Lewis Garraway – Northampton

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October 2021

Registered sex offender handed jail sentence

A 23-year-old registered sex offender has been handed a two year and two month spell in prison after breaching his conditions.

Lewis Garraway, aged 23, previously of Pilton Close, Northampton, is subject to a number of requirements including having to notify police should he be in close proximity to any child.

However, Garraway ignored this rule and rented a room in his house in January 2021 to a father who often had his children, aged four and eight, around to stay. The father had no idea Garraway was a registered sex offender with conditions to abide by.

Police discovered this situation through one of the MOSOVO Team’s regular checks and Garraway was immediately charged with failing to comply with his notification requirements.

Following the charges, Garraway failed to attend his police bail appointments on a number of occasions and also failed to appear at court for his first hearing. He was eventually sentenced to two years and two months in prison for the offences.

Jerome Lothian/Danielle O’Brien – Nottingham

19 Monday Jul 2021

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July 2021

Puppy battered so severely that it had to be put down in act of ‘deliberate cruelty’

A dog owner who abused his puppy so severely that she had to be put down has been jailed.

Jerome Lothian left his crossbreed bulldog, named Mula, with multiple broken bones after severely beating her. The pooch also had features to her leg, pelvis and spine after a two month ordeal of abuse from her owner.

A court heard that the thug tried to blame the injuries on falling from a sofa and a step before experts deduced that she had suffered “severe blunt force trauma”.

It is understood that the PDSA animal charity contacted the RSPCA following concerns that Mula had an array injuries over just a few months, without a reasonable explanation.

The young pooch had old fractures that had not been treated, plus a new fracture in her hind leg.

She was struggling to walk on her back legs and was bleeding from her nostrils, as well as having wounds to her mouth and tongue.

The vet felt the extent of Mula’s injuries, even with extensive treatment, meant that she would be left in chronic pain and felt the kindest option was to put her to sleep to end her suffering.

Lothian’s partner, Danielle Toni O’Brien, was also on trial for her involvement with what happened to Mula.

Magistrates heard that O’Brien refused to allow Mula to be euthanised, resulting in police being called.

Helen Mead, an inspector with the RSPCA, sat with the helpless puppy as they waited for police.

She said the dog barely moved, but after some time Mula used her front legs to shift herself forward for a tummy rub and rested her head in the officer’s hands.

Neither Lothian or O’Brian could give reasonable explanations as to how most of the injuries happened and there were a number of discrepancies between their stories.

Vets concluded that Mula was made to suffer as a result of physical abuse whilst Lothian was responsible for her.

The court concluded that the pair failed to provide vet care for the young puppy, allowing her to suffer.

Lothian was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the puppy and other animal welfare offences at Nottingham Magistrates Court.

On July 7, he was jailed for 16 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life.

The 28-year-old, of Carlton, Nottinghamshire, was also order to pay £2,000 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.

O’Brien, of Nottingham, was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation requirement days and a deprivation order relating to another dog she owns was issued.

The 31-year-old was also ordered to pay £2,000 costs and a £85 victim surcharge.

Ricky Towson – Leicester

19 Monday Jul 2021

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July 2021

Man who sexually abused boy from the age of four in the 1980s is locked up

A child abuser who repeatedly sexually assaulted a little boy in the 1980s has been sentenced.

Ricky Towson was convicted by a jury of 11 counts of abuse, which began when the child was aged between four and 12.

Leicester Crown Court was told the victim suffered long lasting “mental torture” because of the assaults.

Towson was himself aged 12 when he began molesting the boy and only stopped when the boy and his family moved out of the area.

Towson, now aged 51, of Oxford Street, in Leicester city centre, denied the historic charges, but was found guilty of nine offences of indecently assaulting a child under 13 and two of indecency with a child under 13.

Victoria Rose, prosecuting, told the court the victim had written a personal impact statement in which he said Towson had caused him to feel worthless, “like a nobody” and with “crippling self-doubt.”

She said the victim described, during the trial, of having been abused on an almost weekly basis.

Delays in bringing the case to court were “a living nightmare” for him, but when the defendant was found guilty the complainant felt “a sense of relief,” the court was told.

Miss Rose said the victim now, with support from his family and partner, felt more positive and wanted to start his life afresh.

Sentencing, Judge Ebrahim Mooncey said of the victim: “He says he turned to drink and that he was an emotional wreck at times.

“He thinks he may have enjoyed a different life had it not been for you.

“I have to deal with you for multiple offences over many years.

Towson was jailed for seven years, of which he was told he will serve at least two thirds.

He will also have to enlist on a sex offender register indefinitely.

Alasdair Rae – Aberdeen

19 Monday Jul 2021

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July 2021

Perv caught with nearly 32 hours of sick sexual videos featuring children

A pervert was caught with more than 30 hours of sick videos featuring children between the ages of two and 15 being sexually abused, raped or torturd

Alasdair Rae, 20, was at home with his parents and sister when police raided the property to execute a search warrant at 7.50 am on July 2 last year.

Officers discovered hundreds of indecent images and videos of children on an iPad and iPhone belonging to Rae.

