COACH DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD SEX OFFENCES
Update 21/05/2026: Raymond Tointon, aged 58 from Long Chaulden, denied allegations of sexually assaulting a girl over 13 in 2013.After a trial held in March at St Albans Crown Court, a jury found him guilty.
Tointon, who previously worked as a school bus driver, admitted to three charges of creating indecent images of children, three charges of distributing those images, and one charge of attempting to communicate sexually with a minor.
The crimes took place between April 2024 and May 2025 and were not connected to his job.
Authorities examined Tointon’s devices and discovered 194 Category A images, representing the most serious form of child abuse images.
Additionally, he possessed 99 Category B and 97 Category C images.
The court was informed that Tointon engaged in online sexually explicit conversations with what he believed was a 13-year-old girl, only to find out it was a decoy account operated by an online activist group.
He sent images of himself and explicit messages during these interactions.
Furthermore, he used platforms such as Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram to communicate with numerous other accounts.
On Wednesday, 20 May, at St Albans Crown Court, Tointon was sentenced to seven years in prison, with an additional two years on extended licence, reflecting the gravity of his offences.
He was also subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which will severely limit his online access and interaction with children after his release.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Raymond Tointon, 57, of Hemel Hempstead, has pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, three counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child, and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.
He pleaded not guilty to conspiring to engage in sexual activity with a female aged 13 to 17, and to attempting to cause/incite a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.
He is next scheduled to appear at St Albans Crown Court on Wednesday, December 17, with a trial expected to begin in March next year.
