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Showing 1 - 7 of 7 results for crime type "Sexual offences" & area "East Midlands"

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East Midlands

Child abuser jailed after fake disability unmasked

A child abuser who attempted to evade justice by faking severe illness has been sentenced after the Crown Prosecution Service and police combined to prove he was lying about his condition.John Siddell, 41, from Ashington in Northumberland, abused three young boys under the age of 14 between 2018…
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East Midlands

Extended jail sentence for prolific online child abuser

A Derby man has been given an extended jail sentence for prolific online child abuse against more than 100 children.Siah Singh Riley, 36, of Normanton, Derby, used social media platforms to contact young teenagers, befriend them, and persuade them to send explicit images. He later stockpiled those…
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East Midlands

Christian summer camp leader jailed for abuse

A former vet has been given an extended prison sentence totalling 31 years and 10 months for drugging and sexually abusing a group of young boys on a Christian summer camp he was leading. Jon Ruben, 76, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, ran the camp at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire, using a position of responsibility in his church community. He laced sweets with sedatives he had purchased online and tricked the children into eating them by encouraging them to take part in what he called ‘the sweet game’. He gave the boys the contaminated sweets and offered a prize to whoever ate them the quickest.
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East Midlands

Prosecutors block 'sexsomnia' defence to see controlling rapist jailed

A Leicester man has been jailed for nearly 15 years for rape and controlling or coercive behaviour, after prosecutors challenged his claim he had committed the offences in his sleep.
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East Midlands

Victim gives evidence in second trial to help jail rapist

A rapist from Leicester has been given an extended prison sentence totalling 25 years, thanks in part to a complainant giving evidence against him for a second time. Randy Ayor, 22, from Leicester, physically, sexually and emotionally abused three women after starting relationships with them and through encountering them through work.
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East Midlands

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Former Northamptonshire teacher guilty of prolific child abuse

A former schoolteacher from Rushden in Northamptonshire has been jailed for 26 years for abusing a series of young boys in a 16-year campaign of child abuse.
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East Midlands

Jail for Leicester sex attack

A man from Burton on Trent has been jailed for seven years and three months for attempted rape and sexual assault on a young woman looking for a safe taxi ride in Leicester.
Press Release Sexual offences East Midlands

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