They also discovered online chats between Rae and an account called “Olivia” discussing and exchanging illicit images of children.

Fiscal depute Lynne MacVicar told Aberdeen Sheriff Court Rae confirmed the iPad and iPhone were his and said: “There’ll be stuff on them.”

He was taken to Kittybrewster and interviewed under caution when he made “various admissions”.

Police examined the devices and found internet searches for terms associated with indecent images of children.

Police found 361 images and videos on the iPad, including more than 100 videos classed as category A, the most serious.

On the iPhone 129 images and videos were found, including 28 category A videos.

The total play length of the videos found on both devices was 31 hours and 54 minutes.

Ms MacVicar added: “When the iPhone was examined, an instant message application ‘Telegram’ was found to be installed.

“When this was examined, a chat was found between the accused and an account named “Olivia”, in which the accused and the user of the Olivia account discussed and exchanged illicit images of children.”

The court heard the images and videos recovered featured children estimated to be between two and 15 years of age engaged in sexual activity and sexualised posing.

Rae, of Dubford Place, Bridge of Don, pled guilty to three charges, including taking, permitting to be taken or making indecent images or pseudo-images of children

He also admitted possession of such images and distributing or showing such images to others

The offences were committed at an address in Ellon or elsewhere.

Sheriff Graham Buchanan deferred sentence for reports, and defence agent David Sutherland reserved mitigation until the sentencing hearing.

Mark Bunyan – Malvern

19 Monday Jul 2021

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July 2021

Sex offender who wanted to meet young girls caught by ‘paedophile hunters’

A sex offender who wanted to meet a child has been caught by ‘paedophile hunters’.

Mark Bunyan of Back Lane, Malvern was in reality talking on the internet to ‘decoy’ children, one calling themselves ‘tiny girl’, and not real children after a string by a group set up to bring online predators to justice.

The 55-year-old admitted two charges of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child when he appeared before magistrates in Worcester on Thursday.

He indicated guilty pleas to sexual communication between January 6 and 16 this year in Malvern via Kik and a further charge between January 9 and 16 this year, again via Kik.

The charges are listed as ‘attempts’ because no real children were involved in the commission of the offences.

Elizabeth Blacklock, prosecuting, said the case was not suitable to be heard by magistrates and asked that it be committed to the crown court for sentence.

Miss Blacklock said Bunyan had sent sexual pictures to decoys who had identified themselves as being 14, the profiles set up by ‘a paedophile hunter group’. Bunyan had also asked them to send him ‘images of themselves in their underwear in return’, she told the court.

Magistrates committed the matter to Worcester Crown Court. No date was fixed at the hearing but the defendant was told he would be notified ahead of the hearing at crown.

Bunyan was granted bail with one condition – that he is not to have any unsupervised contact with any child under 18 other than contact which is unavoidable and inadvertent in the course of daily life.

October 2021

Registered sex offender handed jail sentence

A 23-year-old registered sex offender has been handed a two year and two month spell in prison after breaching his conditions.

Lewis Garraway, aged 23, previously of Pilton Close, Northampton, is subject to a number of requirements including having to notify police should he be in close proximity to any child.

However, Garraway ignored this rule and rented a room in his house in January 2021 to a father who often had his children, aged four and eight, around to stay. The father had no idea Garraway was a registered sex offender with conditions to abide by.

Police discovered this situation through one of the MOSOVO Team’s regular checks and Garraway was immediately charged with failing to comply with his notification requirements.

Following the charges, Garraway failed to attend his police bail appointments on a number of occasions and also failed to appear at court for his first hearing. He was eventually sentenced to two years and two months in prison for the offences.

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July 2021

Puppy battered so severely that it had to be put down in act of ‘deliberate cruelty’

A dog owner who abused his puppy so severely that she had to be put down has been jailed.

Jerome Lothian left his crossbreed bulldog, named Mula, with multiple broken bones after severely beating her. The pooch also had features to her leg, pelvis and spine after a two month ordeal of abuse from her owner.

A court heard that the thug tried to blame the injuries on falling from a sofa and a step before experts deduced that she had suffered “severe blunt force trauma”.

It is understood that the PDSA animal charity contacted the RSPCA following concerns that Mula had an array injuries over just a few months, without a reasonable explanation.

The young pooch had old fractures that had not been treated, plus a new fracture in her hind leg.

She was struggling to walk on her back legs and was bleeding from her nostrils, as well as having wounds to her mouth and tongue.

The vet felt the extent of Mula’s injuries, even with extensive treatment, meant that she would be left in chronic pain and felt the kindest option was to put her to sleep to end her suffering.

Lothian’s partner, Danielle Toni O’Brien, was also on trial for her involvement with what happened to Mula.

Magistrates heard that O’Brien refused to allow Mula to be euthanised, resulting in police being called.

Helen Mead, an inspector with the RSPCA, sat with the helpless puppy as they waited for police.

She said the dog barely moved, but after some time Mula used her front legs to shift herself forward for a tummy rub and rested her head in the officer’s hands.

