Burnley FC Known as the Clarets, Burnley Football Club was formed in 1882 and currently play in the Championship. It included Stacey sending a picture of a man holding his genitals and a conversation about abusing a child online in real-time. Mark Tugwood was found with dozens of 'hideous' indecent pictures of children. 5:57. Over 15 days, he abducted, raped and assaulted victims aged between 11 and 71 in Watford, London and the North West. Burnley Express news update: Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany to join Burnley. The 43-year-old, from Bacup, was given an extended jail sentence more than a decade ago for sexual offences and made subject to the sex offender notification requirements for life. His iPad and HTC phone were taken for analysis and dozens of banned images were found on the devices. Ms Johnson said both girls later reported the sexual assaults to teachers who then reported it to police. Lancashire Constabulary confirmed an investigation is ongoing. Police officers acting on intelligence visited his home in Rawtenstall where they found nine Category B still pictures of children on a computer belonging to him. Colin Dean Evans committed a brutal sexual assault on a woman leaving her with trauma injuries. He was sentenced at Preston Crown Court to 17 years and three months with a one year extended licence. Borsellotti, 59, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. Sex offender Gary Lee Roberts was caught trying to speak to young boys on social media. Convicted burglar McCann, 34, had been freed after a probation service error, two months before he embarked on a cocaine and vodka-fuelled rampage. Burnley Express news update 8 Dec 2022: VIP book launch for former Burnley Football Club chairman. The defendant, of Thornton-Cleveleys, engaged in sex chat with a 'vigilante' called Mr Dixon over the social networking site Grindr believing he was called 'Luke'. He was also given a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order on which severely restricts any internet use and allows police to examine any devices and check the search history. Openshaw, of Out Rawcliffe, near Preston, admitted 14 counts of indecent assault and one of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 earlier this year. Preston Crown Court heard how the 23-year-old defendant admitted to police at the scene that they would find indecent images and also said he 'needed help'. The victim was left feeling 'confused, scared and nervous'. In addition to producing the video and sharing a still from it to an online group, police found almost 200 indecent pictures of young girls, all apparently between the ages of four and nine, on two of his devices. The retired painter and decorate 'clocked' the victim and got up from his seat to move 'directly next to her'. News you can trust since 1877. Lenehan made contact with the undercover officer in May 2017 and used the email address name 'Exciting Times'. He viewed the images on the Kik Messenger app and they included victims as young as eight or nine years old. The home of Burnley on BBC Sport online. One of his 10 victims all aged between six and 15 had learning difficulties, with as many as 60 girls believed to have been contacted online by Hughes. Emsley, formerly of Hood Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching the SHPO. His mobile phone was confiscated and police searched his home, including carrying out checks on his desktop computer. The Burnley FC reporter for LancsLive is Alex James. Hughes admitted nine counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and six of making indecent images. But he was actually messaging a member of paedophile hunter group Innocence Project North West, who had set up a fake Facebook profile under the name Ellie-May Short. The court heard how the boy stopped going to the country park and campsite and that it wasn't until 2008/09 that he told someone, his sister, about what has happened to him six years earlier. Ramsbottom later told the victim that if she got one of her friends to have sex with him 'he would leave her alone'. Josh Howarth attempted to rape an elderly woman in a nursing home. Preston Crown Court heard excerpts from Wyatts online diary in which he spoke of having horizontal hugs with the girl, and kissing her at break time in his room. Ogden was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison. Kazi sat behind one of the victims and she felt something touching her left side and he then carried on touching her between her arm and breast. He was also made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register. Smith pleaded guilty to 18 counts of voyeurism, two counts of attempted voyeurism and two counts of making indecent images of children. Another paedophile hunter group Fleetwood Enforcers were contacted to carry out a sting operation and Nicholson was arrested. Crime Four Burnley men jailed for part in machete and grenade attack in Padiham Four men have been jailed for a total of nine years for their part in a machete attack on a man which left him needing plastic surgery. When he contacted her at a skate park in Accrington a friend, who had been drinking, agreed to have sex with him to stop him harassing her. The 31-year-old used a 'specially adapted' mobile phone covered in black tape to film women and children getting changed in adjoining cubicles. McCann, who had addresses in Aylesbury and Harrow, refused to attend his Ol. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 24 Feb. Burnley extend lead at top despite Millwall draw. He was detained at a young offenders institute for four months, made subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and told to sign the sex offenders register. Emsley denied having any such devices but when he moved out of a chair the officer spotted a mobile phone on the floor. He was also given a sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for ten years. The defendant also told the victim that if he contacted her in the future and asked for sex 'she must agree to it so that it didn't look like he was forcing her'. He was arrested and later released while officers conducted further enquiries. Peel, of Barnoldswick, pleaded guilty to one count of indecency with a child and was found guilty after a trial of three other counts of indecency with a child. Burnley Express news update 26 Sept 2022: Burnley pastor's new book becomes bestseller. As the victim shouted his hands got tighter and he told her you are going to give me what I want, arent you?. He provided a false name to gain membership at Darwen Leisure Centre but 'did use his genuine address'. He has also been jailed at least seven times for possessing indecent images or failing to comply with court orders. Market trader Abdul Kazi sexually assaulted three teenage girls on buses and was identified by police following a Lancashire Police CCTV appeal. He was given a sexual offences prevention order (SOPO) to monitor his internet use, however Lancashire Police said it was no longer sufficient to manage his risk and were granted a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) by magistrates in April 2018. Sign up. Four days after making contact with the officer Lenehan told him to first send a picture of a sex act involving his daughter and then they could go on to "trade some heavy stuff". Macro pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of a child, one of distributing an indecent image of a child, one of possessing a prohibited image of a child and one of possessing an extreme pornographic image. At the time he told officers: Its all on my hard drive, I cant seem to stop.. Zholia Alemi was jailed for seven years at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday (February 28) for 20 fraud offences. He had previously been convicted for sex offences in 2002 when he was a 14-year-old. However, after losing a court appeal, he will now only be granted permission to travel abroad if he has written permission from a police chief constable. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. March 17, 2020. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years. Burnley Express. NewsWall NewsWall Headlines National Local Global Politics Sports Log InSign Up Settings Create new Feed Between May and July 2017 Lenehan engaged in "explicit conversations concerning the abuse of children" with the officer. Crime When a driver was stopped on the M6 due to a light defect, officers found children on the back seats who had no access to seatbelts due to the way they were being carried. Both girls went to the nearby Tesco car park and the friend got into the vehicle. Andrew Sellen indecently assaulted a teenage girl in Blackpool during 2002 - 2004, when the victim was aged 13 and 14 years. He allegedly used a "support network" across the country to evade police, despite being identified as a suspect on the day of his first attack. 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Since the start of 2019 a series of despicable criminals have found themselves before the courts for offences ranging from 'upskirting' and indecent child images to 'brutal' sex assaults and rape. Emsley has 23 convictions for 81 offences with a career stretching back to 1999 when he was jailed for indecent assault. When Smith's home on Redearth Road was searched by police they recovered the mobile phone which contained 23 different recordings from Darwen Leisure Centre, including the 15-year-old girl. Hughes was also found to be committing similar offences on the mobile phone application SnapChat, using a recording application to save pictures and videos. The next day the pub doorman, from Rishton, asked to meet her at a chip shop before driving to a 'quiet local spot' and 'flattered her by saying she was beautiful'. Former Boys Brigade leader William Bissett 'cynically abused' his position of trust at the Church Street Methodist Church group in St Anne's to 'prey upon' five young boys over an 11-year period. The judge handed Fletcher a two year community order with 30 rehabilitation activity days and ordered him to undertake a sex offenders program. The 38-year-old from Accrington had spotted the paedophiles activity in an online chat room used for sharing indecent images and contacted him over Skype using the name aztecmartialarts. Bateson, 30, of Bournesfield, Hoghton, was in a chatroom for children when he asked the officer - posing as a girl called Olivia - to send him indecent images of herself. Burnley Express. 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Ms Worsley said he has 12 convictions on his record, including offences of attempted rape, indecent exposure and indecent assault in the 1960s and 1970s. The 34-year-old was subject to spot checks by police as part of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) after he was released from prison for making and possessing indecent images in 2015. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison with an extended three year licence. A WOMAN who looked out of her bedroom window to investigate a late-night disturbance was met with abuse and threats. Evans, now of Whittaker Street, Blackburn, was also given an indefinite restraining order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life. He was also made subject to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and place on the sex offenders register. On one occasion he convinced the boy's father to let him stay overnight at his caravan so that they could start setting up the car boot stall early in the morning. The bus driver stopped the bus and the defendant was prevented from getting off until police arrived to arrest him. Thomas Robert Peel indecently assaulted a young boy in Barnoldswick around 20 years ago and made him perform sex acts on him. He was given a two-year community order with a 40-day rehabilitation activity requirement, a two-month curfew, ordered to sign the sex offenders register for five years and given a five-year sexual harm prevention order. Officers also used Lenehan's internet provider address from Kik Messenger to trace him to an address on Devonshire Place in Preston. A man has been taken to hospital after suffering a serious head injury and another has been arrested. He pleaded not guilty but following a trial in February was convicted of two counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault on a child under the age of 13. It was claimed on his behalf that the women he was accused of molesting had consensual sex, but that was dismissed as "ludicrous" by victims. The National Crime Agency was then informed and officers executed a warrant at his home in April 2017. Burnley News Fixtures, Results & Table Latest Poll BREAKING NEWS MOST POPULAR 3 hours to 4 hours old Matt Law Claims Guardiola Is A'Big Admirer'Of Chelsea Star With City Plotting Summer Bid ManCityNews.com Burnley boss Vincent Kompany: "I look at this place as our home and you protect your home!" Burnley Express 4 hours to 5 hours old The 28-year-old, of Belfield Road, Accrington, raped a woman as she slept and another in a shed. David Fletcher used Twitter to view indecent images of children and was arrested by police at the Asda store where he worked. HP10 9TY. The Accrington man was given a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) by Burnley Crown Court in November 2017 after downloading more than 2,200 indecent images of children. . It lies north of Manchester and East of Preston and is home Premier League football club, Burnley FC who play at Turf Moor. Police became aware of Macro after suspicious activity on Facebook was reported to them. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Ramsbottom was jailed for nine years and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. Crime - Latest news updates, pictures, video, reaction - The Mirror 'Putin's credit card' funding Ukraine torture chambers to destroy neighbour's identity Constance Marten's baby could have. He was also ordered to sign the sex offender register for life and is prohibited from contacting the woman or her family indefinitely. The 32-year-old, formerly of Fielding Lane, Accrington, was found guilty on a majority verdict of sexual assault after a nine-day trial at Burnley Crown Court and cleared of two other counts of sexual assault relating to the same incident. Judge Robert Altham said Bissett had 'not shown a shred of remorse' and praised the 'contrasting courage of the five complainants'. Burnley is is a market town in Lancashire. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Harper also has previous convictions for making indecent images in April 2014 and breaching a sexual harm prevention order in August 2017, the court heard. 1,260 talking about this. William Gerald Lenehan tried to meet up with a parent to abuse his two daughters and was caught after it turned out to be an undercover police officer. Maxwel Cornet scored a late winner to earn Burnley a vital win over fellow strugglers Everton in their bid to remain in the Premier League. He was disturbed by a member of staff and then left through the same window. The victim was crying and struggling to breathe and eventually punched him twice to the face before running out of her home for help. Burnley Express news update 8 Dec 2022: VIP book launch for former Burnley Football Club chairman. The victim was terrified when she woke to find that the father-of-one had removed her trousers and was trying to rape her. Mark Anthony Nicholson was caught by a self-styled paedophile hunter group in an online sting. The grandfather even ignored a warning from his wife - who was also a teacher at the school - that he was getting too close to the pupil. Holt was given a nine-month jail sentence, suspended for two years with a 20-day rehabilitation activity day and ordered to attend a sexual offences treatment programme. The Burnley Express is a newspaper for Burnley and Padiham, England and surrounding area. David Livesey downloaded more than 20,000 indecent images and videos of children over an 11-year-old period. Paul Emsley is a career sex fiend who has been involved in child sex related offences for 20 years. He will be on the Sex Offenders Register for life. 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