Convicted sex offender Trevor Norkett lived a secret double life by dressing up as a priest, duping people into giving him their trust.
Norkett, of Collonade Gardens, Eastbourne, was jailed for two years yesterday after Lewes Crown Court heard how he carried off the bizarre deception.
He had deceived them by dressing up as a cleric called Father Terry Moat, a guise he had regularly taken on, often turning himself into the bogus priest just to go to the pub.
As a priest, he was treated with respect and those around him had faith in him.
He had previously been convicted of gross indecency with a young boy and was under a sex offender order which included a ban on him adopting the guise of a cleric.
He breached that order when he conducted a funeral service in August.
The deception only surfaced when police found religious garments, including a clerical shirt and two white dog collars, at his home during a routine sex offender check.
He admitted to police he had dressed as a minister at least twice a week for a year.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United States
- based on first name
36.9%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
36.9%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
life by dressing up as a priest, duping people into giving him their trust. Norkett, of Collonade Gardens, Eastbourne, was jailed for two years yesterday after Lewes Crown Court heard how he carried off the bizarre deception. He had dece...
Prison sentence
two years
Norkett, of Collonade Gardens, Eastbourne, was jailed for two years yesterday after Lewes Crown Court heard how he carried off the bizarre deception
