August 2017: Butler has now been released April 2009 17 years for evil sex predator A “dangerous sexual predator” from Staffordshire has been jailed for 17 years for a string of sexual offences against two schoolgirls which included child rape. 34-year-old Craig Alan Butler, of Lime Pit Lane, Huntington, denied three charges of rape, five charges of causing a child to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual assault but was convicted by a jury at Stafford Crown Court. The court was told that one victim was just 6-years-old when the abuse began. The pervert will be put on the sexual offenders’ register for the rest of his life.