# Paedophile

Last month

February 2023

# UK Courts

Disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter freed from jail

The glam rock singer was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

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Feb 3rd 2023, 11:39 AM

This year

2023

# factcheck

FactCheck: The European Commission doesn't use the term ‘minor-attracted person’ instead of 'paedophile'

The term caused renewed controversy after featuring in a Scottish police report.

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Jan 19th 2023, 2:16 PM

All time

# Recklinghausen

German police find missing boy in cupboard of suspected paedophile

The 15-year-old is currently in psychiatric care.

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Dec 23rd 2019, 4:32 PM

# vernon unsworth

Elon Musk wanted to call diver a 'creepy old man', not a paedophile, courts hears

Vernon Unsworth is suing the co-founder of Tesla for defamation after the billionaire said in a since-deleted tweeted that he was a “pedo”.

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Dec 4th 2019, 8:47 AM

# richard huckle

One of Britain’s worst paedophiles stabbed to death in prison

Richard Huckle was given 22 life sentences in 2016 for an unprecedented number of offences against children.

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Oct 14th 2019, 8:48 PM

# Donegal

Paedophile former priest Eugene Greene dead at 91

Greene was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2000.

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Mar 5th 2019, 3:19 PM

# Russell Bishop

Double jeopardy trial finds paedophile guilty of 1986 'Babes in the wood' murders

Schoolgirls Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows went missing after going out to play in October 1986.

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Dec 10th 2018, 4:15 PM

# Child Abuse

Kerry man caught with thousands of child pornography images jailed for two years

John O’Donoghue, aged 38, also distributed illegal images and movies via email.

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Mar 6th 2018, 7:18 PM

# father's letter

Father of girl exploited by Matthew Horan doesn't believe paedophile can be rehabilitated

He says that he contacted social network Instagram to alert them to Horan’s actions, but has never received a response.

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Jan 29th 2018, 3:04 PM

# Child Abuse

Waterford bishop warns local schools of paedophile ex-priest's 'recent activities'

In a letter sent out before Christmas, the Bishop said that convicted paedophile Oliver O’Grady was “seeking victims in our midst”.

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Jan 5th 2018, 12:05 AM

# peter sharkey

'He stole a piece of my soul and today I'm here to reclaim it': Child rapist jailed for 18 years

Peter Sharkey admitted to three counts of indecent assault, six counts of sexual assault and one count of rape.

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Dec 15th 2017, 6:49 PM

# limerick circuit court

Court hears of horrific sexual abuse by former Christian Brother on fifth class boys

Sentencing for James Treacy (75) was adjourned until 28 July.

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Jun 30th 2017, 9:43 PM

# Mistaken Identity

Another man has been wrongly identified as sex offender Anthony Luckwill

Last month, a man who was house-hunting in Kildare was verbally abused by locals after being wrongfully identified.

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Jun 15th 2017, 9:31 PM

# child-sex tourism

Australia to cancel passports of convicted paedophiles

The move is an attempt to crack down on child sex tourism.

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May 30th 2017, 10:19 AM

# basketball coach

Inquiry may be launched into case of child abuser Bill Kenneally

The former national basketball coach is serving a 14-year sentence for abusing teenage boys in Waterford in the 1980s.

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Apr 26th 2017, 8:43 PM

# Child Abuse

'When I heard he was dead, I felt that I could finally breathe': Victim of serial paedophile speaks out on abuse

Anne Kelly detailed her experience of abuse from serial paedophile Eamon Cooke on RTÉ Radio this morning.

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Nov 28th 2016, 2:03 PM

# Treatment

German hospital uses therapy to 'treat' paedophiles before they commit crimes

More than 7,000 people have sought information on the programme which is offered in 11 centres across Germany.

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Oct 31st 2016, 8:00 PM

# Geelong Grammar

Australia has just deported a paedophile to Ireland by mistake

The serial paedophile and former teacher is free in Ireland after being deported in an extraordinary bungle by Australian authorities.

