July 2020

Woman admits child abuse offences including inciting child prostitution and production of child sexual abuse images

A Whittlesey woman has been sentenced to 19 years custody – spread between hospital and jail – after admitting child sex offences, including rape, inciting prostitution and production of child abuse images

Lee Calder, 31, of Peterborough Road appeared at Peterborough Crown Court on July 23 via video link where she admitted 14 offences.

She admitted seven counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration and four counts of causing or inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

Calder also admitted three counts of causing or inciting child prostitution and producing child sexual abuse images or videos

On May 7, Calder’s partner at the time of the abuse, 29-year-old Guy Delph, and his uncle, 28-year-old Kieran Burton, were both jailed for their parts in the crimes.

The men admitted abusing the same four girls, as well as a fifth for three years from birth.

Burton also admitted owning a ‘paedophile manual’ containing advice and guidance on the abuse of children and making more than 35,000 indecent images of children.

Delph, of Kemps Close, Downham Market, Norfolk, was sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 12-and-a-half years before being considered for parole.

He had previously admitted rape of a child under 13, four counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration, four counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, two counts of causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography and taking an indecent photograph of a child.

He also pleaded guilty to six charges of making indecent images of a child including 136 category A, 100 category B and 1,448 category C; category A being the most severe.

Burton, of Malthouse Road, Downham Market, Norfolk, received a 13-year-sentence, of which he must serve a minimum of eight years in prison before being considered for parole.

He had previously pleaded guilty to causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, distributing indecent photographs of children, possessing an extreme pornographic image, possessing a paedophile manual and five counts of making indecent photographs of a child including 1,935 category A images, 891 category A videos, 2,978 category B images, 678 category B videos, 28,977 category C images and 362 category C videos.

Both men were also made subject of life-long Sexual Harm Prevention Orders (SHPO) and placed on the Sex Offenders Register.

The offending came to light in the spring of 2018, when Burton was being investigated by Norfolk police in connection with indecent images of children being uploaded to an internet messaging platform.

Information was then passed to Cambridgeshire police about Delph, Burton’s nephew, who he claimed they were in regular contact with each other in relation to their mutual interest in indecent images of children and eluded to possible offences taking place in Cambridgeshire.

Further investigation uncovered a number of suspected crimes against children in the Peterborough area by Burton, Delph and Calder.

Four warrants were carried out in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk on 28 October, 2018, resulting in the arrest of all three adults.

Searches of the properties revealed 85 electronic devices, hosting tens of thousands of indecent images and videos of children.

Alongside children as young as one, many of the images included adults who were later confirmed to be Delph and Calder.

May 2020

Paedophile ring members jailed

A “manipulative” child rapist who shared his abuse images with his uncle has been given a life sentence.

Kieran Burton, 28, and Guy Delph, 29, admitted abusing four girls between three and 10 over a period of two years, and a fifth for three years from birth.

Delph’s girlfriend, Lee Calder, 31, admitted abusing four of the girls.

Burton admitted offences including owning a ‘paedophile manual’ containing advice and guidance on the abuse of children and making more than 35,000 indecent images of children.

Delph sent images to Burton who put them “into wider circulation” with other paedophiles online.

A judge said the offences would be seen with “shock and utter revulsion”.

Delph, of Whittlesey, Peterborough, must serve a minimum of 12 and a half years, and Burton, of Wereham, King’s Lynn, at least eight years.

Judge Matthew Lowe told Peterborough Crown Court that both of the defendants, who had no previous convictions, had a “deep-rooted sexual interest in children, and in particular young children”.

Cambridgeshire Police said the abuse related to four girls aged between three and 10 over a period of two years, and a fifth for three years.

Delph admitted multiple offences, including one count of rape of a child under 13; four counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration; four counts of sexual assault of a child under 13; and two counts of causing or inciting child sex or the creation of child abuse images.

Judge Lowe said Delph, of Peterborough Road, had “manipulative and deceptive character traits”, while he described Burton as an “avid consumer of sexual images of children”.

The court was told Burton was found with a manual “containing instructions for paedophiles”.

Burton, of Malthouse Row, Church Road, was given an extended 13-year jail term, made up of eight years in custody, with an extension of five years.

He pleaded guilty to causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, distributing indecent photographs of children, possessing an extreme pornographic image, possessing a paedophile manual and five counts of making indecent photographs of a child.

Calder, of Peterborough Road, Whittlesey, pleaded guilty to seven counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration, four counts of causing or inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity and three counts of causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography.

She will be sentenced at a later date.

The offending came to light in the spring of 2018, when Burton was being investigated by Norfolk police in connection with indecent images of children being uploaded to an internet messaging platform.

Information was then passed to Cambridgeshire police about Delph, Burton’s nephew, who he claimed they were in regular contact with each other in relation to their mutual interest in indecent images of children and eluded to possible offences taking place in Cambridgeshire.

Further investigation uncovered a number of suspected crimes against children in the Peterborough area by Burton, Delph and Calder.

Four warrants were carried out in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk on 28 October, 2018, resulting in the arrest of all three adults. Searches of the properties revealed 85 electronic devices, hosting tens of thousands of indecent images and videos of children.

Alongside children as young as one, many of the images included adults who were later confirmed to be Delph and Calder.

May 2020

Whittlesey woman admits sexual offences against children in Peterborough – two others due to be sentenced

Two men and a woman have admitted a number of serious sexual offences against a very young girl

Guy Delph (28) (pictured) of Kemps Close, Downham Market, Norfolk, has admitted:

• Rape of a child under 13,

• Four counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration,

• Four counts of sexual assault of a child under 13,

• Two counts of causing or inciting child prostitution or pornography,

• Taking an indecent photograph of a child

• Six counts of making indecent images of a child.

Kieran Burton (28,) of Malthouse Road, Downham Market, Norfolk, pleaded guilty to:

• Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity,

• Distributing indecent photographs of children,

• Possessing an extreme pornographic image,

• Possessing a paedophile manual – which contained advice and guidance on sexually abusing children

• Five counts of making indecent photographs of a child.