The trial of David Keen, aged 29, of Bognor, was due to start today at Lewes Crown Court when the defendant pleaded guilty to a further two matters relating to sexual assault on a teenage boy and sexual activity with a child under 16.
He also pleaded guilty to nine offences relating to sexual activity with a 13 year old boy from Australia.
Keen has now pleaded guilty to 28 matters in total. These range from possessing, making and distributing indecent images of children, to sexual activity with children under 16, and conspiracy to commit such offences. He was found in possession of more than 5,000 indecent images of children.
His co-defendant John Churchley, 59, of Littlehampton, has pleaded guilty to 15 offences. Churchley was in possession of more than 25,000 indecent images of children.
Sentencing of Keen has been adjourned for reports and the next hearing for both men will be on May 19. Sentencing of both men is expected to be on July 12.
Police, social services, education and other support agencies have been working closely on this investigation in order to provide support to the victims, most of whom eachother, and their families.
DI Jeff Riley, Major Crime Branch, who has led the investigation, said: "We are working with a number of partner agencies to support the children who came to notice during the investigation, as well as their families, and this support will be given to anyone else who may be coming forward.
"We are in possession of a small number of identifiable images of young men whom may be additional victims of David Keen. We encourage them to make contact even at this late stage. We can provide support to them and I ask them if they have been a victim of abuse in relation to this matter or any other to contact their parents, a professional they trust or Childline on 0800 11 11 for support and advice. Alternatively they can contact police direct on 0845 6070999 and quote Operation Addition."
Showing posts with label crown court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crown court. Show all posts
Friday, 7 May 2010
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Cannabis suppliers all found guilty after routine police stop in Lyminster
Four local men from West Sussex appeared at Chichester Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday 30 March) for possession with intent to supply £9,000 worth of cannabis from 13 January 2009 in Arundel.
Aaron Benson, 20, formerly of Lloyd Goring Close, Angmering, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and received a 26 week suspended sentence and ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation program. Credit was given to Benson for pleading guilty at the first opportunity.
Warren Damerel, 20, formerly of Shaftesbury Road, Rustington and Tony Jackman, 23 and James Perilli 25, both formerly of Howard Road, Arundel, all denied the offence and a six day trial took place in which all three were found guilty.
Warren Damerel, received a 33 week suspended sentence. Tony Jackman was jailed for 12 months and James Perilli for 14 months.
The four men were arrested when a police dog unit on routine patrol stopped a BMW on the Lyminster Road, near Littlehampton, last January. The officer spoke to the occupants and noticed an overpowering smell of cannabis from inside. The car was searched and several bags of cannabis were recovered along with a large amount of money. All four men were arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply, with further searches taking place at several identified addresses. Further cannabis was seized at two other addresses in Littlehampton and Arundel. In total, cannabis with a street value of around £9,000 was recovered with cash totalling just under £3,000 being seized through the Proceeds of Crime Act.
DC David Midgley of Arun CID said: "This proactive stop has resulted in £9,000 of cannabis being removed from the streets of Sussex. The four men have received sentences to reflect their criminality and history. The £3,000 seized from the offenders will no doubt be missed by them. This money will be put back into the residents of Sussex, who we serve, through various schemes to reduce crime and target criminals. This case goes to show the offenders who travel on our roads, who commit crime on our streets, will get caught and dealt with robustly by the Criminal Justice System. It hammers home the message that crime does not pay."
Aaron Benson, 20, formerly of Lloyd Goring Close, Angmering, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and received a 26 week suspended sentence and ordered to attend a drug rehabilitation program. Credit was given to Benson for pleading guilty at the first opportunity.
Warren Damerel, 20, formerly of Shaftesbury Road, Rustington and Tony Jackman, 23 and James Perilli 25, both formerly of Howard Road, Arundel, all denied the offence and a six day trial took place in which all three were found guilty.
Warren Damerel, received a 33 week suspended sentence. Tony Jackman was jailed for 12 months and James Perilli for 14 months.
The four men were arrested when a police dog unit on routine patrol stopped a BMW on the Lyminster Road, near Littlehampton, last January. The officer spoke to the occupants and noticed an overpowering smell of cannabis from inside. The car was searched and several bags of cannabis were recovered along with a large amount of money. All four men were arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to supply, with further searches taking place at several identified addresses. Further cannabis was seized at two other addresses in Littlehampton and Arundel. In total, cannabis with a street value of around £9,000 was recovered with cash totalling just under £3,000 being seized through the Proceeds of Crime Act.
DC David Midgley of Arun CID said: "This proactive stop has resulted in £9,000 of cannabis being removed from the streets of Sussex. The four men have received sentences to reflect their criminality and history. The £3,000 seized from the offenders will no doubt be missed by them. This money will be put back into the residents of Sussex, who we serve, through various schemes to reduce crime and target criminals. This case goes to show the offenders who travel on our roads, who commit crime on our streets, will get caught and dealt with robustly by the Criminal Justice System. It hammers home the message that crime does not pay."
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
Littlehampton husband and wife sentenced for catalogue of sex offences
A husband and wife who subjected young girls to horrific sexual abuse have been jailed for a total of 19 years for their crimes.
The woman in her 30s and man in his 50s from Littlehampton appeared at Chichester Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to offences including rape, indecent assault, aiding and abetting buggery and witness intimidation.
The complex case was investigated by the Child Protection Team at Bognor following a report from a young woman in March 2008 to a rape crisis centre that she had been abused by the couple in 2003 when she was aged just 12. At the time, she did not wish to make a report to police.
Just over a year later, a second teenager disclosed to her school that she had suffered sexual abuse at the hands of the couple when she was 14 and a third victim - who was 13 at the time - was then identified by police.
