FORMER ISLE OF WIGHT POLICE OFFICER JAILED FOR CHILD SEX OFFENCES
A former police officer from the Isle of Wight has received a ten-year prison sentence after being convicted of historic child sexual offenses that occurred over 30 years ago.
David Phillip Nutton, aged 60 and currently residing in St Stephen in St Austell, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Monday for his sentencing hearing.
He maintained his innocence against seven counts of indecent assault involving a child under 14 but was ultimately convicted by a jury after a trial that ended on May 20.
Following the verdicts, Nutton was remanded into custody.
The crimes took place on the Isle of Wight between December 16, 1988, and December 31, 2001, involving two victims, with one as young as eight years old.
Judge David Melville handed down seven prison sentences, with the longest being seven years and most sentences running concurrently, leading to an overall prison term of ten years for Nutton.
Nutton joined Hampshire Constabulary as a police officer in 1998 and previously served an 18-month sentence in 2004 for indecent assault on a boy.
Additionally, he admitted to accessing police computer systems, including the Police National Computer, to inform a paedophile associate about ongoing investigations.
It is believed that he was based in Ryde at the time when these allegations surfaced.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on surname
87.8%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
26.5%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
87.8%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
In June 2004, David Nutton, a 38-year-old former police constable from Kingfisher Close, Newport, was sentenced to prison for serious misconduct and indecent assault. Nutton was jailed for 18 months for misconduct in office after he prov...
Prison sentence
In June 2004, David Nutton, a 38-year-old former police constable from Kingfisher Close, Newport, was sentenced to prison for serious misconduct and indecent assault
Prison sentence
18 months
Nutton was jailed for 18 months for misconduct in office after he provided sensitive police information to Vaughan Evans, a spiritual humanist church minister and friend, which facilitated Evans's continued abuse of young children
Prison sentence
five years
Vaughan Evans, from Freshwater, Isle of Wight, was later sentenced to five years in prison for charges including indecently assaulting a 10-year-old boy and distributing and making indecent images of children
