BRIAN PARKER, GREAT-GRANDAD FROM STOURPORT, SENTENCED IN WORCESTER CHILD SEX CASE
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Stourport N/A Sexual Abuser
A 75-year-old great-grandfather, Brian Parker of Signal House, Redstone Caravan Park, Stourport, has been sentenced to six years in prison by Worcester Crown Court after being convicted of multiple serious offences involving a minor. The jury found Parker guilty of eight counts of sexual assault on a child, one count of exposure, and one count of causing a child to watch a sex act.
Judge Richard Rundell addressed Parker directly, stating, "He will remain a risk to young girls for the rest of his life." The judge described Parker's actions as "appalling acts of indecency," and mentioned that during the trial, some of his behaviour towards another girl was revealed as "graphic and appalling," although not criminal.
Due to Parker's age and the fact that his previous misconduct had been public knowledge, the judge chose not to impose an indeterminate sentence. The court noted that in 2006, Parker received a three-year community order after being convicted of five offences related to downloading indecent pseudo-images of children from the internet.
The court highlighted that some of the recent offending occurred while Parker was participating in a sex offenders’ programme under his community order. As part of his sentence, Parker was issued an indefinite sexual offences prevention order, explicitly forbidding any contact with children under 16. He is also required to sign the sex offenders’ register for life.
Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu revealed that Parker was found guilty at Hereford Crown Court last November following a four-day trial. The offences took place between January 2007 and December 2009, with the most serious involving the simulation of sex with a girl aged between 10 and 13.
Defence lawyer Adam Western told the court that Parker was arrested at Manchester Airport in January 2010 and emphasized that his client’s health had deteriorated since the offences, describing him as "a very different man" now. Western added, "Prison bears down hard on all offenders, but particularly on the elderly. He has lost four stones in weight during his remand and endures a rigorous regime." He also mentioned that Parker and his partner, a woman in her late 50s, have been together for 28 years, and Parker rings her five times daily from custody, deeply feeling their separation, especially as she was unwell.
In a related case from July 2006, Parker narrowly avoided jail after copying a notorious child pornography DVD. He claimed to police that he had found the Vicky CD rom in a box of videos purchased at a car boot sale. The DVD depicted abuse of an 11-year-old girl by a relative, which had been posted online for paedophile viewing. Two images from the disc, found at Parker’s home in Birchen Coppice, showed scenes of sadism.
Parker admitted to copying the disc in July 2004, and was arrested after a police raid last year. He pleaded guilty to five counts of making indecent photographs of children by copying, with ten additional offences taken into consideration. Judge Bruce Coles remarked that he was close to imposing a prison sentence considering society's abhorrence of such crimes but ultimately chose to give Parker a three-year community rehabilitation order, with conditions including participation in a sex offenders’ programme, five years of registration as a sex offender, and a ban on contact with anyone under 18.
Tim Sapwell, representing Parker, explained that his client had no genuine interest in child porn and was merely experimenting with new technology at the time, having copied the images while "messing around" rather than downloading or intending to view such material. Prosecutor Michael Conry noted that Parker insisted he had no interest in child pornography and had invited women to pose nude for him, but he did admit to the police that the copying of the images was a mistake.
Judge Richard Rundell addressed Parker directly, stating, "He will remain a risk to young girls for the rest of his life." The judge described Parker's actions as "appalling acts of indecency," and mentioned that during the trial, some of his behaviour towards another girl was revealed as "graphic and appalling," although not criminal.
Due to Parker's age and the fact that his previous misconduct had been public knowledge, the judge chose not to impose an indeterminate sentence. The court noted that in 2006, Parker received a three-year community order after being convicted of five offences related to downloading indecent pseudo-images of children from the internet.
The court highlighted that some of the recent offending occurred while Parker was participating in a sex offenders’ programme under his community order. As part of his sentence, Parker was issued an indefinite sexual offences prevention order, explicitly forbidding any contact with children under 16. He is also required to sign the sex offenders’ register for life.
Prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu revealed that Parker was found guilty at Hereford Crown Court last November following a four-day trial. The offences took place between January 2007 and December 2009, with the most serious involving the simulation of sex with a girl aged between 10 and 13.
Defence lawyer Adam Western told the court that Parker was arrested at Manchester Airport in January 2010 and emphasized that his client’s health had deteriorated since the offences, describing him as "a very different man" now. Western added, "Prison bears down hard on all offenders, but particularly on the elderly. He has lost four stones in weight during his remand and endures a rigorous regime." He also mentioned that Parker and his partner, a woman in her late 50s, have been together for 28 years, and Parker rings her five times daily from custody, deeply feeling their separation, especially as she was unwell.
In a related case from July 2006, Parker narrowly avoided jail after copying a notorious child pornography DVD. He claimed to police that he had found the Vicky CD rom in a box of videos purchased at a car boot sale. The DVD depicted abuse of an 11-year-old girl by a relative, which had been posted online for paedophile viewing. Two images from the disc, found at Parker’s home in Birchen Coppice, showed scenes of sadism.
Parker admitted to copying the disc in July 2004, and was arrested after a police raid last year. He pleaded guilty to five counts of making indecent photographs of children by copying, with ten additional offences taken into consideration. Judge Bruce Coles remarked that he was close to imposing a prison sentence considering society's abhorrence of such crimes but ultimately chose to give Parker a three-year community rehabilitation order, with conditions including participation in a sex offenders’ programme, five years of registration as a sex offender, and a ban on contact with anyone under 18.
Tim Sapwell, representing Parker, explained that his client had no genuine interest in child porn and was merely experimenting with new technology at the time, having copied the images while "messing around" rather than downloading or intending to view such material. Prosecutor Michael Conry noted that Parker insisted he had no interest in child pornography and had invited women to pose nude for him, but he did admit to the police that the copying of the images was a mistake.