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A high-ranking RAF officer famed for his role in Royal Norfolk Show freefall parachute displays has been jailed for raping a young woman.

Flight Lieutenant Michael Reeve, 32, from Aylsham, has been sent to prison for five years and six months by a military court after the attack on a 23-year-old civilian after a formal dinner.

He was sentenced at the Military Court Centre in Catterick on March 28 following a conviction at trial for two offences of rape and assault by penetration. 

The sex attack happened during an event they attended on January 12 last year, at an evening which was supposed to promote the armed forces.

Reeve had taken the victim - who, with a friend, had been invited to the dinner - up to his room to show her his RAF memorabilia after she had shown an interest in joining the force.

It was then that he raped her.

After the victim left the room, she immediately confided in her friend and Reeve was arrested.

The pair had known each other prior to the dinner as the victim had been working where Reeve was posted.

The court martial heard that immediately after the attack, Reeve made comments to the woman where he had said "something along the lines of in the military women who engage in sexual activity are considered badly while men get points.”

A detailed victim impact statement provided at to the military court revealed what an "obviously profound effect" the attack has had upon her everyday life. 

The report added: “The tragedy of this case is that a 10 to 15 minute trip to your room has left two lives if not ruined but deeply affected.

"It has affected her psychologically, it has affected her confidence, it has at least temporarily defeated her career ambition to commission into the Royal Air Force, it has affected her ability to trust other people particularly fellow Service people and those with whom she might otherwise want to enter a relationship.

“She does remain optimistic that as time passes the effect of that evening will lessen.

“There is nothing that we can do that will undo the harm that has happened to those involved now in the case.

“But dealing with this case in a just and appropriate way will at least provide a foundation for both you and [name redacted] to hopefully move forward."

When asked if he understood the sentence, he simply replied "Yes, your Honour".

Reeve has also been placed on the sex offenders register for life.

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A man who subjected three women to abuse, including rape, over a 13-year period has been jailed.  

Nathan Quinn, aged 35, of HMP Armley, was sentenced on Wednesday, 9 April, at Leeds Crown Court to a total of 26 years in prison.  

He has also been made to sign the sex offenders register for life and restraining orders have been given to prevent further contact with all the victims.  

Quinn pleaded guilty in January of this year to a number of offences including three counts of rape, one count of assault by penetration, two counts of grievous bodily harm and two counts of controlling and coercive behaviour.  

On sentencing, the Judge remarked that this was the worst case of controlling and coercive behaviourthe court had seen. 

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A man who took a photo up an 11-year-old girl’s skirt in Ripon, before committing the same crime again against a 17-year-old girl in Harrogate whilst on the way to court has been jailed for nine months.

27-year-old Joel Humberstone of Woodville Square, Leeds was also placed on the Sex Offenders Register for ten years when he was sentenced today (11 April) at York Magistrates' Court. 

The first incident occurred on the morning of 7 June 2024 as the girl walked to school. She noticed a man passing by and felt his phone rub against her leg, which she initially thought was accidental.

However, as she continued down Allhallowgate towards Priest Lane, the same man came up behind her, lifted her skirt, and took a photograph.

Two builders witnessed the crime. One immediately pursued the suspect, while the other stayed with the girl to provide support and ensure her safety.

Despite the pursuit, the man managed to flee down Stonebridgegate in the direction of Aldi and Ripon Police Station.

We launched an investigation and reviewed CCTV footage, which showed a man matching the suspect's description running through Aldi's car park around the time of the incident.

A public appeal led to witnesses identifying the suspect as Humberstone and he was swiftly arrested on suspicion of voyeurism and interviewed before being released on bail. We also seized his mobile phone as evidence.

Despite giving a no-comment interview, withholding his phone's PIN, and refusing to participate in the identification process, Humberstone was charged.

At court he pleaded guilty to operating equipment beneath clothing of another without consent and attempting to operate equipment beneath clothing of another without consent, commonly referred to as voyeurism and attempted voyeurism.

He was due to appear at court on Thursday 27 February 2025, when, on the way to court he carried out the same act once again.

In the second incident, the victim had been walking on Victoria Avenue in Harrogate when Humberstone approached her from behind, pulled up her skirt a took a photograph/video up her skirt.

She described how she felt Humberstone’s phone brush against her leg, prompting her to push him away.

