These are the dangerous North East rapists and sex predators who have been locked up in recent weeks
These rapists and sex predators have been handed prison sentences with a combined total of 99 years for their vile crimes.
One sick rapist repeatedly shook his head, smirked and sought to interrupt his victim’s impact statements in abusive terms as he was sentenced for sex offences including rape and attempted rape of the children.
While another denied three counts of rape before being found guilty by a jury. And one sex pest was recently sentenced after he indecently assaulted a teenage cricketer in his Gateshead home after a match in the late 90s as the youth waited to be picked up by his parents.
These are the dangerous North East rapists and sex predators who have been locked up in recent weeks.
Michael Woods has been put behind bars for 26 years after he sexually abused a woman.
A court was told Woods left his victim feeling alone, scared, and in her own words, “worthless”. Following an incident in which she ‘genuinely feared’ for her safety, the woman bravely contacted a trusted friend and told them what had happened.
After police were informed of Woods’ vile crimes, an investigation was launched by Durham Constabulary. Woods was charged with three counts of rape, which he denied.
But a jury sitting at Teesside Crown Court found him guilty of all charges and the 41-year-old, of Newcastle, has now been sentenced to 26 years in jail. Woods will serve at least 21 years in prison and was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and put on the Sex Offenders’ Register indefinitely due to his dangerousness.
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(Image: Durham Constabulary)John Weeden, previously known as John Hawthorn, 56, of Elswick, Newcastle, came to Northumbria Police’s attention in 2020 after a woman came forward to report that as a child he had sexually assaulted her on several occasions. An investigation was launched, and Weeden was subsequently charged with three sexual offences.
He denied any guilt but was found guilty by a jury of his peers in July. And now he has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars.
His victim said: “I have finally got the justice I have waited for so long and I hope this man never gets the opportunity to ruin another child’s life, like he did to mine.”
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(Image: Northumbria Police)Bruce Patterson was watching TV with the victim when he gave her booze and a tablet which he’d bought on the streets. But when the woman fell asleep, Patterson went on to rape the woman and interfered with her for over an hour.
The next day, the 37-year-old pretended like nothing had happened and even asked for her number. The attack left the woman feeling “minging” and she continues to struggle coming to terms with what happened.
Now, Patterson, of West Percy Street, North Shields, has been jailed for nine years and will be on the sex offender’s register for life.
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(Image: Northumbria Police)This vile sneering paedophile who left two young girls traumatised by sexually abusing them.
Joseph Stewart repeatedly shook his head, smirked and sought to interrupt their victim impact statements in abusive terms as he was sentenced for sex offences including rape and attempted rape of the children.
But now Stewart, 57, of Albion Gardens, Burnopfield, County Durham, has been handed a 21 year prison sentence – of which he must serve two-thirds in custody – with an extended licence period of a further year.
The paedophile, who smiled at hearing the sentence, will also be subject to a sexual harm prevention order, sex offender registration and a restraining order.
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(Image: Northumbria Police)Michael Strange indecently assaulted a teenage cricketer in his Gateshead home after a match in the late 90s as the youth waited to be picked up by his parents. Strange groped the boy over and underneath his clothing for up to half an hour before the victim was finally collected.
The assault left the boy feeling “disgust, shame and guilt” but as an adult, he bravely came forward and told police about what happened in 2022 after seeing news reports about Strange’s other sex crimes.
Strange was handed a two year prison sentence, which will be served consecutively to his current jail time.
Strange was previously jailed in 2012 for six years for abusing three boys in the 1990s. In 2016 he received an additional three-year sentence for abusing another teen in the early 2000s and in 2020 he was handed an extra-four-and-half years behind bars for indecently assaulting another boy.
And last year he was jailed for an additional 40 months after he pleaded guilty to two counts of indecent sexual assault. He has previously been placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.
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(Image: Northumbria Police)Daniel Smith was a respected member of a church in South Tyneside when he carried out serious historical sexual offences against a child. The 48-year-old carried out “elements of grooming” behaviour and went on to have sex with an underage girl on two occasions.
Smith plied his victim with alcohol and the offences left her battling PTSD, anxiety and depression, the court heard.
Now Smith, of Sundridge Drive, Gateshead, has been jailed for five years and three months and will be on the sex offender’s register indefinitely. An indefinite restraining order was also imposed.
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(Image: northumbria police)Colin Routledge groomed and abused a youngster in offences which had a “devastating” impact on her life, a court heard. Now the 77-year-old, of Laburnum Gardens, Gateshead, has been jailed for nine years.
Locking him up at Newcastle Crown Court, Judge Amanda Rippon told him: “You told her not to tell anyone what you were doing and you said you would get into trouble if she did. She didn’t understand why you would get in trouble because she didn’t understand what was happening to her.
“She kept it secret until she could cope no more, telling her parents. She has provided a victim impact statement outlining the devastating impact.”
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(Image: Northumbria Police)Gregg Campbell carried out serious sexual offences against a young boy in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Bedlington area and left his victim battling drug and alcohol addiction in adulthood. Campbell made his young victim feel like the abuse was “normal” and “ruined” his life.
Campbell’s offences finally came to light in 2019 after the victim confided in a partner, before eventually going to the police. Campbell was then arrested, but denied his offending and instead accused the victim of making false allegations.
But now he has been jailed for 17 years after being found guilty following a trial and will also be on the sex offender’s register for life.
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