Latest news with #childsexoffences
BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Five Wells prison officer charged with child sex offences
A prison officer at a privately run male prison has been charged with a number of child sex Evans, 36, of Archangel Square, Northampton, has been charged with five offences, including engaging in sexual communication with a child and attempting to arrange or facilitate sexual activity with a Evans, who works at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, appeared at Northampton Magistrates' Court on pleas were submitted and he will appear at Northampton Crown Court on 4 July. The 36-year-old is also accused of attempting to cause a child aged 13-15 to watch or look at an image of sexual activity and possession of cocaine.A spokesperson for HMP Five Wells said: "We can confirm that an employee was arrested on Wednesday, 21 May by Northamptonshire Police."It would be inappropriate for us to comment further." Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Malay Mail
21-05-2025
- Malay Mail
Singaporean Amos Yee faces more jail time after parole breach, possible lifetime monitoring
SINGAPORE, May 21 — Amos Yee, a Singaporean convicted of child sex offences in the United States, will remain in prison for at least another six months after breaching the terms of his parole. The Straits Times reported today that the Illinois Department of Corrections said Yee, 26, is now scheduled for potential release on parole on November 7, 2025. That date marks exactly two years since he was returned to custody after initially being granted early parole in October 2023. He had been due for full release in April this year. His updated projected discharge date is listed as 'three years to life', with the final duration to be determined by the authorities. In Illinois, this refers to when an individual is expected to complete their parole, formally known as mandatory supervised release. 'Amos Yee is not eligible to resume mandatory supervised release until Nov 7, 2025, due to the Prisoner Review Board determining he violated the terms of his release,' a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Corrections said to The Straits Times. No further details were given at the time of writing. Yee is currently held at Danville Correctional Centre, a medium-security adult prison in Illinois. In October 2020, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment at Illinois River Correctional Centre after pleading guilty to grooming a 14-year-old girl and possessing child sexual abuse material. He was granted early parole in 2023 but was returned to custody a month later. Yee moved to the US in late 2016, shortly before he was due to enlist for national service in Singapore. He was granted political asylum the following year, after claiming he was being persecuted for his views. Prior to leaving Singapore, he had been jailed twice for separate incidents related to content he posted online. He remains listed on the US sex offender registry.
News.com.au
15-05-2025
- News.com.au
Former NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon charged with breaching bail while fighting child sex offences
A former NSW Liberal MP charged with child sex offences has been arrested after allegedly breaching his bail conditions. Former Pittwater MP Rory Amon was arrested at the Day St police station in Sydney's CBD about 10pm on Wednesday after allegedly breaching the conditions of his bail. In a statement, NSW Police said Mr Amon had since been charged and was refused bail to appear before the Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday. The 35-year-old pleaded not guilty earlier this year to five counts of sexual intercourse with a child aged between 10 and 14. He is also facing two counts each of charges of attempted sexual intercourse with a child of the same age and indecent assault of someone under 16. Mr Amon resigned from the NSW parliament within hours of being charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy in Mona Vale, North Sydney in 2017. The charges relate to two separate alleged encounters with the boy who prosecutors alleged in documents tendered to court in March met Mr Amon on a gay hook-up app. The first alleged incident was said to have occurred in the bathroom of an underground carpark where the 13-year-old is alleged to have performed oral sex. The second alleged incident occurred in the same bathroom, during which police allege Mr Amon performed oral sex on the teen and attempted anal intercourse. Police allege the complainant told Mr Amon in their initial discussion online – before they had met – that he was 17 years old, while the former Pittwater MP claimed to be 15. The documents state the boy ceased contact with Mr Amon sometime after before making disclosures to a head teacher at his school who made a report to police. The boy resumed contact with Mr Amon years later on the app Grindr where Mr Amon allegedly sent sexual messages from multiple accounts. Mr Amon had sought to relocate from North Sydney where he claimed to have 'faced difficulties' to Potts Point in March. The application was dismissed by the court following evidence that the complainant feared running into Mr Amon, a circumstance the boy said could be 'personally catastrophic'.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Cardiff: Hospital worker guilty of sex offences against children
A hospital worker has pleaded guilty to a number of sex offences against Turner, 51, from Roath, Cardiff, an operating theatre assistant at University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, admitted six charges of arranging the commission of child sex offences, and two charges of making indecent images of a Compton, 45, of Cathays, Cardiff also pleaded guilty to six charges of arranging the commission of child sex defendants were previously charged with conspiracy to murder, but the prosecution indicated to the court that they have now been dropped. The defendants pleaded not guilty to a number of other conspiracy charges, including conspiring to rape a girl, conspiring to sexually assault, and kidnap. Those charges will now lie on defendants were remanded in custody, and will be sentenced on 28 July. They were warned by judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke that a custodial sentence was inevitable.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- BBC News
William Maher: Former teacher jailed for offences against pupils
A former teacher has been given a two-year sentence with half to be served in prison and half on licence after he pleaded guilty to child sex Maher, 37, of Shaftesbury Drive in Bangor, previously admitted to three charges of inciting two different children under the age of 13 into sexual also admitted three charges of sexual communication with a child against two Crown Court heard Maher taught at a primary school in east Belfast at the time the offences took place. A judge told the court that Maher's offending "constituted a significant breach of trust".The court heard last year Maher received a three-year probation order after pleading guilty to sexual communication with two was also made the subject of a five-year Sexual Offences Prevention Order at the judge on Monday handed Maher a further Sexual Offences Prevention Order which includes the condition that he is not to have any contact with the victims in the will also spend 10 years on the sex offenders register. 'Preyed on innocence' Det Con Eszter Aszmann said: "Maher preyed on the innocence of his extremely young victims, who should at their age, never have been exposed to the sexual conversations he initiated with them."It is often incredibly difficult for young children, to raise the alarm when an adult they trust targets them in such a way."I would like to acknowledge the bravery of these young victims and thank the parents for their unwavering support in helping us to bring Maher before the courts."
