Archive for February, 2008
Kudos to Cali
US child molester gets 152 years
A man in the US state of California has been sentenced to 152 years in prison for abusing two 12-year-old boys.
Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, 65, was convicted last year on 11 charges of child molestation and one charge of possessing child pornography.
He had previous convictions for child sexual assault in other states.
When he was arrested at his home in San Jose in June 2005, police found detailed accounts of sex acts with hundreds of children.
The notebooks also contained pornographic photographs of children.
During the trial, Schwartzmiller said the memoirs were fictional.
But prosecutors said he had abused children for several decades and was one of the most prolific paedophiles in the US.
“Based on his logs and manuscripts, we figure a minimum of 250 (victims),” said Santa Clara county prosecutor Steve Fein.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6311935.stm
Published: 2007/01/29 22:46:20 GMT
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Shocking Story From Canada **** GRAPHIC CONTENT ****
Boyish, cunning and cruel: Online predator shut down
A young man with an ‘amazingly complex’ system, Mark Bedford faces a lengthy prison term after pleading guilty to extortion and child pornography-related charges, writes Bruce Ward.
Bruce Ward, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Friday, January 25, 2008
How a beguiling blackmailer from Kingston coerced hundreds of young girls into performing acts of degradation, live and online. A story of lost innocence and misplaced trust.
Mark Bedford looks about 16 and is boy-band handsome, like Donny Osmond in his Puppy Love days or maybe Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller.
But Mr. Bedford is 23. He is a cunning and cruel online predator whose pitch perfect impersonation of a teenage girl fooled hundreds of girls in Canada and Britain. Several girls, including one 10-year-old, were coerced into performing degrading sexual acts in front of their webcams after being duped by Mr. Bedford.
He now faces a harsh prison sentence after pleading guilty to 10 extortion and child pornography-related charges last week in a Kingston courtroom.
News From Japan
Suspected serial child molester collared in Akita
AKITA — A man suspected of a series of child molestation cases in recent months has been arrested after he tailed an elementary schoolgirl and then fondled her in an apartment block elevator here, police said.
Naoki Yamagami, 28, was arrested for indecent assault after he allegedly performed indecent acts on the 10-year-old girl.
Yamagami admits to the allegations and has become the prime suspect in 11 similar unsolved cases reported in Akita since September last year.
Police said the case for which Yamagami was arrested involved him following the elementary schoolgirl home on Jan. 12, sneaking into the same elevator as her and then performing indecent acts on her. The girl broke away from Yamagami’s clutches and fled into her home.