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Major football supporters' group condemn plans by police to use invisible DNA tagging spray to mark hooligans in bid to trace offenders
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Headteacher, 65, who sexually abused girls over a nine-year period is jailed
A disgraced headteacher who sexually assaulted three teenage girls while at school has been jailed. Mark Bocker, 65, assaulted the school girls over a nine-year period between 2007 and 2016 at a school in the Oswaldtwistle area. Bocker, of Gores Lane, Formby was convicted of three counts of sexual assault contrary to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 following a trial last month. He was sentenced today at Burnley Crown Court to just 42 months behind bars. He was also given an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and will be on the sex offenders' register for life. Police Investigating Officer Amanda Gallery said: 'First and foremost I would like to praise these girls for having the courage to come forward and report to us what happened to them. 'I hope the guilty verdicts and sentence give them some sense that justice has been done. 'I would encourage anyone who has been a victim of sexual offending, no matter how long ago, to come and speak to us confident that we will investigate sensitively and professionally and will aim to put offenders before the courts.' Disgraced headteacher Mark Bocker, 65, who sexually assaulted three teenage girls while at school has been jailed Bocker also appeared before the courts in March 2022 after he admitted possession of indecent images. Police found the child abuse images on one of Smith's phones and said these included images of girls as young as eight being abused. As many as 13 images fell into Category A, the most serious, while 23 were in Category B and 46 were in Category C. Bocker was handed a six month jail term, suspended for 18 months, and was also ordered to complete rehabilitation courses.
The Independent
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Moment fake nurse who treated 4,000 patients without a license is arrested by police
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