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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Daily Mail
Retired vicar, 79, admits role in 'Eunuch Maker' castration ring after using nail scissors on man's penis and swapping 10,000 messages with ringleader
A retired vicar has today admitted his role in a castration ring with a self-styled 'Eunuch Maker' after he was found using nail scissors on a man's penis. Geoffrey Baulcomb, 79, who was expelled from the Church of England last year by a disciplinary panel, was still ordained at the time of his offences. The 79-year-old today pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent at the Old Bailey, after he was captured enlarging the opening of a man's urethra in a nine-second video of the incident. The footage, which was found on the vicar's mobile phone, is said to have been filmed on January 4, 2020. He was later arrested in December 2022. Baulcomb previously admitted to three counts of making indecent images of a child, namely one Category A image, four Category B images and 37 Category C indecent images. Three further charges against Baulcomb related to possession of extreme pornography, one of which related to eight images of a person performing an act of intercourse with a live or dead unknown animal. Another involved '182 images which portrayed in an explicit and realistic way an act which resulted or was likely to result in serious injury to a person's anus, breasts or genitals and which were grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.' The images were linked to 'Eunuch Maker' Marius Gustavson's website, who mutilated paying customers and streamed it online. Gustavson, from Norway, who had his own penis cut off, a nipple removed and his leg frozen so it had to be amputated, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years in May 2024. His penis was found in a drawer in his home almost four years after it had been amputated. Judge Nigel Lickley KC today told Baulcomb he would likely face 'a custodial sentence of some length'. He added: 'The sentence will be on September 1. You are required to be here, if you are not here you are likely to be arrested. 'The date may move, things change so keep in touch with your legal advisors. Your bail will be as before - you are free to go today, thank you.' Baulcomb was granted conditional bail, ordering him not to attend any Church of England premises or functions and to have no contact with children under the age of 18. Prosecutor Caroline Carberry said: 'This defendant is not deemed a flight risk by the police in this case. He has been on bail for a really long period of time now.' Baulcomb will be sentenced on September 1. Police raided Baulcomb's £25,000 cottage near Eastbourne in December 2022 and found a stash of heroin along with the tranquilliser ketamine. He accepted a police caution for possessing the substances and told church officials he had been buying and using drugs, including heroin, 'periodically' for 20 years. The Church of England's (CofE) disciplinary tribunal had 'utterly rejected' his claim that taking drugs 'assisted him in carrying out his pastoral mission'. Baulcomb, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was ordained as a priest in 1970, according to the Church of England website. He retired from the historic St Mary the Virgin church in Eastbourne, East Sussex, several years ago but was still ordained at the time of the offences. The diocese said the Baulcomb's permission to officiate was immediately removed after being contacted by police. A statement said: 'The Diocese wishes to put on record our gratitude for the Metropolitan Police's pro-active approach to information sharing and partnership working, which has enabled us to manage the risks Mr Baulcomb has presented whilst under investigation.'
