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Showing 1 - 10 of 47 results for crime type "Sexual offences" & area "North West"

Care worker jailed for child sex offences against teenager

A care worker from Greater Manchester has been jailed after admitting sexual offences against a teenager.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Man jailed for attempting to abduct a teenager in Stockport

A Wythenshawe man has been jailed for attempting to abduct a 14-year-old boy in Stockport in March last year.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Blackburn man jailed for raping three women

A man has been jailed for 17 years for raping three women between 2021 and 2023 in Preston and Darwen.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Serial rapist who filmed attacks on unconscious women jailed for life

A man who filmed himself raping unconscious women and sexually abusing children has been jailed for life

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Predatory Oswaldtwistle sex offender jailed

Peter Barnes, 47, from Oswaldtwistle, has been jailed for a total of 44 sexual offences against five children and two women

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Former high school teacher jailed for child sexual offences against pupils

A former teacher has been jailed for sexual offences against two pupils at the school where she worked.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

High school teacher guilty of child sex offences against pupils

A teacher has today been found guilty of child sex offences against two pupils at the school where she worked.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , CPS, North West News

Man jailed for life after raping two females in Oldham

A man has been jailed for life after raping a teenager and a woman in June and November 2022.

On 28 March 2024, Paul Creedy, 31, from Manchester, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 13 years and four months.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Blackpool child sex offender jailed

A man from Blackpool has been jailed for 21 sexual offences against children, including two counts of rape.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

Businessman jailed for sexual offences against three women.

A prominent businessman has been jailed for raping two women in Manchester 30 years ago and sexually assaulting another 10 years ago.

| Press Release , Sexual offences , North West News

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