As always you can unsubscribe at any time. He was sentenced to to a 10-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with a 12-month curfew requirement. 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. Burnley Express. He was also given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order banning him from 'entering or loitering outside' any female-only facilities. While all crimes have a damaging effect on victims, offences of a sexual nature can have the most horrific long-lasting consequences. His mobile phone was confiscated and police searched his home, including carrying out checks on his desktop computer. He was given a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) by Burnley Crown Court in May 2017 after being convicted of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming. Trinity had the most crimes recorded in Burnley during September, with a total of 117 crimes were recorded here. Zholia Alemi was jailed for seven years at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday (February 28) for 20 fraud offences. He was given a 12 month community order, ordered to carry out 25 days of rehabilitation activities and given a six week curfew. Ms Johnson said both girls later reported the sexual assaults to teachers who then reported it to police. 5:57. He was spotted on CCTV by security staff at Asda in Rawtenstall following young girls around the store and trying to take pictures up their skirts. Convicted burglar McCann, 34, had been freed after a probation service error, two months before he embarked on a cocaine and vodka-fuelled rampage. Hopkin was met there by Mr Dixon and a number of his paedophile hunter colleagues before police arrived and arrested him. Categories . Market trader Abdul Kazi sexually assaulted three teenage girls on buses and was identified by police following a Lancashire Police CCTV appeal. However he told officers that he accidentally put his hand on her knee 'due to a movement of the bus going round the corner'. Powerful victim impact statements read out at court told how the defendant's actions had left a 'profound effect upon them, often for the rest of their lives'. "Like most men who commit these types of offences you are middle aged and of previous good character.". A Burnley perspective on news, sport, what's on, lifestyle and more, from your local paper the Burnley Express. David Livesey downloaded more than 20,000 indecent images and videos of children over an 11-year-old period. 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'. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison with an extended three year licence. 2:57. Burnley is is a market town in Lancashire. Published on 03/03/2023. The 59-year-old was arrested by police on October 1, 2018, after deliberately breaching the terms of his SHPO. Death Notice. Messages exchanged between the girl, and Healey were often explicit. Andrew Sellen indecently assaulted a teenage girl in Blackpool during 2002 - 2004, when the victim was aged 13 and 14 years. He was given 36 weeks in prison for each offence but suspended for two years with a 30 days rehabilitation activity, 120 hours of unpaid work and ordered sign the sex offenders register for 10 years. 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The Oswaldtwistle man was given a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO) in December 2018 after he was caught in possession of more than 1,400 indecent images of children. McCann, who had addresses in Aylesbury and Harrow, refused to attend his Ol. But on August 28 2018, officers called at his home in Clitheroe, and asked to look at his electronic devices. The home of Burnley on BBC Sport online. Bateson was given a 12 month sentence suspended for two years with a requirement to attend a sex offenders treatment program. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Police release CCTV image of man suspected of grabbing woman on canal towpath in Barrowford | Burnley Express Crime Police release CCTV image of man suspected of grabbing woman on canal towpath in Barrowford Police have launched an investigation after someone attempted to grab a woman on a canal towpath in Barrowford. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for five years and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order. Another paedophile hunter group Fleetwood Enforcers were contacted to carry out a sting operation and Nicholson was arrested. 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NewsWall NewsWall Headlines National Local Global Politics Sports Log InSign Up Settings Create new Feed He also indecently assaulted other boys during weekend trips with the Boys Brigade. 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. Hughes was also found to be committing similar offences on the mobile phone application SnapChat, using a recording application to save pictures and videos. He was jailed for a total of seven years. Following appeals for information, an 18-year-old man was arrested and later charged in the connection with the investigation. A total of 12 crimes related to criminal damage and arson and nine crimes were classed as 'other thefts'. 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? Mr Dixon set up Grindr and Facebook accounts under the name Luke and used a picture of a boy. Please. Stephen Borsellotti was a taxi driver with a sordid sexual interest in children who downloaded indecent images after joining a social media group chat. Judge Heather Lloyd sentenced Tugwood to a two-year community order with a 40-day rehabilitation activity requirement and 60 hours unpaid work. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Part of the order meant the 40-year-old couldnt have any devices capable of accessing the internet unless he made them available on request by the police. The defendant also told the victim that if he contacted her in the future and asked for sex 'she must agree to it so that it didn't look like he was forcing her'. 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She reported the incident to the bus driver and police and it was captured on CCTV. Prosecutor Alaric Bassano told the jury: She screamed in pain and pleaded for him to stop. Ms Worsley said he has 12 convictions on his record, including offences of attempted rape, indecent exposure and indecent assault in the 1960s and 1970s. The conditions of the SHPO included Emsley having to notify the public protection unit within three days of acquiring an internet capable device and also make the device available on request for inspection. The court heard that he had been drinking pints and spirits in Nelson and was 'alcohol dependent'. Since the start of 2019 a series of despicable criminals have found . He was given a 24-month community order with a 40-day rehabilitation activity requirement, a five-year sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for five years. At the time he was married with two young children. 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