December 2012 Child sex rituals of pagan paedos JAILED Witch pensioners get 32yrs for horror abuse TWO white witch perverts were jailed for a total of 32 years yesterday for horrific child sex abuse. Evil Peter Petrauske and Jack Kemp belonged to a paedo ring which preyed on girls under the guise of pagan rituals. From the 1970s until 2006 the gang plied terrified victims with drink before making them strip off and dance. The girls, aged from three to 15, were often tied up and blindfolded before being abused at weird robed ceremonies. One had a dagger drawn across her body and another was threatened with burning. Caging Petrauske and Kemp, now aged 72 and 69, a judge said their offences were “truly horrific”. Both were part of a witches’ coven based in Falmouth, Cornwall, with Petrauske calling himself “lord” or “chief”. During a three-week trial it was alleged victims were also abused by murdered local councillor Peter Solheim, whose axe-mutilated body was found in the sea in 2004. The abuse came to light last year when Kemp was arrested over another incident. Police searching his home found witchcraft paraphernalia including a sword, dagger, masks and robes — and victims then came forward. They had been bribed or threatened to keep quiet so the crimes went undetected for decades. Judge Graham Cottle told Truro Crown Court the abuse had “blighted” the girls’ lives and that some would never really recover. He said both the accused had “a lifelong sexual interest in young female children”. Petrauske, of St Ives, was jailed for 18 years after being convicted of rape, aiding and abetting attempted rape and indecent assault. Ex-tin miner Kemp, of Falmouth, was given 14 years for indecent assault and sexual activity with a child. After the case Det Con Rick Milburn said the abuse had been the worst he and his colleagues had ever dealt with December 2012 ‘White witches’ found guilty of child sex abuse Two men accused of carrying out sex abuse on children in Cornwall as part of a witches’ coven have been convicted of several offences. Peter Petrauske (pic above) and Jack Kemp (pic below) were said to have donned ceremonial robes and pagan paraphernalia before abusing young girls in Cornwall during the 1970s. Police believe one of their victims may have been as young as three when the abuse started. The pair, aged 72 and 69 respectively, showed little emotion as they were led from the dock at Truro Crown Court and into custody. Petrauske, who described himself as the high priest of a white witches’ coven in St Ives, Cornwall, was convicted of one count of rape, one count of aiding and abetting an attempt to rape, and one count of indecent assault, all by unanimous verdict. Kemp was unanimously found guilty of indecent assault and indecency with a child, as well as seven other sexual offences by a majority verdict. The pair’s victims gave harrowing evidence from behind a screen during the three-week trial. They said they were abused by their tormentors, before being given money and sweets to buy their silence. In a dramatic twist, witnesses also named murdered pagan Peter Solheim and notorious Cornish paedophile Stan Pirie as among their abusers. The former was a 56-year-old parish councillor whose body was found five miles off the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, by fishermen on June 18 2004. He had been drugged and mutilated with a machete or an axe. The child abuse was only investigated further by police last year when Kemp was arrested in connection with another incident, causing rumours to spread around his home town of Falmouth and prompting the alleged victims of the historic offences to contact detectives. Kemp was cleared of five charges, while Petrauske was also found not guilty of one count. The public gallery was packed with the defendants’ family members and supporters during the trial, some of whom walked out as the jury foreman returned the verdicts. Judge Graham Cottle said the two men will be sentenced on Friday afternoon.