughters.

During a conversation, the woman sent him a picture of her youngest child, unaware Hudson was a sexual predator.

The court was told that the picture was unsolicited and the defendant did not request any other images.

She wasnt the only person to be conned by him. He had been in a relationship with another female since 2012 and they later became engaged.

Hudson stayed at her house on numerous occasions between September and December last year.

It meant he had breached the notification requirements as he was there for more than a 12-hour period. It emerged he had been regularly staying overnight.

Hudson went to some effort to conceal the relationship from police.

Mr Gray said he was classed as very high risk. His record includes 13 convictions for 19 offences, including sexual crimes.

The defendants extended licence period wasnt due to run out until July 2024. Following the latest offence, he was recalled to prison.

Rachel Pennington, mitigating, said: He wants to express his apology and remorse to the court. He knows he should have notified police.

She added that Hudson had not intended to cause either woman any harm.

He was burying his head in the sand, trying to hide his past, said Ms Pennington.

Sentencing him, Judge Paul Glenn told Hudson: You, Im afraid, have shown yourself to be a devious person.

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A child rapist who sexually abused three girls over the course of more than a decade has had his sentence increased on appeal.

Christopher Appleby was convicted at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court of despicable crimes involving three victims.

The 56-year-old was found guilty of the offences some of which date back to the 1990s following a six day trial, and jailed for 15 years at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

Now he will be locked up for longer after his sentence was referred by the Solicitor General, Alex Chalk QC MP.

The Court of Appeal found his original sentence to be 'unduly lenient' and increased it to 21 years imprisonment followed by five years on licence.

Speaking after the hearing, Mr Chalk said: "It is never too late for justice to be served and Applebys actions were despicable.

"I am glad the Court of Appeal saw fit to increase his sentence today and I hope it brings some comfort to the brave victims."

Appleby of Leveson Road, Hanford, had been found guilty of four charges of rape, two charges of sexual assault, two charges of indecent assault, two charges of indecency with a child and attempting to cause a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.

During the original sentencing hearing, a statement from that victim was read out.

She said: I hope he remains behind bars forever. I long to forget about this part of my life forever and live safely with my partner and children without the thought of this man being on the loose anymore.

In a statement from another of Applebys victims, she said the thought of being in the same room as him makes her skin crawl.

She said: All I can really say is this has finally brought some closure.

You took away the last of my childhood and severed a friendship.

It upsets me that it didnt end with me, of course you thought you could do it again.

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Police have released a mugshot of a sex beast who was jailed for 10 years after being convicted of raping a woman.

Ryan Cartner carried out the horrific attack in the woman's own home after he asked her to give him alcohol and prescription drugs.

The 37-year-old victim - who is over 20 years his senior - begged him to stop as he raped her - only to be ignored.

And when he had finished he threatened to attack her family and kill her pets if she told anyone.

Cartner, of Derwent Place, Cross Heath, was sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after a jury rejected his claim that the sex had been consensual during the 2019 ordeal.

Her was handed a 10-year prison sentence for the rape, and eight years concurrent for a separate charge of another serious sexual offence during the same incident. He was also convicted of stealing alcohol and prescription medicine from his victim.

Welcoming the sentence, DC Sarah Clancy, of Staffordshire Police, said: This was undoubtedly a traumatic ordeal for the woman concerned and I cannot praise her enough for the courage and bravery she has shown in coming forward and reporting what happened to her.

I hope this conviction reassures our local community that sexual offences are taken seriously and that officers will work tirelessly to seek justice.

Cartner was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life and was also given a restraining order for life.

During the sentencing hearing, Judge Paul Glenn told Cartner: "You went to her house and asked if you could have some alcohol. You then repaid her for her generosity by pushing her onto the sofa and raping her. She told you to stop but you ignored her."