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A Stockton-on-Tees man has been jailed after paying to watch a live stream of a child being raped.
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Richard Dale, 48, has been sentenced after he pretended to be a teacher to get close to a young girl online and sent sexually explicit images of himself to the child.
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Vincent Middlebrough, 46, has been sentenced to jail time after he arranged to meet a 14-year-old boy he had been speaking to online in July 2024.
Over 20 arrests as intensification period tackling organised crime takes place across the region.
A sexual predator who arranged to meet a child for sex has been sentenced.
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One of the two brothers who led a Merseyside-based organised crime group has been sentenced today, marking a major milestone in ‘Operation Subzero’ - one of the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit’s (NWROCU) most significant investigations.
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The North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU) has welcomed the sentencing of Thomas Lowe, 33, of Garland Road, Wythenshawe, who appeared at Manchester Crown Court, Crown Square today (Friday 14 November) after pleading guilty to serious child grooming offences.
National police operation targeting the money laundering funding organised crime.
Last week (Friday 24 October) at Liverpool Crown Court, Graham Patterson, 37, from Liverpool, was jailed for 16 years following a joint investigation by the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit and the Metropolitan Police into online child sexual exploitation. He will also serve an additional five years on licence.
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A child sexual predator has been jailed – despite his efforts to evade being caught.