Jailed: Paedophile who abused children as young as four
Mike Brooke
Published: 2:41 PM November 1, 2021
A convicted paedophile living in Bethnal Green who flew to Cambodia to engage in sexual activity with children including a four-year-old has been jailed.

Gary Cosgrove was sentenced at the Old Bailey to two years and five months on Friday, October 29, and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

He admitted making indecent images of a child and inciting a child to commit a sexual act when he previously appeared in court in September.

He was arrested after police received information from the National Crimes Agency’s international liaison network in 2018 about a man “sexually abusing, grooming and exploiting children” in Sihanoukville in Cambodia.

“Cosgrove targeted vulnerable children and groomed them with gifts before sexually abusing them,” the Agency’s Peter Vernon revealed.

“Child sex offenders like Cosgrove think they won’t get caught in a remote part of the world.

“However, borders are not a barrier. We target British nationals who commit these offences overseas to ensure they face justice.”

Detectives from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime unit arrested Cosgrove at Heathrow Airport on his return on May 31, 2018, on suspicion of sexual activity with a child.

He admitted being in Cambodia and giving children money, clothes and toys — but denied sexual offences.

Items were seized during a search at his address in Bethnal Green included electronic devices which linked him to child sexual abuse, the court heard.

Det Con Mike Penn from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime unit said after the Cosgrave’s sentencing: “This highlights our determination to track down these offenders and secure convictions to safeguard vulnerable children — no matter where they are in the world.”

A video made on an iPhone on January 5, 2018, featured an explicit conversation where a man is heard talking to a four-year-old girl.

The location showed it to be Cambodia, where Cosgrove was at the time. There were also images of naked children.

Cosgrove, who was charged with making indecent images of a child and inciting a child to commit a sexual act, denied being the man on the video.

But voice analysis by an expert in forensic speech and acoustics found the recording provided “moderately strong support that he was the speaker”.
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For those wondering:

When a SHPO order is imposed, it will often require an individual to comply with certain requirements as well as refraining from doing certain things. Some of the requirements listed in the order may be for a fixed period, and some may be for an indefinite period.

Each case is dependent on its own particular facts and circumstances and must be tailored to meet the requirements and objectives of each individual case.

So I’m guessing from the report that his passport would probably be confiscated for 10 years. Doesn’t really seem like enough, but what do I know.

It’s a short sentence

Crazy short.
There has been some debate on other threads about vigilante justice, some, that to my mind seem a little naive and idealistic saying there is never a place for it, and others saying that with a dysfunctional criminal justice system it's a necessary evil.
It's possibly inappropriate and illegal but if it wasn't I would suggest some kind of a fundraising effort, a mama noodle fund for some of his new neighbors.

Oops- my reading skills. What do prisoners eat and trade in, in the UK's prisons?

bittermelon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:38 am Crazy short.
There has been some debate on other threads about vigilante justice, some, that to my mind seem a little naive and idealistic saying there is never a place for it, and others saying that with a dysfunctional criminal justice system it's a necessary evil.
It's possibly inappropriate and illegal but if it wasn't I would suggest some kind of a fundraising effort, a mama noodle fund for some of his new neighbors.

The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its stupidest member divided by the number of people in the mob.

nerdlinger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:49 am

bittermelon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:38 am Crazy short.
There has been some debate on other threads about vigilante justice, some, that to my mind seem a little naive and idealistic saying there is never a place for it, and others saying that with a dysfunctional criminal justice system it's a necessary evil.
It's possibly inappropriate and illegal but if it wasn't I would suggest some kind of a fundraising effort, a mama noodle fund for some of his new neighbors.

The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its stupidest member divided by the number of people in the mob.

Good line, you got some data or a source for that claim?

nerdlinger wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:49 am

bittermelon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 4:38 am Crazy short.
There has been some debate on other threads about vigilante justice, some, that to my mind seem a little naive and idealistic saying there is never a place for it, and others saying that with a dysfunctional criminal justice system it's a necessary evil.
It's possibly inappropriate and illegal but if it wasn't I would suggest some kind of a fundraising effort, a mama noodle fund for some of his new neighbors.

The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its stupidest member divided by the number of people in the mob.

Then divide that number by the age of the abuse victim to calculate the IQ of someone who thinks a 29 month jail sentence is suitable punishment for a crime of this nature (bear in mind that in the UK a prisoner usually only serves half of that sentence in jail, in this instance less than 15 months)

Gary Cosgrove and all of his kind should be put to death, and if the state won’t do it, then Ive got no problem with vigilantes who will.

I’ve said it before, anyone who chooses to harm children, has stepped over a line from which there is no returning. Paedophiles cannot be, nor deserve to be rehabilitated, and children deserve better than being put at risk by convicted paedophiles being released back in to society.

Cue the cries of “what if an innocent person is mistakenly targeted by a vigilante mob?”
To that I say, unfortunate as it may be, if it acts as a deterrent to actual child abusing predators, then that’s a risk we should be prepared to accept. A ‘mob’ doing the wrong thing for the right reason, is preferable to a state treating paedophiles (and anyone else who intentionally hurts children) with kid gloves.