EIGHT Paedophile women from the West Midlands Paedophile Ring have been found guilty for their part in one of Britain’s worst-ever child sex abuse gangs.
Members of a 21-strong paedophile group sexually assaulted, tortured and raped seven children as young as twelve for more than ten years. They also tried to kill a toddler in a Microwave.
Paedophile Tracey Baker, 41, was found guilty of five child sexual abuse-related charges and sentenced to sixteen years, among the worst offenders.
While Paedophile Natalie Wellington, 44, was sentenced to 17 years after being found guilty of four child sex crimes
Before being brought down in 2017, their “abhorrent and cruel” mistreatment occurred over Walsall and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.
Only one victim’s unusual injury revealed the reign of terror among the warped Paedophile group following a hospital visit.
It spurred West Midlands Police’s most extensive child sex abuse inquiry ever to last for more than five years.
Following three trials, the last one ending this month, thirteen persons have been imprisoned for 145 years.
The court heard that just one of the twenty-one paedophiles admitted to what they had done; the others displayed not the “slightest remorse” for their horrific crimes.
The COVID-19 epidemic caused delays in investigations and court proceedings.
After the Paedophile ring came to light, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how almost seventy suspects were questioned.
Working with Social Services, police protected the youngsters and then found out what had happened to them at the hands of both male and female offenders.
Chief crown prosecutor Joanne Jakymec of CPS remarked: “The perpetrators in this case perpetrated the most terrible litany of sexual abuse of the utmost intensity…Causing the victims extreme psychological damage and physical harm.”
Twisted Paedophile Tracey Baker, 41, was found guilty of five child sexual abuse-related charges and sentenced to sixteen years, ranked among the worst offenders.
Sicko Paedophile Natalie Wellington, 44, received a 17-year sentence after being convicted guilty of four child sex crimes.
Paedophile Ann Marie Clare, 43, was found guilty of four child sex crimes and locked up for eight years; Paedophile Kirsty Webb, 36, was convicted of five child sexual assault-related charges.
Found guilty of three child sex crimes, 58-year-old Paedophile Pamela Howells was imprisoned for seven years.
Head of the investigation, Detective Chief Superintendent Paul Drover of West Midlands Police, told how a large team helped expose “systematic abuse that has to be some of the most shocking I have seen in my career”.
He explained: “This has been a challenging and complex investigation and the biggest of its kind I have known for the force.
“But at the heart of it has been seven children who suffered the most abhorrent and cruel abuse, not just physically but psychologically, leaving them in extreme trauma.”
Mr Drover praised the victims, some now adults, for coming forward and allowing the perpetrators to be brought to justice.
He added: “They have been through a significant amount of trauma. It has significantly and continuously impacted their physical and mental wellbeing.”
The faces of seven of the eight evil women involved are revealed here:
Kirsty Webb, 36
Found guilty of five child sexual abuse related offences and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) will be in place for 30 years. An indefinite Restraining Order was imposed in respect of the victims.
Natasha Webb, 37
Gave evidence for the Crown in trials 1, 2 and 3. Imprisoned for 9 years.
Tracey Baker, 41
Found guilty of five child sexual abuse-related offences and sentenced to 16 years. A SHPO and Restraining Order is in place for all of the complainants. Both orders are to last until further order. An indefinite Restraining Order was imposed on the victims.
Natalie Wellington, 44
Found guilty of four child sexual abuse-related offences and was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment (including an extra year extended licence). Restraining Order and SHPO granted indefinitely.
Ann Marie Clare, 43
Found guilty of four child sexual abuse-related offences and sentenced to eight years imprisonment with an extended licence period of three years (total of 11 years). SHPO for 30 years. An indefinite Restraining Order was imposed regarding the victims—notification requirement for life.
Pamela Howells, 58
Found guilty of three child sexual abuse-related offences and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. SHPO for 15 years. An indefinite Restraining Order was imposed in respect of the victims—notification requirement for life.
Violet Griffiths, 66
Found guilty of two child sexual abuse-related offences.
Jane Evans, 71
She was found unfit to plea, but a jury decided she committed the acts alleged. She was sentenced to a supervision order and a SHPO.
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