She then took out her phone, began recording him, and yelled at him for his actions before calling the police.

Humberstone was swifty arrested once again before being charged.

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A paedophile who preyed on teenage boys has been jailed for a string of child sex offences.

Twenty-five-year-old Patrick Campbell sexually abused four boys between 2022 and 2024.

On 28 February, following a trial at Leicester Crown Court, Campbell was found guilty of eight counts of sexual activity with a child, one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Today (Friday 11 April), at Loughborough Magistrates’ Court sitting as Leicester Crown Court, he was jailed for a total of 12 years.

Three of Campbell's four victims – one of who is now an adult – told police that he grabbed them inappropriately when they were alone together. The fourth victim said the pair had met on a dating app and that when they were together, Campbell had given him cocaine.

A search of Campbell’s home address as part of the investigation resulted in a large quantity of children’s boxer shorts and soiled nappies being found.

Campbell, of West Street, Enderby, was also placed on the sex offender register for life and is subject to a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

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A 19-year-old man from Southampton has been jailed after admitting to causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and two counts of having sexual communications with a child.

Jayden Jack Robert Smith, of Blendworth Lane, admitted to the offences when he appeared at Southampton Crown Court on Tuesday 5 February – on the second day of his trial.

He was sentenced to two years and nine months when he appeared at the same court earlier today (Friday 11 April).

As well as the time he will now spend behind bars, Smith will have to sign the sex offenders register for life, and will be subject to a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a five-year restraining order.

He is also subject to a deprivation order, which covers two mobile phones and a dash cam.

The sentencing follows an incident involving a child on Wednesday 3 July last year. During the incident, Smith followed the young victim in his car and subsequently isolated him in a wooded area in Botley, before then asking the child to expose himself.

Following the guilty plea, two other charges relating to the incident - attempt to cause/incite a boy under age of 13 to engage in sexual activity of a non-penetrative nature and attempt kidnap with the intent to commit any relevant sexual offence - were subsequently dropped.

The sentencing also follows another incident in which he admitted to sending sexual communications to a second child, also in July 2024, and inciting him to perform a sexual act. This young victim was from another county.

After his guilty pleas, Smith was remanded in custody ahead of today’s hearing.

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A sex offender who persisted in making contact with potential victims to indulge his “vile behaviour” has been jailed.

Brandon Coleman, of Burma Way in Chatham, spent unsupervised time with children and used electronic devices to access the internet despite having a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

The 22-year-old had been given the order after being convicted of making indecent images of children in October 2021.

The strict conditions of the court order meant he should not have any contact with juveniles unless certain restrictions were in place.

It further banned him from using any devices capable of accessing the internet or storing digital images without informing the authorities and any that he did possess should be available for inspection by the police when asked.

The SHPO also ordered Coleman not to use any form of software capable of deleting internet history or making messages disappear.

Despite this, concerns were raised he was not complying with the order and an investigation found him to be in breach of it. He was arrested on October 16, 2024.

An examination of his mobile phone uncovered that he had downloaded Snapchat and was using several different online aliases.

He was charged and pleaded guilty to making an indecent image, failing to comply with notification requirements for the sex offender register and multiple breaches of a SHPO.

At Maidstone Crown Court on April 8, Coleman was sentenced to two and half years in prison.

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A paedophile from Leyland has been spared jail after a judge in Preston handed him a suspended sentence.

Nathan Yeo, 28, was captured by paedophile hunters and handed over to police after a live sting streamed on Facebook last year.

He admitted on camera to grooming a number of underage girls, asking if they would like to have sex and asking for and sending sexual images knowing the girl was 14-years-old.

Yeo, who was living in Cunnery Meadow, Clayton-le-Woods at the time of the offences, was arrested and charged with a multitude of child sex offences. He pleaded guilty to all charges at court on August 2 and November 16, 2024.

The offences included multiple counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, making indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child and extreme pornographic images.

Yeo, who is diagnosed with autism and ADHD, appeared for sentencing at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday (April 8), where a judge spared him jail by handing him two years imprisonment suspended for 18 months.

The Court ordered that the defendant complete 35 days of Rehabilitation Activity as supervised by the Probation Service and to complete 100 hours of Community Unpaid Work as directed by the Probation Service within 12 months.

He was also ordered to sign the Sex Offender Register for a period of 15 years and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order which remains in force until April 7, 2040.

