Perverted Walsall teaching assistant who used disabled boys for depraved sexual games 'could have abused 81 more children'
A perverted Walsall teaching assistant who used disabled children as his own sexual playthings leaving some suicidal is being investigated about 81 potential new victims.
However, his identity still remains a mystery after West Midlands Police and the CPS petitioned the Black Country's top judge, Justice Michael Chambers KC, to keep the paedophile's identity secret.
Prosecutor Daniel Oscroft told the court West Midlands Police had assured him the need for anonymity was critical to the success "of a major investigation into the defendant which will lead to multiple charges within the next 12 months".
The Express & Star challenged the order, along with other media outlets, as the teaching assistant has already been named on social media and any new charges could take three years to get to sentencing.
However, due to the sheer scale of the investigation and the damage one man could have done across the Midlands, Justice Chambers KC believed the risk of prejudicing the second trial after naming him was too great. Detectives are interviewing former pupils, many with special needs, of the teaching assistant. So far there could be a potential 81 new victims, which would rival some of the biggest abuse scandals ever.
He said: "However, this order will not be indefinite and this court will revisit the anonymity of this defendant in six months time. In the past I have heard about these investigations, some can see someone charged very quickly, others can see delay after delay."
The Walsall native should have been sentenced today but due to various delays during the hearing Justice Chambers KC adjourned his remarks and sentencing until May
The paedophile pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual abuse of six boys between 2021 and 2024. He admitted touching six boys sexually and exposing them to pornography despite his victims being as young as 12.
During the hearing the depraved nature of the abuse was revealed, with the teaching assistant often forcing naked pupils to play sex games in front of him.
His disturbing run of abuse finally came to an end last September when one of his victims bravely told someone what the trusted adult had been doing behind closed doors. He was arrested and remanded in custody where he remained until finding out his fate.
When police raided his home they found a sinister shrine to young boys and his helpless victims. His walls were festooned with pictures of him and boys on day trips away and sexual mementos including his victims boxer shorts and other intimate belongings.
Included in videos from his special school's CCTV system in which the defendant forced distressed boys to touch themselves whilst he held a broom.
He admitted making indecent images of children over a three year period between December 2021 and September last year.
The perverted Walsall educator would even befriend the parents of the children he was forcing to play sexual games at the special school they attended. Often desperate for support, before discovering his deviancy, the parents lavished praise on the thirty-something teaching assistant, one claimed he was the "answer to their prayers".
One parent said: "My son has special needs. When I met him he was one of the few people who understood special needs. But he manipulated our family, he exploited my son's vulnerabilities. I feel so guilty for letting him in my family. He sexually groomed my child and did wicked things I cannot even think of."
Victim impact statements read to the court revealed at least one of the children, who was abused when he was 12 and 13, was so distressed he had regular suicidal tendencies.