February 2014 ‘Dangerous paedophile’ Mark Dyson breached sex offences order A “dangerous predatory paedophile,” who breached a court order by accompanying a five-year-old girl in a shopping centre, was jailed for two years and two months. Although there was no suggestion Mark Dyson (50) harmed the child, he was serving a ban from being in the company of children without permission. The youngster was also with her father at Leicester’s Haymarket shopping centre. He had been befriended by Dyson was and unaware of his sex offending. Leicester Crown Court heard Dyson was jailed for 16 years in 1998 for offences including two rapes, two attempted rapes, indecent assaults, and gross indecency involving at least three child victims under the ages of 14 and 16. Dyson, of Glenfield Road, Leicester, admitted breaching a sexual offences prevention order by having contact with the five-year-old. He also admitted failing to notify the police of his address, under the sex offender register regulations. Sentencing, Judge Michael Pert QC said: “After two releases on licence, you ended up serving the full term after being recalled because of your conduct during the licence period. ” I regard you as a very dangerous predatory paedophile. “The reason the order is in place is because you can’t be trusted to have innocent relations with people who have children.” The court heard someone who knew the defendant spotted him with the girl and alerted the police, who checked Dyson’s home ensuring the child was not there. Dyson lied about accompanying the girl at the shopping centre, until CCTV footage proved otherwise. Jodie Woodward, mitigating, said Dyson had been helping the child’s father, who had a mobility difficulty. He felt unable to tell the man of his past, fearing repercussions.