April 2016
Prison for ‘predatory’ paedophile whose actions were utterly perverse
A man who committed a host of sexual crimes against children has been given an eight-year prison term.
Duncan James Waterhouse, 45, received the sentence at Carlisle Crown Court today.
He had previously pleaded guilty to 20 offences during a period of just over six years up to February, 2016.
Waterhouse’s shocking abuse, on four different victims, was said to have had a “profound and significant” impact.
One youngster’s future was described as having been “shattered”. In the case of another, the effect was such that Waterhouse had left behind merely a “shell” where the child once was.
His offences involved four children and included sexual activity with a child and making a child watch sexual activity.
Handing down the jail term, Judge Peter Davies said of the defendant’s said: “It was corrupt, and the corruptness was yours.”
A five-year extended licence period was attached to the sentence. In addition, Waterhouse, of Coleridge Court, Keswick, was made subject to the sex offender notification requirements indefinitely.
He must also abide by the strict terms of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order, and will be barred from working with children and vulnerable adults.
