A Rochdale Paedophile “prolific sexual predator”, Gerald Glancy, who raped a youngster and assaulted several other children in his residence has been incarcerated.
Gerald Glancy from Rochdale confessed to a series of charges, including rape, sexual conduct with a minor, and inducing a child under 13 to participate in sexual activity.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated that the 85-year-old had taken advantage of his victims’ “vulnerability without consideration for the consequences of his abuse on them.”
Gerald Glancy received a 15-year prison sentence at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said that the court was informed of Gerald Glancy’s “atrocious sexual abuse” of 24 juvenile victims.
A CPS representative said between October 2018 and June 2022, Gerald Glancy was regularly engaging in sexualised conversations with children “over web chats”, which he then recorded.
During those conversations, he incited them to engage in sexual activity, whilst he himself engaged in a sexual act.
They said Gerald Glancy had also been abusing children in his home and several devices were recovered by GMP from his address which contained still and moving photographs of Glancy engaging in sexual activity with children.
‘Sickening’
GMP said Gerald Glancy admitted possessing indecent images of children after being arrested in February 2021 and “was therefore breaching a previous sexual prevention order”.
The force said it seized four mobile telephones, five hard drives, five flash drives and two cameras.
The CPS said the devices were sent for forensic analysis, but Gerald Glancy “continued to engage with children over web chat and committed further offences”.
GMP said officers returned to Gerald Glancy’s home in June 2022, “based on intelligence received by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children”, and found a further five unauthorised devices.
They said Gerald Glancy admitted making more than 47,000 images of children, taking at least 200 “category C” images and distributing two “category A” images.
Speaking after sentencing, Alex Mann said Gerald Glancy was such “a prolific sexual predator” that it had not been possible to identify all of his victims.
“The abuse he subjected children to was sickening,” he said.
“He exploited their vulnerability without any thought to the impact his abuse may have on them.”
Det Ch Insp Suzanne Keenaghan added that those who had provided “valuable support” in the case should be commended for their bravery.
“We know it’s been an extremely harrowing time for them,” she said.
“Gerald Glancy is the worst kind of offender and we are pleased that this predator is no longer on the streets and will not be able to hurt children ever again.”
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