August 2004 Pervert’s day out with kids A Convicted paedophile has been given a two-year Community Rehabilitation Order after taking some children on a day trip. In February, Michael Bolam, aged 65, of Gloucester Road, Bath, admitted three counts of unlawfully taking or detaining a child without the consent of their legal guardians by taking three children, aged 10, 13 and 14, to an ice-cream parlour without their parents’ knowledge. At that time, Judge Michael Roach deferred sentencing at Bristol Crown Court after hearing that nothing sexual had taken place during the incident, which happened in January 2003. Judge Roach gave Bolam six months to prove himself, warning him that if he tried to approach children again, he would be jailed. Bolam was ordered to pay £100 prosecution costs.