Stephen King (paedophile)

Stephen King (born 1949 or 1950) is a British man convicted of child sexual abuse. On March 18, 2004, King was sentenced to seven years in prison for the "systematic abuse" of three girls aged between 9 and 13 years old.

King, who was 54 when he was arrested, pleaded guilty to 21 charges, including sex with a girl under 13, and 10 cases of indecent assault.

He took 500 photographs, kept a diary of each assault and videotaped some of the assaults. These took place between October 1996 and the end of 1999.

Previously, in 1989, he had been convicted for gross indecency, and served six months in jail, when he was using the name Stephen Gosling. He was only found out, by chance, after being investigated for (unrelated) benefit fraud.

Despite this, he portrayed himself as an "expert" who had advised the government and public bodies on how to protect children from child sexual offenders. King was a member of the Paedophile Information Exchange. [cite web|title=Paedophilia expert abused girls|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3516714.stm|year=2004|work=bbc] When the "Sentencing Advisory Panel" (SAP) asked for public consultation on sentencing, King submitted his opinions. While his name was listed in the final report from the SAP that was submitted to the "Court of Appeal", it was listed as a response that was "not helpful." At the time of his sentencing, there was confusion in the media with some papers reporting that he lectured before audiences of police officers. It was later explained that he simply worked for a company that arranged such lectures, but was not involved in lecturing himself. [cite web|title=Paedophile's double life|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3517472.stm|year=2004|work=bbc]

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