Here are some of the sex offenders recently brought to justice at Teesside Crown Court.
They include rapists, child abusers and perverts who share child sexual abuse images.
Darlington pervert
A depraved pervert who shared sickening videos of children, some just months old, being sexually abused has been jailed.
Thomas Corking was arrested when police searched his Darlington home and recovered digital devices with more than a thousand files of child sex abuse stashed away in the memory.
Teesside Crown Court heard how the 29-year-old’s partner, Ashley Robinson, was also arrested as part of the investigation and he will be sentenced at a later date.
Emma Atkinson, prosecuting, said more than 1,000 images and videos in Category A were recovered from the defendant’s digital devices and depicted children aged down to three months old being sexually abused.
The court heard how evidence was recovered of the defendant sharing indecent images via the Telegram app with texts to particular users outlining his deviant sexual proclivities, including fantasising about raping a child.
Corking, now of Rosslare Road, Stockton, pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children in Category A – the most serious offence, one charge of making indecent images of children in Category B, one charge of making indecent images of children in Category C, a charge of possession of prohibited images and three charges of distribution of indecent images of children in Category A, B and C.
Recorder Andrew Haslam KC sentenced Corking to a total of 28 months for all offences.
He said: “The exploitation of children, particularly as young as those in this case, are always viewed as serious offences."
Child rapist
A child rapist has been locked up for 17 years after ruining a girl’s life through systematic sexual abuse.
Robert Tempest was convicted of carrying out a series of depraved acts on the child after a jury listened to the heartbreaking testimony during his trial.
The 52-year-old admitted raping the child on one occasion but denied carrying out repeated rapes and sexual assaults, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Dr Christopher Wood, prosecuting, said Tempest preyed on the child several years ago before the victim revealed the extent of the abuse she suffered at his hands.
The court heard how he used a series of threats to make his victim comply with his deviant behaviour.
Judge Advocate Tom Mitchell told Tempest he had committed some of the worst offending possible as he sentenced him to 17 years in custody.
“You pleaded guilty to one charge of rape but that was the extent that you were prepared to admit – that was only a small vulgar fraction of what you did,” he said.
Sick fantasy
A sick pervert who tried to watch a livestream of a child being raped was caught in an undercover police sting.
John McAdams struck up an online conversation with a man pretending to have access to a ten-year-old girl and offered him the chance to watch her being sexually abused.
As soon as the 65-year-old logged into the livestream police raided his Stockton home and arrested him after admitting he wanted to watch the abuse, Teesside Crown Court heard.
Tabitha Buck, prosecuting, said he was arrested at his home address and had a number of his devices seized as part of the investigation which led to the discovery of indecent images of both children and animals.
McAdams, of Rollesby Way, Stockton, pleaded guilty to arranging the commission of a child sex offence, attempt to engage in sexual communication with a child, making and distributing indecent images of children, and possessing extreme/indecent images of animals between September 12 and October 9 last year.
Nicci Horton, mitigating, said her client had admitted the offences immediately and had made no attempt to excuse his behaviour.
“You had developed a significant sexual interest in children, you believed you had communicated with somebody who shared that sexual interest,” he said.
Sexual assault
A young man who groped a child’s bottom after following him as he pushed his bike up a hill has been ordered to sign on the sex offenders’ register.
Jamie Found approached the youngster as he made his way towards the shops in Skelton, Teesside Crown Court heard.
The victim thought his 25-year-old attacker was on drugs when he carried out the assault, said Emma Atkinson, prosecuting.
“The defendant approached the complainant, who described how he had been following him,” she added."
Found, formerly of Skelton in East Cleveland, pleaded guilty to one charge of sexual assault.
She said: “What you pleaded to is a very serious offence and you know now that the boy was really frightened by what happened."
Found was also ordered to attend 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days, made subject to a five-year sexual harm prevention order and told to sign on the sex offenders’ register for five years.
Child abuse
A pervert threatened to post a mother’s video of her child on the dark web if she didn’t sexually abuse them for his depraved gratification.
Gabriel Nile made contact with the victim before befriending them on social media and gaining access to her posted videos.
The 22-year-old made that "deeply unpleasant and sinister threat" shortly after making contact with the victim, who lives outside North East.
Teesside Crown Court heard how the mother had posted an innocent video of their child and shared it with close friends and relatives.
When the victim confronted Nile about his behaviour he replied - he "wanted a picture of the woman playing with her child ‘down below’.
Ian Windridge, prosecuting, said Nile then attempted to blackmail the woman threatening to post the video on the dark web.
Judge Francis Laird KC, the Recorder of Middlesbrough, sentenced Nile to a total of 30 months in prison for both offences.
He told the defendant he had made a ‘deeply unpleasant and sinister threat’ to the victim.
Share