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A paedophile who was involved in a village pub fight in which another man died went on to be jailed for 24 years for horrific child sex offences.

Roland Wiles twice stood trial for manslaughter over the death of Dale Jackson, 58, following a violent confrontation outside of the Suffield Arms in Thorpe Market in north Norfolk in September 2021.

It is understood that the row had its roots in accusations and rumours which were circulating about Wiles’ offending.

The 50-year-old was this week cleared by a jury at Norwich Crown Court after just one hour and 43 minutes of deliberations. 

Restrictions had been imposed to prevent the reporting of the link between his sexual offences and the manslaughter trial to avoid the jury learning the details of his sordid past 

Following his acquittal, the restrictions have been lifted and we can now exclusively reveal the unravelling of the row.

Wiles, of Mill Street, Norwich, was branded a “monster” when he was sentenced last November to a total of 25 years - made up of 24 in jail and 12 months on licence.    

His “outwardly respectable life” was a façade that hid a “deeply disturbing and darker side”, the court had heard.

He was found guilty of the repeated rape, sexual assault and molestation of three young girls and a boy with the offences dating back almost 30 years to 1996 and continuing until 2022.

Summing up the evidence in the manslaughter trial, Judge Alice Robinson said he had told police that during the confrontation Mr Jackson had approached his vehicle gesturing aggressively, swearing and telling him “you’re disgusting”.  

Wiles admitted getting out and saying “what’s your problem?” but denied he had been angry or had intended to act aggressively.

The prosecution had claimed he had not been acting in self defence when he punched Mr Jackson and rendered him "unconscious on his feet".

The blow caused him to fall backward and he hit his head on the ground resulting in serious injuries.

Wiles told police he had thought “oh s***” after he saw blood coming from Mr Jackson’s ears as he lay unconscious on the ground and had got back in his car in shock. 

Witnesses had described Mr Jackson being punched and his head hitting the ground with a sound like a “coconut hitting concrete”.

The father-of-two from Cromer was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital but died six days after sustaining his fatal injuries. 

Following him being cleared of manslaughter, Judge Robinson told him would face no further action over the death but that he was being returned to prison to continue his “very lengthy sentence”.

'MONSTER' WHO LIVED SEEMINGLY RESPECTABLE LIFE

Wiles' sexual offending spanned a quarter of a century from the summer of 1996 to his arrest in April 2023.

The attack outside of the Suffield Arms happened more than a year-and-a-half prior to his arrest.

His trial heard his first victim was aged either four or five when she was raped by Wiles who then lived in a bungalow on a farm in the Norfolk area.

The girl had been in a “panic” and “didn’t know what to do” after the rape, which signalled the start of a catalogue of abuse against her and three other victims.

Sentencing him, Judge Anthony Bate said he was a “serial sex offender”.

In total he was convicted of 26 sexual offences including six counts of rape, three of indecent assault of a girl aged under 13 as well as inciting sexual activity in children.

One of his victims told his sentencing hearing he was a “monster” who had “caused so much destruction and heartbreak”.

The male victim said he had “grown up knowing nothing other than sexual abuse” and that the mental trauma had caused him to try to kill himself several times.

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A sex offender lunged at a member of police staff as he tried and failed to destroy damning evidence contained on his mobile phone.

Jordan Haskard, aged 28, had initially handed the device over to officers when they executed a warrant at his home in July 2024.

Alarmed by its contents, he changed his mind and lunged towards the digital media officer holding the folding-style device – grabbing it and trying to snap it in half.

The reason for his actions would soon become clear, when the device was found to contain discussions about (and videos of) the most serious sexual abuse of children.

Haskard had first come to the attention of Nottinghamshire Police in June 2022 when officers in another part of the country unearthed social media messages in which he discussed the sexual abuse of children with another man.

He also arranged for the man to send him a video of a toddler being sexually abused – even making specific requests of what things he wanted to see.

That video – which led to the conviction of the perpetrator – was later found on Haskard’s previous mobile phone when he was arrested, along with nearly 600 extreme images.

While still on bail for those offences, Haskard again came to police attention after one of his social media accounts was linked to the distribution of prohibited images.

It was at this point that the phone he tried to destroy was found covered in clothes by the side of his bed.