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Oct 4th 2016, 3:47 PM

# Tony Walsh

'Singing priest' convicted of sexually abusing a boy after claiming he didn't know him

The abuse is alleged to have taken place in the early 1980s, when the boy was aged between 10 and 13 years.

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Jun 14th 2016, 1:58 PM

# richard huckle

British paedophile who wrote 'sexual abuse guide' given 22 life sentences

He must serve a minimum of 25 years.

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Jun 6th 2016, 1:46 PM

# richard huckle

Serial English paedophile, who wrote child abuse 'manual', faces life sentence

Richard Huckle carried out many of his crimes in Malaysia, where he had set himself up as an English teacher.

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Jun 1st 2016, 8:27 PM

# Fred West

Police dig up garden of paedophile friends of Fred and Rose West

The Williams’ were known friends of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.

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May 4th 2016, 6:47 PM

# paedophile report

Jimmy Savile abused victims while on camera and on the set of Top of the Pops

A draft report into his abuses at the BBC has been leaked.

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Jan 21st 2016, 9:15 AM

# London

Woman sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing convicted paedophile

Michael Pleasted, the woman’s neighbour, had served as long as six years in prison.

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Sep 29th 2015, 7:41 PM

# prevention

Government in Australia considers compulsory chemical castration for child sex abusers

The New South Wales justice minister pointed to the number of paedophiles likely to re-offend soon after their release.

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Aug 27th 2015, 9:15 PM

# West of Ireland

Sisters abused and neglected by parents before toddler sexually assaulted by paedophile babysitter

Michael O’Brien was today sentenced to three and a half years for sexually assaulting the youngest sibling.

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Jun 29th 2015, 5:37 PM

# Northern Ireland

Inquiry hears gardaí and health service were aware of Brendan Smyth's abuse in early 1970s

Previously confidential documents released to the inquiry show that Smyth was receiving psychiatric treatment in St Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin.

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Jun 24th 2015, 9:47 PM

# John Allen

UK children care home boss sentenced to life over decades of sexual abuse

John Allen convicted last week of sexual offences against 18 boys and one girl over more than two decades

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Dec 1st 2014, 2:09 PM

# Czech Republic

Paedophile told by court that castration was not a punishment

European Court of Human Rights says it was part of the protective measures ordered by a Czech court.

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Nov 7th 2014, 8:45 AM

# Child Abuse

Doctors, teachers among 660 suspected paedophiles arrested

45 police forces across the UK and Northern Ireland combined to make the arrests.

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Jul 16th 2014, 10:42 AM

# Westminster

British Government expected to launch child sex abuse investigation

The Home Office has admitted that 114 official files relating to claims of child abuse have been lost or destroyed.

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Jul 7th 2014, 9:37 AM

# Portugal

Madeleine McCann: Police begin ground searches near apartment complex

Earlier this year British detectives said they were looking for a paedophile who sexually abused five girls during break-ins at holiday homes between 2004 and 2010.

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May 7th 2014, 7:41 AM

# william james vahey

International search for child molester's victims who might not know they were abused

Vahey worked at 10 American and international schools. He took his own life in March, days after agents filed a warrant for a computer drive he owned.

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Apr 24th 2014, 9:44 AM

# Tweets

Peaches Geldof defends tweeting names of mothers involved in Lostprophets court case

Bob Geldof’s daughter could face charges for the

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Nov 29th 2013, 10:58 AM

# Child Safety

Online sexual predators increasingly using blackmail and threats against children

Online predators using the internet to gain access to young victims are increasingly using blackmail, extortion and aggression in their approaches.

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Jun 3rd 2013, 4:51 PM

# April Jones

Man found guilty of murdering 5-year-old April Jones

The young girl’s body has still never been found, though blood and tiny bone fragments that were a near-perfect DNA match were found at Bridger’s cottage.

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May 30th 2013, 1:46 PM