This is the visage of a monstrous Northampton paedophile, Edwin Darby, that every parent ought to witness following a family’s ‘two years of torment.’ Edwin Darby’s police confessions were so ‘disturbing’ that one officer allegedly had to terminate the session.
Despite the 67-year-old receiving a 54-month prison sentence and being mandated to register as a sex offender, the victim’s mother expressed outrage that he might be out in little over two years and “doesn’t have a neon sign on him.” She desires for others to recognise his name and visage, anticipating that he will never inflict harm against others again.
Edwin Darby, from Northampton, confessed to two charges of assault by touching a female under the age of 13. The photograph, published by West Midlands Police, has been disclosed following the sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court on May 5.
Details of the lorry driver’s sickening crimes emerged after the mum’s children reported Edwin Darby had ‘moonied’ in front of them, she said. After opening up an honest conversation over ‘private areas’, one of her children made a harrowing disclosure.
“The way she said it so innocently and blasé, so matter of fact, I was like, ‘no this can’t be’,” recalled the mum, who cannot be named for legal reasons. West Midlands Police was alerted, with the mother and daughter interviewed at the station.
“I was told he [Edwin Darby] had made some disclosures to police,” she added. “The police officer at the time said he had to stop the police interview because he was so disturbed.”
As Edwin Darby was jailed, he was also handed a sexual harm prevention order and ordered to sign the sex offenders register. A restraining order was imposed and the trucker will, or may be, barred from working with children and or vulnerable adults upon his release, the court said.
The victim’s mum added: “This person’s a monster. I don’t want him to be able to hurt anyone else, ever,” said the mum. “Ok so he’s on the sex offenders register, ok so he’s got a sexual harm prevention order, but he hasn’t got a neon sign on him.
“Edwin Darby could carry on and live his life and nobody would be any wiser. He could put himself in situations and befriend people and they will be in danger again. I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to anyone else.
“I can’t settle. Edwin Darby has the ability to befriend people very quickly, very easily.” She hopes by telling her story, other victims of sexual abuse will feel more comfortable in coming forward to police.
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“We’ve already had two years of hell. We’ve served the two years that he’s going to serve now. I feel like I can’t put my life back together, because in two years time, he’s going to be out and I’m going to go back to looking over my shoulder again,” she said.
She urged parents worried about their children to have ‘honest, open conversations’ with them. “They’re hard conversations; they’re the worst, but you have to have them,” said the mum.
“I am so glad and grateful because if I hadn’t have had that conversation with her, this would not have come out.”
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