March 2012

Jail for paedophile from Chalfont St Peter who abused boys a decade apart

A PAEDOPHILE who sexually abused two boys ten years apart has been jailed for 20 months.

Niall Stack’s actions were described as “deliberate and calculated” in a report that looked at his offending.

Amersham Crown Court heard today the 55-year-old performed a sex act on one of the children – with the boy pretending to be asleep during his ordeal.

Stack’s offending didn’t come to light until nearly a decade later however when he abused a second young boy, who was just 11 years old.

But the older boy said he “blamed himself” for the abuse the second child suffered because he felt he could have stopped it if he had come forward earlier.

The court heard the first boy had become “anxious and insecure” as a result of the abuse.

Merrill Hughes, prosecuting, told the court he failed to graduate from university and “the sexual abuse was the main reason for that.”

The second boy became “withdrawn” and suffered from recurring nightmares as a result of Stack’s abuse, the court was told.

Stack, of Wheatley Way, Chalfont St Peter, bowed his head and looked at the floor through much of the hearing and at one point appeared to cover his ears with his hands as details of his offending were read out in court.

Judge Lord Parmoor said Stack “became infatuated” with the first boy and abused him “on at least two occasions”.

He told Stack it was “deliberate, targeted sexual abuse” and he was “slaking your lust upon these children”.

The judge said: “Your first victim blames himself for the fact you had the chance to do the same to [the second child], which of course makes it worse.”

In addition to the prison sentence Stack will be placed on the Sex Offender’s Register for ten years, be barred from having unsupervised contact with boys under the age of 16 until further notice, and be banned from working with children for 12 months.

He pleaded guilty to two charges of indecent assault on a boy under the age of 14 and one of sexual assault on a boy under the age of 13 at an earlier hearing.