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Two Men From Surrey Jailed After Child Sex Offences

  • Stephen Ireland, co-founder of Pride in Surrey, was jailed for 13 years in 2024 after raping a vulnerable 12-year-old boy he met on Grindr in Addlestone.
  • Ireland and his then-partner David Sutton, also found guilty of child sexual offences including voyeurism and possession of prohibited images, had discussed procuring a 13-year-old boy in 2022 for Sutton's birthday.
  • The court heard Ireland and Sutton recorded a 16-year-old without consent in March 2024 and deleted incriminating data from their phones after being released on bail in June 2024.
  • Judge Patricia Lees said Ireland exploited a highly sexualised child and praised the victim's courage, while the defence denied abuse of Ireland's Surrey Pride role; Sutton was jailed for four and a half years.
  • Matthew Myatt, separately sentenced to four years for grooming and sexual offences against teenage girls between 2016 and 2017, was described by his victim as causing irreversible damage.
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Stephen Ireland, 41, co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Pride in Surrey group and known for his social media attacks against Harry Potter's writer, J.K. Rowling, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the UK for multiple sexual offences against a minor. Read more]]>

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FilmiBeat broke the news in India on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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