Bristol Crown Court Sentencing Results

Matthew Stansfield was part of a gang that shared indecent images and videos of children being raped and sexually abused, mainly babies and infants, via social media and internet conferencing. Victims included at least one given stupefying drugs. The group offered advice on drug administration to children and live-streamed abuse. The investigation, led by the NCA, identified the organised crime group after Adam Toms' arrest in September 2012.

David Harsley was part of a gang that shared indecent images and videos of children being raped and sexually abused, mainly babies and infants, via social media and internet conferencing. Victims included at least one given stupefying drugs. The group offered advice on drug administration to children and live-streamed abuse. The investigation, led by the NCA, identified the organised crime group after Adam Toms' arrest in September 2012.

Christopher Knight was part of a gang that shared indecent images and videos of children being raped and sexually abused, mainly babies and infants, via social media and internet conferencing. Victims included at least one given stupefying drugs. The group offered advice on drug administration to children and live-streamed abuse. The investigation, led by the NCA, identified the organised crime group after Adam Toms' arrest in September 2012.

Adam Toms was arrested in September 2012 by Avon and Somerset police after admitting he had sexually abused a child under the age of five. He was part of a gang that shared indecent images and videos of children being raped and sexually abused, mainly babies and infants, via social media and internet conferencing. Victims included at least one given stupefying drugs. The group offered advice on drug administration to children and live-streamed abuse, expanding rapidly from Toms' admissions to identify other offenders.

John Denham was part of a gang that shared indecent images and videos of children being raped and sexually abused, mainly babies and infants, via social media and internet conferencing. Victims included at least one given stupefying drugs. The group offered advice on drug administration to children and live-streamed abuse. The investigation, led by the NCA, identified the organised crime group after Adam Toms' arrest in September 2012.

Stephen Farrow murdered 77-year-old Betty Yates on January 2, 2012, by breaking into her home in Bewdley, Worcestershire, striking her from behind with a heavy walking stick, causing her to fall and hit her head, then stabbing her four times and leaving the knife in the fatal wound. Six weeks later, on February 13, 2012, he murdered 59-year-old Rev John Suddards after being let into his vicarage in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, attacking him with knives causing seven deep wounds, kicking him back to the floor, and watching him die while telling him to 'f****** die then and hurry up'. Farrow then drank beer, ate food, watched DVDs, and left the next morning. The body was found on February 14 surrounded by pornography, party poppers, a condom wrapper, underwear, a canvas of Jesus Christ, and a mirror. This was part of a two-month reign of terror including threats to kill 'Christian scum' and a burglary where he left a threatening note to Alan and Margaret Pinder reading 'Be thankful you didn’t come back or we will have killed you, Christian scum. I f****** hate God.' Farrow had an obsession with religion, claimed abuse by a priest, and wanted to murder the Archbishop of Canterbury. He sent a chilling text on New Year’s Eve 2011 warning that the 'church will be the first to suffer' and believed 2012 marked the 'second coming of Christ.'

Vincent Tabak strangled Joanna Yeates at her flat at 44 Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol, on 17 December 2010, shortly after she returned home. He used sufficient force to kill her, causing 43 separate injuries to her head, neck, torso and arms including cuts, bruises and a fractured nose during a struggle. He then concealed the crime by transporting and disposing of her body in a quarry near Longwood Lane, Failand, North Somerset.

Jonathan Haynes, a 30-year-old former Royal Logistics Corp lance corporal based at Buckley Barracks, Hullavington, near Chippenham, raped an 18-year-old student at Glamorgan University halls of residence on September 26, 2009. Prior to this, he abducted and raped a 16-year-old girl in Chippenham, Wiltshire, on September 13, 2009. He also raped a 17-year-old girl in Chippenham in 2010 and attempted to snatch two 14-year-old girls from a country lane near Chippenham in February 2010.

Paul Beart, a 25-year-old sex-crazed psychopath, murdered 31-year-old Deborah O'Sullivan on April 29, 2001, in Newquay, Cornwall. After being released early from a five-year sentence for indecent assault, he violated his probation, travelled to Newquay, stalked women, assaulted two teenage girls, and then subjected Deborah to an hour-long brutal attack on a footpath beside Newquay's seaside golf course off Atlantic Road. He strangled, beat her with a litter bin, tortured and mutilated her. She died three days later in Plymouth hospital. Beart confessed to police immediately after.

In October 2023, Paul Kibble, aged 42 and living in Bath, sexually assaulted and raped a woman at a residential address in Bath. He refused to take no for an answer and continued sexual activity without her consent for his own gratification.

Robert Caradain, 48, formerly known as Robert Gallop, committed sexual offences against three victims between 1991 and 2000. Two victims were under 14 at the time, and he pleaded guilty in March 2024 to seven counts of gross indecency and two counts of indecent assault involving them. A third victim was a woman over 16, and after a trial in December, he was found guilty of three counts of rape and one count of indecent assault against her. Victims described long-lasting trauma.

Scott Mucklow, of Denham Way, Camber, East Sussex, raped a teenage girl aged 14 at his address after seeing her in the street near his home. She reported it in 2017. He later formed a relationship with a second girl aged 16-17 and raped her on three occasions: one at an address near Lydd, Kent, and two at his own address.

Simon Mills trespassed into a woman's home near Bristol and raped her. He was convicted by jury of rape and sexual assault by penetration.

Mark Baglow, aged 54, of Landkey, Barnstaple, former housing manager at Mid Devon District Council, sexually assaulted a female employee at the council’s headquarters in 2019 by putting his hand up her top and fondling her breast while she was photocopying. He also committed two rapes and two assaults by penetration against a different woman around 2020.

Mario DiMaggio, of Jacob's Wells Road, Clifton, Bristol, committed two counts of rape and 12 counts of sexual assault against one woman in early 2019. The offences were reported to police in February 2019.

Marcell Koekemoer approached the victim after being locked out of his own address and asked to stay at her Knutsford home. She agreed on condition he slept on the sofa. In the early hours, he entered her bedroom and raped her. The next morning, when she asked him to leave, he raped her again. The victim reported the incidents in August 2022. Koekemoer was arrested and released on bail, during which he committed further offences in the Avon and Somerset area. He denied the allegations but was found guilty of two counts of rape at Bristol Crown Court.

Marcus Carter shook his 10-week-old son Remari to death at their home in Easton in August 2020, causing rib fractures, respiratory failure and catastrophic brain injury. He originally faced a murder charge but pleaded guilty to manslaughter in January 2023.