Neither Lothian or O’Brian could give reasonable explanations as to how most of the injuries happened and there were a number of discrepancies between their stories.

Vets concluded that Mula was made to suffer as a result of physical abuse whilst Lothian was responsible for her.

The court concluded that the pair failed to provide vet care for the young puppy, allowing her to suffer.

Lothian was found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the puppy and other animal welfare offences at Nottingham Magistrates Court.

On July 7, he was jailed for 16 weeks and banned from keeping animals for life.

The 28-year-old, of Carlton, Nottinghamshire, was also order to pay £2,000 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.

O’Brien, of Nottingham, was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation requirement days and a deprivation order relating to another dog she owns was issued.

The 31-year-old was also ordered to pay £2,000 costs and a £85 victim surcharge.

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July 2021

Man who sexually abused boy from the age of four in the 1980s is locked up

A child abuser who repeatedly sexually assaulted a little boy in the 1980s has been sentenced.

Ricky Towson was convicted by a jury of 11 counts of abuse, which began when the child was aged between four and 12.

Leicester Crown Court was told the victim suffered long lasting “mental torture” because of the assaults.

Towson was himself aged 12 when he began molesting the boy and only stopped when the boy and his family moved out of the area.

Towson, now aged 51, of Oxford Street, in Leicester city centre, denied the historic charges, but was found guilty of nine offences of indecently assaulting a child under 13 and two of indecency with a child under 13.

Victoria Rose, prosecuting, told the court the victim had written a personal impact statement in which he said Towson had caused him to feel worthless, “like a nobody” and with “crippling self-doubt.”

She said the victim described, during the trial, of having been abused on an almost weekly basis.

Delays in bringing the case to court were “a living nightmare” for him, but when the defendant was found guilty the complainant felt “a sense of relief,” the court was told.

Miss Rose said the victim now, with support from his family and partner, felt more positive and wanted to start his life afresh.

Sentencing, Judge Ebrahim Mooncey said of the victim: “He says he turned to drink and that he was an emotional wreck at times.

“He thinks he may have enjoyed a different life had it not been for you.

“I have to deal with you for multiple offences over many years.

Towson was jailed for seven years, of which he was told he will serve at least two thirds.

He will also have to enlist on a sex offender register indefinitely.

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July 2021

Perv caught with nearly 32 hours of sick sexual videos featuring children

A pervert was caught with more than 30 hours of sick videos featuring children between the ages of two and 15 being sexually abused, raped or torturd

Alasdair Rae, 20, was at home with his parents and sister when police raided the property to execute a search warrant at 7.50 am on July 2 last year.

Officers discovered hundreds of indecent images and videos of children on an iPad and iPhone belonging to Rae.

They also discovered online chats between Rae and an account called “Olivia” discussing and exchanging illicit images of children.

Fiscal depute Lynne MacVicar told Aberdeen Sheriff Court Rae confirmed the iPad and iPhone were his and said: “There’ll be stuff on them.”

He was taken to Kittybrewster and interviewed under caution when he made “various admissions”.

Police examined the devices and found internet searches for terms associated with indecent images of children.

Police found 361 images and videos on the iPad, including more than 100 videos classed as category A, the most serious.

On the iPhone 129 images and videos were found, including 28 category A videos.

The total play length of the videos found on both devices was 31 hours and 54 minutes.

Ms MacVicar added: “When the iPhone was examined, an instant message application ‘Telegram’ was found to be installed.

“When this was examined, a chat was found between the accused and an account named “Olivia”, in which the accused and the user of the Olivia account discussed and exchanged illicit images of children.”

The court heard the images and videos recovered featured children estimated to be between two and 15 years of age engaged in sexual activity and sexualised posing.

Rae, of Dubford Place, Bridge of Don, pled guilty to three charges, including taking, permitting to be taken or making indecent images or pseudo-images of children

He also admitted possession of such images and distributing or showing such images to others

The offences were committed at an address in Ellon or elsewhere.

Sheriff Graham Buchanan deferred sentence for reports, and defence agent David Sutherland reserved mitigation until the sentencing hearing.

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July 2021

Sex offender who wanted to meet young girls caught by ‘paedophile hunters’

A sex offender who wanted to meet a child has been caught by ‘paedophile hunters’.

Mark Bunyan of Back Lane, Malvern was in reality talking on the internet to ‘decoy’ children, one calling themselves ‘tiny girl’, and not real children after a string by a group set up to bring online predators to justice.

The 55-year-old admitted two charges of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child when he appeared before magistrates in Worcester on Thursday.

He indicated guilty pleas to sexual communication between January 6 and 16 this year in Malvern via Kik and a further charge between January 9 and 16 this year, again via Kik.

The charges are listed as ‘attempts’ because no real children were involved in the commission of the offences.

Elizabeth Blacklock, prosecuting, said the case was not suitable to be heard by magistrates and asked that it be committed to the crown court for sentence.

Miss Blacklock said Bunyan had sent sexual pictures to decoys who had identified themselves as being 14, the profiles set up by ‘a paedophile hunter group’. Bunyan had also asked them to send him ‘images of themselves in their underwear in return’, she told the court.