Includes the latest news stories, results, fixtures, video and audio. Stuart Bulling pleaded guilty to two counts of voyeurism and three counts of making indecent images of children, Colin Mooney, 31, has been described as a "dangerous man", Thomas Nichols was gven a 13-year jail sentence and an extended five-years on licence, Simon Gerrard was caught by paedophile hunters after asking for sex from someone he believed to be a 12-year-old girl, Jake Macro was sentenced to four months in a young offenders institute, Colin DeanEvans has been jailed for seven years, Mark Hughes, of Windrows, Skelmersdale, incited children to perform sexual acts online, Alan Ogden, of Queensway,was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison at Preston Crown Court, Gary Roberts was given a suspended prison sentence, Andrew David Harper was jailed for 12 months, John Edward Nutter pictured outside Burnley Crown Court, Convicted pervert Jason Leonard, 37, from Haslingden. Categories . The woman was left feeling 'distraught and worthless' after the attack, which she reported to police the following day. A total of 92 other images were connected to sunbed shops and all showed women 'either undressing to use the sunbed or climbing off to re-dress'. John Edward Nutter was caught in possession of indecent images including one involving a baby. "I would like you to imagine how you would feel if your children or grandchildren had been subjected to the same acts in these images so somebody like you half way around the world could get sexual pleasure from it. 7:26. Bateson pleaded guilty to attempting to contact a child under 16 for the purpose of sexual activity, making three category C indecent images, possession of 77 prohibited images of a child, possession of extreme pornography involving a snake, making six category A images (the most serious), making six category C images and possessing 66 prohibited images of a child. However when asked to provide the swipe pattern for his mobile phone Stacey refused to comply and also failed to provide the pin numbers and passwords for his other advices. Evans, now of Whittaker Street, Blackburn, was also given an indefinite restraining order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life. Kazi denied five counts of sexual assault but was unanimously found guilty by a jury on all counts after a four-day trial. Police recovered chat logs between the pair. Since the start of 2019 a series of despicable criminals have found themselves before the courts for offences ranging from 'upskirting' and indecent child images to 'brutal' sex assaults and rape. Emsley denied having any such devices but when he moved out of a chair the officer spotted a mobile phone on the floor. 24 Feb. Burnley extend lead at top despite Millwall draw. He must also declare all memberships of clubs or leisure centres to police and use his real name. Whiteley, 24, then pulled her back onto the bed and put both his hands around her neck with his thumbs on the windpipe. He was employed by the local authority at Darwen Vale High School from '72 to '89. In a victim statement she said she is considering moving home and is scared and emotional. Sexual 'predator' Thomas Nichols deliberated targeted and raped vulnerable drunk women after nights out in Hyndburn. Burnley Express news update 22 Dec 2022: Burnley businesses including one of Britain's oldest sporting goods firms partner up. Andrew Sellen indecently assaulted a teenage girl in Blackpool during 2002 - 2004, when the victim was aged 13 and 14 years. He previously convicted for indecent exposure in the 1990s and jailed in 2012 for breaching a non-molestation order. He was jailed for a total of seven years. Preston Crown Court heard that the grandfather had access to Facebook 'under different pseudonyms' and the indecent images included six category A - the most serious - one category B and 14 category C. Search terms were also found on his computer including 'young girl first time sex' and 'teen cam girls'. Stephen Bateson tried to groom a 13-year-old girl was caught out when it emerged the teenager was an undercover police officer. 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He was also ordered to sign the sex offender register for life and is prohibited from contacting the woman or her family indefinitely. He was also given a three eight month sentences and two two-month sentences to run concurrently to the 12 months. The court heard how in the near two decades since the abuse, the victim had suffered a result of the trauma of the sexual assaults on him, suffering from depression and anxiety for a decade. STABBING: Police hunt knifeman after man is stabbed in Burnley this morning. Vincent Kompany is the current man in charge at Turf Moor. The home of Burnley on BBC Sport online. jimmy lloyd cagematch; Tags . Crime Four Burnley men jailed for part in machete and grenade attack in Padiham Four men have been jailed for a total of nine years for their part in a machete attack on a man which left him needing plastic surgery. "Dangerous sexual predator" Alan Ogden from Chorley committed historical sex abuse offences against a young girl. 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Her mother was 'concerned and kept an eye on him' and gestured for her daughter to sit close to her but 'she said she was fine'. Police became aware of Macro after suspicious activity on Facebook was reported to them. Judge Philip Parry jailed Emsley for 32 months. Stacey pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children, one of distributing indecent images, one of making an indecent image and one of failing to disclose access to an encrypted device. He went on the run to the United States of America in December 2018 and failed to return to the UK for his court hearings. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The victim was terrified when she woke to find that the father-of-one had removed her trousers and was trying to rape her. Download the LancsLive app for free on iPhone here and Android here. 170818jasonleonard. A statement from the victims mother read out at court told how her daughter has undergone 'psychological changes' and will 'not under any circumstances travel on a bus'. He pretended to be a 14-year-old boy with a 31-year-old boyfriend. Burnley Express. Market trader Abdul Kazi sexually assaulted three teenage girls on buses and was identified by police following a Lancashire Police CCTV appeal. Burnley Express news update 22 Dec 2022: Burnley businesses including one of Britain's oldest sporting goods firms partner up. In separate incidents, Smith also filmed women using changing rooms at different Trafford Centre shops from 2017 to 2019. Search terms and websites were found on Livesey's devices, and the images and videos included a large number of different victims. Declan Ashley Whiteley strangled a woman on her bed as he sexually assaulted her. Seery, of Ribble Street in Bacup, eventually pleaded guilty to attempted rape. The Oswaldtwistle man was invited back to her home after a night out and while she was changing her shoes in her bedroom he tried to pull her onto the bed but she said thats not happening. Ramsbottom then kissed her and sexually touched her 'all over her body' before she left. He was sentenced to to a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with a 12-month curfew requirement. It was claimed on his behalf that the women he was accused of molesting had consensual sex, but that was dismissed as "ludicrous" by victims. The defendant's movements were later tracked using his mobile phone and his DNA was also found on a pair of knickers. The official Facebook page for Burnley and Padiham Police. Another male passenger told police that he saw Holt move to sit next to the victim and 'thought his behaviour was strange'. He was sentenced at Preston Crown Court to 17 years and three months with a one year extended licence. Leonard was jailed for 32 months in 2013 after downloading 251 indecent images of children and then sharing them on the internet. McCann failed to attend his sentencing at the Old Bailey, citing a "bad back". Court Reporter, Burnley Express Crime and Justice, United Kingdom As seen in: Burnley Express, Daily Mirror, Edinburgh Evening News, The Scotsman, Rochdale Observer, Ayrshire Post, Scottish Daily Record, Lancashire Evening Post, The Shields Gazette, LancsLive, Louth Leader and more Is this you? Police officers raided Mark Tugwood's home on Thornber Grove in Blackpool and found the images on a mobile phone and laptop. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life. 1. However he told officers that he accidentally put his hand on her knee 'due to a movement of the bus going round the corner'. He pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images and appeared at Preston Crown Court to be sentenced. Hopkin then said he "would like to get to know you better if i can" and the conversation turned 'flirty and overly-friendly'. 1,260 talking about this. Bissett was jailed for a total six-and-a-half years and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life. Ogden denied the offences but was later charged by police. Lenehan pleaded guilty to encouraging a man to take and send him indecent images of children, distributing indecent images and possessing indecent images. Latest here:. Judge Sara Dodd described it as a brutal sexual assault and sentenced Evans to seven years in prison. The defendant, of Thornton-Cleveleys, engaged in sex chat with a 'vigilante' called Mr Dixon over the social networking site Grindr believing he was called 'Luke'. The victim was crying and struggling to breathe and eventually punched him twice to the face before running out of her home for help. The period spanned from June to August, 2018, just before Macro turned 18. Stacey, of Queens Road West, was traced through his Facebook profile which included his photograph and cited him as living in Accrington and working at Aztec Martial Arts. On one occasion he convinced the boy's father to let him stay overnight at his caravan so that they could start setting up the car boot stall early in the morning. HP10 9TY. The 73-year-old's five victims were all girls and some incidents took place at the school. Burnley Express. He ignored her and carried on. He did it for his own 'sexual gratification', the prosecution told the court. The driver also failed a drug wipe and was in possession of a credit card lock knife. Kazi sat behind one of the victims and she felt something touching her left side and he then carried on touching her between her arm and breast. "I don't understand why it is that you would not realise immediately that these were happening to real children because that's what they are. 2:34. This happened on multiple occasions. Hughes was also found to be committing similar offences on the mobile phone application SnapChat, using a recording application to save pictures and videos. News Crime LancsLive produces comprehensive news and analysis of crime in the area, working closely with the police and the courts. Burnley Express news update 11 August 2022: Iconic Burnley pie brand Haffner's now under new ownership. The paedophile hunter volunteered for the group No More Silent Voices and was messaged by Nicholson on August 29, 2018. Stephen Borsellotti was a taxi driver with a sordid sexual interest in children who downloaded indecent images after joining a social media group chat. Please. Officers also used Lenehan's internet provider address from Kik Messenger to trace him to an address on Devonshire Place in Preston. He targeted dozens of victims at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, Darwen Leisure Centre, sunbed shops in Greater Manchester and other leisure centre wet rooms across Lancashire over a four-year period. Preston Crown Court heard how there was a 'significant degree of planning' in Bissett's offending and a 'significant abuse of trust'. The 26-year-old said he thought the girl, from Kentucky, was 16. DALY John (Sean) Peacefully on Friday 17th February 2023 at Royal Blackburn Hospital. He was seen again a short time later in Todmorden Road and made off down Thursfield Road where he collided with two parked cars. He had previously been convicted for sex offences in 2002 when he was a 14-year-old. 2:34. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Judge Philip Parry said the indecent images found on the mobile phones were 'utterly deplorable' and 'absolutely disgraceful'. The judge handed Fletcher a two year community order with 30 rehabilitation activity days and ordered him to undertake a sex offenders program. The images were later traced to a man in Torquay who was arrested and convicted, the court heard. Fletcher, who has no previous convictions, was interviewed by officers and admitted he had viewed the images. Mark Tugwood was found with dozens of 'hideous' indecent pictures of children. Nutter pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images and was given an eight-month jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, with a 40-day rehabilitation activity requirement. They included girl victims aged between six and nine and the most serious showed a child being raped. She also told the defendant: "They are real children being hideously raped and sexually abused so men like you hiding behind their screens can derive sexual pleasure from the pain and misery they are suffering. His iPad and HTC phone were taken for analysis and dozens of banned images were found on the devices. The 32-year-old again asked to have sex with her and when she said no he took hold of her hand and threatened to tell a relative 'that she had tried it on with him'. GPS locations could not be identified for 64 videos showing women changing in wet rooms at different leisure centres in Lancashire. Nicholson, from Barrowford, pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity. Both girls went to the nearby Tesco car park and the friend got into the vehicle. Burnley Express. 5:57. She reported the incident to the bus driver and police and it was captured on CCTV. Livesey pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images and one count each of possessing a prohibited image and extreme pornographic images. The 31-year-old, of Ormskirk Road, Skelmersdale, admitted offences of arranging and facilitating the commission of a child sex offence and attempting sexual communication with a child. Sign in. In victim impact statements, all three girls said they felt anxious and scared to go on buses again. He was 19 at the time of the offences and was arrested and charged after returning from France after police applied for a European Arrest Warrant. Gartshore-Taylor, 66, now of West End Road, Morecambe, pleaded guilty to four counts of incident assault against a boy under the age of 14 and one count of indecency with a child or boy under 16. Livesey, from Clayton-le-Moors, was caught with 564 category A images - the most serious - 468 category B and 19,081 category C. The images, featuring children as young as four years old, were spread across seven different devices at his home on Whalley Road. Paul Emsley is a career sex fiend who has been involved in child sex related offences for 20 years. Bissett, of Rossendale Road, St Anne's, was found guilty after a trial at Preston Crown Court of 17 counts of indecent assault on boys under the age of 14. When officers seized Stephen Batesons computer, they discovered dozens of indecent images of children and pornography involving a snake. Annika - starring Unforgotten's Nicola Walker - was a good one, but their new drama The Diplomat (Alibi, Tues, 9pm) was a little too like Eldorado with murders to be good viewing. Editors' Code of Practice. The official Facebook page for Burnley and Padiham Police. Following the incident Evans snatched her phone away from her to stop her contacting the police. Harper handed over a laptop and a small computer but failed to hand over a mobile phone and 12 storage devices. The victim ran into her parents bedroom and the defendant followed her up before rifling through a chest of drawers and telling her to put on a pair of knickers. He was jailed for 18 months, ordered to sign the sex offenders register and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for 10 years. Burnley Express. The footage showed women pulling down their clothing and using the toilet. The 60-year-old offered the girl a sneak preview of her physics paper before she sat the exam, and gave her extra tuition so he could have time alone with her. The Accrington man was given a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) by Burnley Crown Court in November 2017 after downloading more than 2,200 indecent images of children. She claimed to have qualified at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, but earlier this month a . He was deaf to her pleas to stop and he suppressed her screams by placing his hand over her mouth.. Crime When a driver was stopped on the M6 due to a light defect, officers found children on the back seats who had no access to seatbelts due to the way they were being carried. Leonard claimed the new order was completely disproportionate and made an appeal to Burnley Crown Court to have the SHPO revoked. A forensic analysis of the mobile phone showed dozens of other incidents at the Trafford Centre and sunbed shops in Rawtenstall and Greater Manchester. He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years and will be on the Sex Offenders Register for life. Christopher Wilson, 34, of Kyan Street, Burnley, has today been charged with robbery, theft and threatening a person with a blade. He engaged in graphic sex chat with a volunteer over social media believing she was a 12-year-old schoolgirl girl called Gabby. The region's new crime commissioner's key priorities are to get tough on crime, tackle anti-social behaviour and put more officers onto the streets to keep people safe Preston Crown Court heard how police attended Liveseys home in April 2018 after being contacted by Google about an indecent image which had been downloaded to an IP address at the property. Another paedophile hunter group Fleetwood Enforcers were contacted to carry out a sting operation and Nicholson was arrested.