As well as Category A rated images of child sexual abuse, the device was also found to contain discussions about the abduction and rape of children, as well as extreme images of animals.

Haskard, formerly of Hucknall, later pleaded guilty to two counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence, four counts of making an indecent image of a child, two counts of distributing indecent images of children, possessing an extreme pornographic image of an animal, and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal.

Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, he was given an extended sentence of 24 years and seven months.

The sentence consists of a jail term of 16 years and seven months and an extended licence period of eight years, during which he will immediately be returned to prison if he breaches the terms of his release.

He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order that will tightly restrict his online activities and access to children when he is eventually released.

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A Huddersfield man has been jailed for sexual offences against a child.      

Szymon Bildziuk, 40, of Barker Court, Birkby, assaulted the victim in the summer of 2024.  

The girl then came forward to report the incident and Bildziuk was arrested and charged in November.  

He appeared at Leeds Crown Court on 20 February 2025 where he pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching.  

He has today been sentenced to three years and three months in prison and will also be added to the Sex Offender Register.  The victim was also granted an eight-year restraining order banning Bildziuk from contacting her.  

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Pervert Gary Cookson has been jailed after he lied to his girlfriend about his seedy past. The 27-year-old failed to tell his new partner that he had previously been caught with child abuse images and was convicted in 2023.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard he was left alone with her two-and-a-half-year-old child. And at one point he dried the youngster off and dressed the child who started calling him 'Dada'.

This placed him in breach of a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) and the notification requirements of the sex offenders' register. Now Cookson, of Talke Road, Chesterton, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

The court heard he failed to comply with the notification requirements between January 1, 2024 and February 12, 2024 when he started a new relationship. The next offending happened on February 15, 2024 and involved him going on apps which he was banned from using. His phone was seized and Snapchat was found on the device. He failed to notify his user name as he was required to do.

Cookson then failed to comply with his notification requirements by not informing the police he was staying in a house with a 17-year-old child for 12 hours or more. He also deleted a TikTok message.

The final spate of offending involved him failing to register a Snapchat user name and breaching the SHPO by deliberately concealing a mobile phone.

Cookson pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching a SHPO and four charges of failing to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders' register.

Rashad Mohammed, mitigating, said Cookson 'found himself in a lonely state'. Mr Mohammed said: "He felt he was isolated. He went on to Snapchat. He activated an account. The matters spiralled out of control. He failed to stop to assess the consequences of his behaviour.

"There is no evidence of any actual harm done. His phone was interrogated. There is no suggestion there was any material that would cause the authorities any concern.

"At the time he showed a great deal of immaturity. He failed to properly recognise the seriousness of the court order. He does ask me to express to you his regret and his remorse.

"He has been in custody since October 24, the equivalent of just over 10 months. It has been a real eye-opener for him . It has been a wake-up call for him, the level of violence he has seen in person."

Mr Mohammed added that Cookson has two children and comes from a respectable family. Recorder Robert Smith said: "You knew full well what you were not allowed to do. Your primary sexual interest seems to be with female children. The risk of harm was extremely real and significant when you were drying off a naked two-and-a-half year old.

"You were extremely persistent in the way you flouted the regulations. You manipulated your way into a position of trust in a family home with an infant child.

"You need to learn a lesson. You need to learn to abide by the terms of the order or you will be sent to prison."

The judge made a deprivation order for the devices seized.

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A WINSFORD man was cornered by paedophile hunters after trying to lure who he thought was an 11-year-old girl into having sex with him.

Brandon Parton, of Tighe Avenue, had several sexual conversations online with ‘Louise’, who was actually a decoy, between March 30 and April 7, 2023.

He asked her if she wanted to see his penis, if he could kiss her, and touch her breasts and bum.

He also asked her to send naked pictures of herself and actually tried to get her to meet up with him in person for sex.

On Friday, April 7, 2023, police were called to an address is Sandbach where vigilantes were gathering, accusing Parton, who was inside, of being a paedophile. 

The group passed an evidence file to police, which included messages between Parton and so-called Louise.

He was arrested there and then and later charged with attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to facilitate the sexual assault of a child, and attempting to incite a female child aged under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

Parton appeared at Crewe Magistrates’ Court on July 12, last year, where he denied the charges.

But on Thursday, January 30, he changed his pleas to guilty, and was ordered to appear before Chester Crown Court for sentencing on Tuesday, April 1.  

