'Prolific' London paedophile exposed for 40-year reign of terror against young children

Christopher George Pearce has been jaild for 16 years pursuing a 40-year reign of panic (Image: Metropolitan Police / SWNS)

A "prolific" paedophile has been jailed pursuing a 40-year reign of panic against young children aged betwixt 5 and 7 .

Christopher George Pearce, 59, began his horrific intersexual maltreatment against children successful Hammersmith successful 1984 - erstwhile his victims were aged conscionable 5 and seven. His deplorable offending continued until 1988 - erstwhile helium sexually abused different 2 children, aged six and seven, successful Chelsea. Decades later, successful 2020, Pearce was caught trying to groom whom helium believed to beryllium a kid online.

This prompted Met Police officers to apprehension him, and erstwhile his sanction was published online, 2 of his victims recovered the courageousness to travel guardant and study his crimes from the 1980s. Pearce has present been jailed for 16 years pursuing a sentencing astatine Isleworth Crown Court.

Detective Sergeant Tony Larkin, who led the investigation, said: “I privation to convey the victims for coming guardant to talk to and enactment with officers done a agelong and analyzable investigation.

“I anticipation the bravery and willingness of the victims serves arsenic an inspiration to those who whitethorn different fearfulness reporting this benignant of abhorrent abuse. I americium successful nary uncertainty that since 1984 Pearce has been an incredibly unsafe kid enactment offender and is present nary longer escaped to perpetrate offences against children.

“The officers successful this lawsuit showed existent determination successful securing justness for each the victims - they are a recognition to the Met. I would impulse anyone who has been a unfortunate of intersexual maltreatment – nary substance however agelong agone – to delight travel guardant to police. We guarantee you that you volition beryllium listened to and we volition assistance you get enactment you truthful rightly deserve.”