US EditionFormer instructor pleads not guilty to molesting students
- On Friday, March 28, Simon Clark, 46, appeared at Chester Crown Court and pleaded guilty to 29 offences, including inciting a child under 13 to engage in penetrative sexual activity and making 26 Category A indecent images of children.
- The case against Clark began in January 2023 after a concerned parent in North Wales reported that their teenage daughter was receiving messages requesting naked images from an unknown man, leading to an investigation by Cheshire Police's Online Child Abuse Investigation Team .
- A warrant conducted at Clark's home in May 2023 revealed that he was posing as a teenager using the Snapchat account 'Jamie_jones6968' and had sent hundreds of sexualized messages, some requesting indecent images, to at least 30 girls under the age of 16.
- Detective Constables Louise Murphy and Megan Griffiths led the investigation, emphasizing the bravery of the victims, while prosecutor Emma Nash said that in the 1970s Derek Hinchliffe's victims were desperate to make it as professional footballers and felt Hinchliffe could make or break their future careers.
- Clark, a former teacher who held a position of trust, is scheduled to return to Chester Crown Court on Wednesday, April 9, for sentencing, while Derek Hinchliffe, now 82 and living in West Yorkshire, was sentenced to seven years and seven months in jail for 11 historic sexual offenses against four boys in the 1970s.
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Former youth counselor pleads guilty to aggravated sexual battery, indecent acts with children
RICHMOND COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A youth counselor who formerly worked at several different churches, schools and agencies throughout Richmond County pleaded guilty to three charges of child sex crimes earlier this week. David Lawrence Schneider was originally charged with 19 felony counts related to child sex crimes during an investigation announced by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in August of last year. According to court documents, Schn…
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