December 2014 Facebook predator Nicholas Bull filmed himself having sex with 14-year-old girl A FACEBOOK predator who groomed young girls online has had his jail term lengthened after detectives tracked down more of his victims while he was behind bars. Wheelchair-bound Nicholas Bull, 32, was jailed for nine-and-a-half years in May 2011 for grooming a 12-year-old Hull girl. He showered her with teddies, jewellery and chocolates, before raping her. Bull even duped her parents by pretending to be a love-struck 13-year-old boy who had been injured while playing the character of Stitch in Disney On Ice. Detectives said at the time that they suspected Bull, who was left paraplegic following a car crash in 2009, had many more victims. One of the victims was just ten years old. Now, following a lengthy and detailed investigation, which led to a further 13 victims – aged between ten and 15 – being identified, Bull’s sentence has been lengthened by five years. Posing as a young boy, Bull persuaded the girls to send him indecent images of themselves and speak to him over a webcam. Hull Crown Court heard he met one of his victims, a 14-year-old girl, and filmed himself having sex with her. Patrick Palmer, prosecuting at Hull Crown Court, said: “Phones and computers were seized and analysed. It took a considerable amount of time to identify and track down some of the girls involved. “The modus operandi was effectively the same in respect of the first, original conviction. He persuaded them to take part in sexual acts.” Mr Palmer described how Bull, a pot-washer from Orpington, Kent, used MSN and Facebook to target girls across the country, using various aliases and a fake profile picture showing the face of a teenage boy. Bull pleaded guilty to a further 23 counts of sexual abuse. Mr Palmer said the most serious charges – two counts of sexual activity with a child – related to the 14-year-old girl from Nottingham. After grooming her online for six months, he persuaded her to meet him and booked a room in the Hilton hotel. Detectives later discovered footage of him having sex with the girl in the hotel room. The girl went on to visit Bull on two occasions at his home in Kent. Mr Palmer said: “Now she knows his true identity, she feels tricked by him, disgusted. She feels terrible.” Another of his victims was a 11-year-old girl, of Hull. He convinced her he was a 16-year-old boy named Matt. “He asked for her address to send Christmas presents,” said Mr Palmer. “He asked to come and see her. He never actually turned up. “A month later he told her he had been hurt in an accident. He asked her to do something to make him better.” Bull sent a text stating: “Hey babe, send me a pic of you naked.” The girl complied. Police recovered 166 indecent images and videos from phones and computers belonging to Bull. Six were deemed to be at Category A – the most serious level. Judge Tahir Khan QC told Bull: “What the sentencing judge did not know in 2011 was that between January 2008 and December 2010 you had been systematically, persistently and ruthlessly pursuing girls aged from ten to 15 with a view to grooming them. “You can properly be described as prolific. “A number of girls succumbed to the pressure.” June 2011 Wheelchair-bound paedophile Nicholas Bull jailed after filming himself raping a 12-year-old girl A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND paedophile who filmed himself raping a girl after duping her into thinking he was a 13-year-old ice skating star is feared to have targeted hundreds of other children. Nicholas Bull has begun a nine-and-half-year jail sentence for raping the girl in a hotel room but the police investigation into his crimes is ongoing. Analysis of the 28-year-old’s computer, seized from his home in Elizabeth Way, St Mary Cray, shows he has had contact with other young girls. It is believed he may have photos or video of them, just as he did of his 12-year-old victim. Bull befriended the girl on Facebook after taking the alias of Matt Gordon, a teenager who she knew, then sent her hundreds of emails along with more than 1,300 texts. He convinced her to send him sexually explicit pictures of herself and sent her gifts of teddies, jewellery and chocolates. The kitchen hand told the girl he was left wheelchair-bound after having an accident while playing the character of Stitch in a Disney on Ice show. And he said the drugs he was taking had made him put on weight and look a lot older than his 13 years. His story meant she was not suspicious of his appearance when they met up and he sexually assaulted her in his home. Then just before last Christmas Bull’s father drove him to Hull to see her and they went to see a pantomime. He then took her back to the hotel room where he was staying and used his mobile phone to film himself having sex with the girl. Her parents had been reassured that the so-called 13-year-old’s father was there to act as a chaperone. However when they met Bull and his father for the first time when they dropped the girl off, her parents knew the ‘boy’ was not a teenager. They immediately called the police and after he was arrested it took two hours of questioning before he confessed his real age. Bull pleaded guilty to nine charges at Hull Crown Court, including rape, grooming a child for sex, taking indecent photos and attempted rape. Police believe he may have preyed on victims across the country. Investigating officer Detective Constable Brian Christie, of Humberside police, said: “We have good information to show that he has contacted dozens and dozens of young girls and we believe there will be other victims. “We believe that there will be further victims not only in the Hull area but possibly in the south of England where he lives.” On Facebook as well as calling himself Matt Gordon, Bull used the aliases Matthew Gordon, Matt Gordon, Matty Gordon, Matt Ball, Matty Ball and Nick Bull. Det Con Christie is urging anyone who fears their child may have been contacted by Bull to call Humberside police on            08456 060222      . The police have confirmed they do not believe Bull’s father knew what his son was doing and he believed he was in a relationship with someone of at least 16 years of age.