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Teacher Simon Clark who posed as teen to groom girls is jailed
A 46-year-old teacher who posed as a teenager online to ask girls for indecent images of themselves has been jailed for eight Clark, from Ellesmore Port, Cheshire, was a teacher in Flintshire when he pretended to be a 14-year-old boy and sent messages to 26 girls aged between 10 and previously admitted 29 offences including inciting children under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and 21 counts of sexual communication with a child and making indecent images of children - 26 of which were in the most serious offences came to light in January 2023, when a mother saw explicit messages from the father-of-two on her 12-year-old daughter's laptop. Chester Crown Court heard the messages included requests for pictures of the girl's body, which the mother reported to North Wales account was in the name of Jamie_jones6968 who claimed to be a schoolboy in England, but the IP address of the account which sent the messages was traced to Clark. The court heard the case was then passed to detectives from the Online Child Abuse Investigation Team at Cheshire were seized from Clark's home where police found hundreds of messages to dozens of girls - many under the age of had sent indecent videos to some girls and asked for them to send some back to Police praised the complainants for their bravery and described Clark as a sexual predator who despite being in a position of trust, continued his crimes to "satisfy his own warped sexual desires".Sentencing him to eight years, Judge Simon Berkson said his crimes were "a parent's worst nightmare" and showed "clear grooming of young girls".He said it was "well planned, sophisticated, criminal behaviour". As a result he said Clark had "lost everything" including his job, marriage and unsupervised access to his own young will face an extended four years on licence at the end of his NSPCC spokesperson said: "As a teacher Clark had a duty to keep children safe."Instead for seven years he posed as a teenage boy on a social media platform, using his fake profile to target and groom young girls before persuading them to send naked images of themselves."This kind of sexual abuse can have a devasting impact on the victims and it is vital all the children involved in this case have access to the support they need to move forwards with their lives."This case also highlights the need for social media sites to be doing much more to protect children and prevent offenders like Clark from using their platforms to carry out their crimes."
BBC News
29-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Bedworth man jailed over indecent images of children
A man who police said was a "managed" sex offender has been jailed after indecent images of children were found on his Warwick Crown Court, David Seccull, 68, pleaded guilty to making and distributing category A, B and C images, possession of prohibited images and possession of extreme Police said Seccull had almost completed his time as a "managed sex offender" when officers received information that he was continuing to offend and executed a warrant at his address in August last was sentenced on Friday to three years and two months in prison. On 2 May, Seccull, from Bedworth, also pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article, in relation to a separate incident where he turned up with a knife while answering bail, police Naomi Radford, of Warwickshire Police, said Seccull would be on the sex offenders register for 10 years and would also be subject to a sexual harm prevention order. "Hopefully this case shows that even when offenders think we are not watching them, we are always there and if you continue to engage in illegal activity online then we will work hard to prosecute you," she added."I hope prison serves as a reminder to Seccull of the harm his behaviour has caused to his victims." Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
29-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Man made 'depraved' images of children using AI
A man used artificial intelligence (AI) to generate hundreds of indecent images of children, police have Police said Thomas Rowley, was found to have more than 1,900 images on his computer and phone, including 882 category A pictures showing the most severe kinds of were a mix of images generated by AI based on Rowley's prompts and indecent images downloaded from the internet, the force 43-year-old, of Old School Lane, Creswell, Derbyshire, was given a 15-month prison term, suspended for two years, when he appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday. 'Depraved act' Rowley had pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent pseudo-photographs of children at a previous had also admitted being in possession of 21 prohibited images of children when he was arrested last said the offences happened between 9 January 2021 and 9 January Summer Smith, from the force's public protection unit, said: "This depraved act involving the use of AI is treated just as severely as using actual photographs. "Offenders who are thinking of engaging with this type of activity will be caught and face the full consequences of their actions."Rowley was also made the subject of a five-year sexual harm prevention order that will restrict his online activities and require the offender to register any devices he uses with the police. His name will also remain on the sex offender register for 10 years.
BBC News
28-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Ex-policeman sentenced over indecent images of children
A former policeman from Exeter has admitted possessing indecent images of children more than three years after he was Bramwell, 55, of Causey Gardens, pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing images ranging from category A - the most severe - to category Crown Court heard Bramwell, a former sergeant in Devon and Cornwall Police, served for 22 years as an officer and was in the Royal Engineers for 10 years, where he was a lance was sentenced to a 12-month conditional discharge on each count, placed on the sex offenders register for a year and given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for five years. 'One occasion' The court was told Bramwell suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following an incident during his military judge was told Bramwell was dismissed from the Devon and Cornwall force in 2021 and he now worked as a factory court also heard he downloaded the nine images on to his mobile phone on one occasion on one day in October Don Tait said Bramwell had lost his good judge said, as a serving police officer, Bramwell would have known how prevalent such types of offences were.
