JOHN DILLAMORE PINNER SEX OFFENDERS CASE SHOCKS COMMUNITY

In March 2012, a man from Pinner named John Dillamore faced legal consequences for failing to update his address on the Sex Offenders Register, a requirement given his prior conviction. The incident took place at Hendon Magistrates’ Court, where Dillamore, aged 67 and residing at Thurlestone, Pinner Hill, was handed a fine of £150 along with an additional costs of £100 for neglecting to notify authorities about his change of residence.

To understand the gravity of this case, it is essential to revisit Dillamore’s criminal history. Nearly eight years earlier, he was charged with serious offenses involving the exploitation of minors. Specifically, he was accused of incitement to procure a girl under the age of 21 for unlawful sexual acts, attempting to incite such procurement, and attempting to distribute indecent photographs of children. Dillamore admitted to these charges, which led to a significant sentence at the Old Bailey on August 5, 2004. He was sentenced to 12 months in custody, with an extension period of three years, reflecting the severity of his crimes.

Further details emerged from the 2004 case, revealing Dillamore’s disturbing attempts to engage with minors. An antiques dealer, Dillamore, then aged 59 and living in Pinner Hill, Pinner, hired a prostitute to procure a nine-year-old girl for sex. The prostitute, known only as “Vicky,” was paid £100 to find an underage child. However, she reported the incident to the police, and an undercover officer was assigned to monitor Dillamore’s activities to prevent him from victimizing anyone.

Although Dillamore initially backed out of a planned meeting, he later agreed to pay £180 for two videos depicting a girl having sex with an adult. The Old Bailey heard that Dillamore had discovered Vicky’s phone number through an advertisement in the Harrow Observer and had invited her to his luxurious home, valued at around £1 million. During this encounter, he instructed her to wear a school uniform and paid her £120 to spank her, further illustrating his disturbing intentions.

Prosecutor Justin Rouse revealed that Dillamore had asked Vicky if she wanted to earn extra cash by finding a girl aged between nine and 12, instructing her to keep his phone number in case she located such a minor. Vicky later contacted the police, and on April 8 of the previous year, she called Dillamore, informing him that “Jan,” an undercover officer, would be in touch. Subsequently, on June 9, “Jan” contacted Dillamore, offering to provide a girl, but he refused to meet at a hotel and instead inquired about videos of a ten-year-old girl engaging in sexual acts.

When arrested a week later by the paedophile unit, Dillamore claimed, “All I said was could he get me a younger girl. I just wanted to see if people still did that sort of thing.” Police found a large collection of pornographic videos at his residence, though none were of a paedophilic nature. On March 17 of the previous year, Dillamore admitted to incitement to procure a girl under 16 for unlawful sexual activity and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He also pleaded guilty to attempting to incite the distribution of indecent images of children, receiving a concurrent 12-month sentence with a three-year extended license period.

The prosecution accepted Dillamore’s plea to attempting to procure a girl under 16, which reduced the maximum possible sentence from ten years to two. As part of his sentence, Dillamore was banned from working with children and was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life. His criminal record also includes a previous conviction from ten years prior, when he was fined £15,000 for possessing three indecent photographs of young girls. Judge Warwick McKinnon emphasized the public’s abhorrence of such offenses, stating, “I must reflect the public’s abhorrence of such offences. Nothing other than an immediate custodial sentence could be justified.”