David Pates, a convicted Powick Paedophile from Worcestershire who served over two decades in prison, has passed away.
David Pates, of The Orchard, Powick, passed away while incarcerated in HMP Birmingham on Monday, March 18, at the age of 79.
In 2007, David Pates received a sentence of 41 months and 15 days after confessing to the sexual assault of a minor and the creation and possession of indecent photos of children.
David Pates had previously been convicted of six indecent assaults while working at a swimming pool in 1984 and indecently assaulting a nine-year-old girl in the late 1990s.
As a result, David Pates was jailed indefinitely for public protection (IPP) as he was deemed to be too dangerous to be allowed in public.
The charge, similar to a life sentence, meant that David Pates would only be released from jail if he could prove that he was no longer a danger.
An investigation into David Pates’s death by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman found that he died from sepsis caused by a bacterial skin infection called cellulitis.
Inappropriately and giving no thought to the dead paedophile’s victims, The ombudsman offered his condolences to those who knew David Pates.
The clinical reviewer reviewing David Pates’s clinical care while imprisoned at HMP Birmingham found that he received a standard of care equal to what he could have expected had he been out of prison.
The reviewer made two recommendations to the head of healthcare at the prison; however, these were not related to David Pates’s death.
The ombudsman investigated any non-clinical issues relating to David Pates’s care in the lead-up to his death.
In his report, the ombudsman said: “We did not find any non-clinical issues of concern, and we make no recommendation.”
David Pates tried to appeal his IPP in 2011, but three senior judges at London’s Court of Appeal ruled there was enough evidence to suggest he was still a risk.
The inquest, held on Tuesday, August 13, concluded that David Pates’s cause of death was natural causes.
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