Whilst enquiries were continuing into the pair, the first victim bravely decided that she would support a police prosecution.
In total they were charged with a total of 27 offences. They pleaded guilty to 12 - three against the wife and nine against the husband - and the remaining offences remain on file.
DC John Dudley, who investigated the case over 11 months, said: "This man was a sexual predator who preyed on young girls for his own gratification, aided by his own wife.
"The victims were groomed by the pair over a period of time before the offences started, and they got progressively more serious. The couple were very insistent that the girls were welcome round their house at any time before they were encouraged to sleep over. This then lead to them staying in their bedroom where the majority of offences took place.
"There is no doubt in my mind that if they had not been caught they would have continued their abuse."
At Chichester Crown Court on Friday (26 March) the man was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for his crimes; he was also made subject of an IPP (imprisonment for public protection) and a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. His wife was jailed for five years.
Detective Sergeant Jez Prior, who runs the Child Protection Team at Bognor, said: "The seriousness of these offences shocked everyone who was involved in the enquiry and I'm pleased to see that this couple have been jailed for a considerable length of time for their despicable crimes.
"The girls who came forward and spoke to police about what had happened to them showed extreme bravery and courage.
"Officers working in the Child Protection Team have a difficult job but they are all specially trained to deal with sensitive cases such as this. We will continue to fully investigate any allegation that is reported to us and to get justice for victims, as we have done in this case."
The woman in her 30s and man in his 50s from Littlehampton appeared at Chichester Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to offences including rape, indecent assault, aiding and abetting buggery and witness intimidation.
The complex case was investigated by the Child Protection Team at Bognor following a report from a young woman in March 2008 to a rape crisis centre that she had been abused by the couple in 2003 when she was aged just 12. At the time, she did not wish to make a report to police.
Just over a year later, a second teenager disclosed to her school that she had suffered sexual abuse at the hands of the couple when she was 14 and a third victim - who was 13 at the time - was then identified by police.
Whilst enquiries were continuing into the pair, the first victim bravely decided that she would support a police prosecution.
In total they were charged with a total of 27 offences. They pleaded guilty to 12 - three against the wife and nine against the husband - and the remaining offences remain on file.
DC John Dudley, who investigated the case over 11 months, said: "This man was a sexual predator who preyed on young girls for his own gratification, aided by his own wife.
"The victims were groomed by the pair over a period of time before the offences started, and they got progressively more serious. The couple were very insistent that the girls were welcome round their house at any time before they were encouraged to sleep over. This then lead to them staying in their bedroom where the majority of offences took place.
"There is no doubt in my mind that if they had not been caught they would have continued their abuse."
At Chichester Crown Court on Friday (26 March) the man was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for his crimes; he was also made subject of an IPP (imprisonment for public protection) and a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. His wife was jailed for five years.
Detective Sergeant Jez Prior, who runs the Child Protection Team at Bognor, said: "The seriousness of these offences shocked everyone who was involved in the enquiry and I'm pleased to see that this couple have been jailed for a considerable length of time for their despicable crimes.
"The girls who came forward and spoke to police about what had happened to them showed extreme bravery and courage.
"Officers working in the Child Protection Team have a difficult job but they are all specially trained to deal with sensitive cases such as this. We will continue to fully investigate any allegation that is reported to us and to get justice for victims, as we have done in this case."
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Prison for men behind Littlehampton cannabis factory
Four men have each been sentenced to two years and two months behind bars after police discovered just under 7kg of cannabis with a street value of around £20,000 at an address in Littlehampton.
Officers from the Local Support Team in Littlehampton carried out a drugs warrant in October last year after intelligence was received that a property in Sussex Street was being used to grow cannabis. Police forced entry and found four men inside together with the harvested drugs and a commercial set up in place to grow cannabis plants.
At Chichester Crown Court on Thursday (28 January), the four men were sentenced for growing cannabis after they pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. They are Dinh Anh Tuan, aged 34, Ngyuen Tien Duy, aged 37, Tran Ngoc Dinh, aged 50, and Dinh Quang Tu, aged 30. All are from Vietnam but were living in Littlehampton.
As part of the case, police seized assets from the suspects under the Proceeds of Crime Act and a Confiscation Order has been made to the court.
DC Dave Midgley, of Arun CID, said: “This shows that crime does not pay. Police have stopped £20,000 of cannabis being sold on the streets of Sussex. Not only have the defendants received a lengthy prison sentence for harvesting cannabis, they have also lost the proceeds of this crime, and may lose several assets of around £15,000. This cash will ultimately be recycled into resourcing further police activity against such operations."
Officers from the Local Support Team in Littlehampton carried out a drugs warrant in October last year after intelligence was received that a property in Sussex Street was being used to grow cannabis. Police forced entry and found four men inside together with the harvested drugs and a commercial set up in place to grow cannabis plants.
At Chichester Crown Court on Thursday (28 January), the four men were sentenced for growing cannabis after they pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing. They are Dinh Anh Tuan, aged 34, Ngyuen Tien Duy, aged 37, Tran Ngoc Dinh, aged 50, and Dinh Quang Tu, aged 30. All are from Vietnam but were living in Littlehampton.
As part of the case, police seized assets from the suspects under the Proceeds of Crime Act and a Confiscation Order has been made to the court.
DC Dave Midgley, of Arun CID, said: “This shows that crime does not pay. Police have stopped £20,000 of cannabis being sold on the streets of Sussex. Not only have the defendants received a lengthy prison sentence for harvesting cannabis, they have also lost the proceeds of this crime, and may lose several assets of around £15,000. This cash will ultimately be recycled into resourcing further police activity against such operations."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
