BLACKPOOL PAEDOPHILE FOUND GUILTY OF 17 SEXUAL OFFENCES
A man from Blackpool has been charged with 17 sexual offences, including child sex offences.57-year-old Stuart Williams was arrested after messaging decoys he believed were young girls.
He was caught by undercover police officers three times, once whilst he was on bail for the first two.
Lancashire Police launched an investigation into Williams, and uncovered three reports of historic sexual offences against children.
An adult also reported a sexual offence by Williams against her.
During cross examination, Williams accidentally admitted two offences of making indecent images of children.
Despite pleading not guilty, Williams has been charged with: Three counts of indecent assaults of a girl under the age of 14; Attempted rape of a female under the age of 16; Four counts of sexually assaulting a female age 13 and over; Two counts of sexual assault of a female; Three counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child; Possession of Category B indecent images of children; Possession of Category C indecent images of children.
He's set to be sentenced on 9th February.
—————————————————————————————————— PERVERT FORMER SCHOOL CARETAKER STUART WILLIAMS LOCKED UP A paedophile former school caretaker who inadvertently admitted to further offences while giving evidence in court has been jailed.
Stuart Williams was standing trial over a range of sexual offences at Preston Crown Court when he 'mistakenly' admitted two offences of making indecent images of children.
Williams, 57, formerly of Moore Street, Blackpool, was standing trial over the following offences: - Three counts of indecent assaults of a girl under the age of 14.
- Attempted rape of a female under the age of 16.
- Four counts of sexually assaulting a female age 13 and over.
- Two counts of sexual assault of a female.
- Two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child.
- Three counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child.
- Possession of Category B indecent images of children.
- Possession of Category C indecent images of children.
He was caught in his despicable crimes by officers from Lancashire Police, the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit and Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit for South Wales, when he began messaging someone he thought was a 12-year-old girl.
Williams proceeded to send inappropriate messages and images and discussed arrangements to meet up with the child.
Enquiries led officers to identify the person messaging as Williams.
They attended his address, where he was arrested on suspicion of sexual communication with a child.
Following his arrest, he was bailed with conditions whilst enquiries continued.
Whilst on bail, he began messaging another person online, who he believed was a 13-year-old girl.
Williams began asking the girl where she lived and sending inappropriate messages, suggesting they meet up.
The people Williams was speaking to for these offences were not real children.
When Williams’ phone was later examined, officers found five category B indecent images of children and 34 category C indecent images of children.
Officers spoke to three women who had made reports of historic sexual offences committed by Williams.
A fourth adult victim also came forward and disclosed sexual offences committed by Williams to police.
These offences took place in Penwortham and Lytham, one of which whilst he was working as a school caretaker.
Williams denied the offences, pleading not guilty and running a 12-day trial.
However, during that trial, he inadvertently admitted to a further two offences of making indecent images of children whilst he was giving evidence.
A jury saw through his lies in just three hours and found him guilty of all the offences.
He returned to the dock at Preston Crown Court last week and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
As his offending took place before the current legislation came into force, he was sentenced in accordance with the legislation at the time of his offending.
One victim said: “This experience has had a profound and lasting effect on my life.
Although the court case has concluded, the impact of Williams actions has not.
I continue to live with the emotional and psychological consequences every day.
The assault has affected my sense of safety, my independence, my mental health, and my ability to live a normal life.
These effects are ongoing and will remain with me for the foreseeable future.” Another victim said: “For years, I didn’t report it.
I thought my trauma wasn’t 'bad enough' compared to others.
But I know now it was.
It mattered.
And I feel guilt.
Guilt that by staying silent, I might have allowed him to hurt others.
That thought haunts me.
Stuart, I hope you truly understand the devastation you caused.
I hope you reflect on the lifelong harm you’ve inflicted, not just on me, but on others.
And I hope you seek help for your deviant behaviour, because what you've done has destroyed lives.” DC Hannah Sturgess of Preston CID said: “Firstly, I want to mention the victims.
Their courage and strength in coming forward and disclosing what Williams had done to them undoubtedly helped us bring him to justice.
I hope they can now begin to move forward with their lives knowing that he is behind bars.
Williams is a despicable paedophile.
He preyed on people, some of whom were children and in one case abused his position of trust as a school employee.
I am thankful that these people were in fact highly-trained police officers, meaning that Williams couldn’t abuse more children online.
I’m grateful to my Regional Organised Crime Unit colleagues in the North West and South Wales for their work during this investigation.
“I want to send a message to anyone reading this today who may be a victim of any sexual offence.
Please know that if you make a report to us, we will listen to you, we will investigate appropriately and we will do all we can to get you justice.”
