


They related to two specific instances of the oral rape of the child.Ī woman was left blind in one eye by a man she treated as a brother in a vicious attack. The court heard the two other counts would now be classed as rape. They related to touching the boy's penis and making him touch his, on at least 10 occasions. Two of the counts would now be classed as sexual assault. But in the early 1990s, when aged between 14 and 17, he destroyed the life of a "terrified" young boy, living in the St Helens area, then "hid a dark secret".īoardman, of Winstanley Close, Great Sankey, Warrington, denied four counts of indecent assault, but was found guilty after a trial. Married 45-year-old Philip Boardman has worked as a healthcare assistant in hospitals, as an ambulance technician, and as a courier for a medical firm.


Philip Boardman, 45, of Winstanley Close, Great Sankey, WarringtonĪ dad-of-two and former NHS worker raped a young boy when he himself was a teenager. Here is an overview of some of the most serious cases to have concluded this past month. A perverted care worker who exposed himself to a vulnerable woman during a video call also shocked readers. They also sentenced a bully who battered a woman then tried to urinate on her, and a woman who conned her best friend out of more than £100,000.ĭisturbing cases involved a man behind a horrific campaign of rape, a convicted sex offender who spied on a family before breaking into their home to try to molest two little girls and a man who raped a woman just days after she gave birth. Judges had to sentence a gangland "fixer" for his part in a botched shooting. READ MORE: 'Career crook' forces Rocket flyover to close in motorbike crash Up for sentence was a speeding driver who ruined a teenager's life then went on the run, and a bullying dad who asked his partner if she "wanted to feel pain" before stubbing out a lit cigarette on her. Judges sentenced a husband who murdered his wife, then let their son find her body a man who stabbed his uncle to death and a teen gang boss behind three shootings and an arson attack.Ĭourts heard about a bent copper who formed a secret sexual relationship with an alleged rape victim. This list features 75 people jailed in April for crimes linked to Merseyside.