His Honour Judge Simon Berkson sentenced Parton to 40 months in prison.

The judge also made a sexual harm protection order (SHPO), which lasts for 15 years, banning him from being alone with any female children under 16, except in specified circumstances. 

He must also sign the sex offender register for the duration of the order, and was banned from using a computer capable of going online unless it was registered with police. 

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A MAN has been jailed for nine years after raping a woman in St Helens.

Nadal Mehemed, 36, of South John Street, in St Helens, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court today (Thursday, April 10), after pleading guilty to rape and robbery.

On Saturday, June 2024, Mehemed assaulted and raped a woman inside a property and forcibly took her mobile phone in an attempt to prevent her from contacting emergency services.

The woman’s call still went through to police call handlers and part of the incident was recorded and used in evidence against Mehemed.

As well as a prison sentence, Mehemed has also been given a life time restraining order against his victim and placed on the Sex Offender Register indefinitely.

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A former secondary school teacher who sent vile videos of himself to ex-pupils has been given a community sentence.

Gilles Brown, a former history and modern studies teacher, was earlier convicted after a trial of sending lewd videos to three young women.

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A SEX offender branded a "serious risk" to women and children has been jailed after repeatedly trying to drag one young victim into an alleyway to assault her.

Steven McMaster was locked up on an extended sentence after admitting sexual assaults on children under 16, as well as repeated sexual communications to other adult females.

The 42-year-old sexually assaulted one teen at an address in Cumnock, during car journeys at unknown locations and elsewhere, seizing the girl by the waist and pressing and rubbing his body and privates against her body.

McMaster also admitted placing his hand on her thigh on various occasions during the course of car journeys between April 2022 and July 2023.

He admitted sexually assaulting another teenager at a property in the town, as well as in an alleyway, by repeatedly seizing her by the body and dragging her on an occasion between April and July 2023.

He pleaded guilty to a third charge of intentionally sending sexual written communications to an adult female, causing them to look at a sexual image, for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification, or humiliating, distressing or alarming them.

He admitted sending messages to her and an image of himself naked on various occasions between May and June 2023.

McMaster admitted repeatedly sending sexual communications to another woman without her consent at an address in Cumnock on July 1, 2023.

A sentencing hearing at Ayr Sheriff Court was told last week that one of the young victims was left "crying and visibly distressed" after being sexually assaulted by McMaster.

The court heard that the creep tried to drag one complainer into an alleyway and she managed to get away, however, she was "scared and shaken" after the incident.

Describing further offences, the procurator fiscal depute said a woman received a message from McMaster on SnapChat stating she looked "sexy in her leggings".

On occasions, she saw the accused looking at her in her bedroom and he said she was "sexy" and that he "wanted to kiss and cuddle" her.

Other messages stated she "looked sexy and beautiful" and "loved that her top showed her boobs and nice bottom".

He sent further messages saying "nice bum" and telling her that he wanted "to come to her home and feel her bottom", stating that he was "looking at it when she bent over".

The fiscal depute said: "On a separate occasion, he also sent a nude image of himself.

"She contacted police and showed screenshots of messages from the accused."

McMaster sent another female victim several lewd messages about her privates.

The fiscal depute added: "She told police she did not know why he was sending messages and that this was not welcome.

"The accused was arrested and conveyed to Kilmarnock police station.

"Officers were made aware he was subject to investigation for the sexual assaults."

Defence solicitor Derek Pettigrew said: "He is now 42 years of age. No further matters have come to light.

"He is now distant from the community he lives in, exasperated by the commission of these offences.

"This is very serious offending and he appreciates the gravity."

Sheriff Scott Pattison said: "Your offending is very serious.

"You repeatedly tried to drag [one of the victims] into an alleyway, this is serious sexual offending. It's just fortunate she was able to disentangle herself.

"Given the seriousness of this offending, two charges against children and of a predatory nature, a custodial sentence is inevitable. You are not going to avoid that.

"I'm satisfied that the normal period of licensing would not be enough to protect the public. At the moment, you pose a serious risk of harm to women and children."

He was given a four-and-a-half-year extended sentence, with three years to be spent in custody.

He was also placed on a further 10-year sexual harm prevention order prohibiting contact with children and entering parks.

He was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely, with non-harassment orders made for all four complainers.