Current offenders list

Our team helps many victims of abuse get the support they need

We feel it is important to keep up to date on current offenders and our head of service, Malcolm Johnson, regularly publishes updates on compensation schemes and how you can get the right legal advice and guidance.

Neil Foden

On the 8th May 2024, the BBC reported on the prosecution of Neil Foden in Mold Crown Court, a school head teacher who is accused of sexually abusing five young girls.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68977934

Mr Foden has pleaded not guilty to 20 charges including 13 of sexual activity with a child.

Rebecca Joynes

On the 8th May 2024, the Manchester Evening News reported on the case of Rebecca Joynes, a teacher denied six counts of having sexual activity with a child in Manchester Crown Court. The allegations against her concern two teenage boys whom she met through her job as a teacher at a Greater Manchester school.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/teacher-groomed-teenage-pupil-sex-29127912

Christopher Charlton

Christopher Charlton, a teacher at Greenwood School, in Halstead, Essex has been banned from teaching after sexually abusing pupils more than 30 years ago. A Teaching Regulation Agency panel heard evidence from five ex-pupils of the school, where Christopher Charlton taught Physical Education and Mathematics between 1986 and 1993. Mr Charlton denied the allegations. A police investigation began after a number of pupils said they had been sexually assaulted by Mr Charlton, but the police decided to take no further action.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxe2evyr07lo

Dr Iuliu Stan

The BBC reports that Dr Iuliu Stan was found by a medical practitioners’ tribunal in February 2024 to have "preyed" on patients at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. The tribunal heard allegations of misconduct surrounding 37 anonymous patients. More people have now been told they could potentially have been victims. The hearing found that Dr Stan subjected patients, some of them children, to "unnecessary, invasive and intimate procedures for his own sexual gratification". This case has disturbing similarities to that of Manish Shah, a former GP who received five life sentences for sexually abusing women during examinations. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64210582. Lime Solicitors represents a number of his victims.

You can read about this story at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2eerzzz4xo

Michael Costin

On the 25th July 2024, Essex scout leader, Michael Costin was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Snaresbrook Crown Court. One of his victims gave evidence via a written letter to his parents, written nearly 25 years ago. What is shocking about this case, that Costin had been a school teacher in Ipswich as well having convictions for abusing other children in other parts of the country.

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/24476245.romford-scout-helped-send-michael-costin-jail-beyond-grave/

Graham Goodchild

In September 2024, an 82 year old man, Graham Goodchild was sentenced to 25 years for the abuse of children whilst working at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool. Mr Goodchild had worked as a night superintendent during the 1960’s and early 1970’s. The police said that Goodchild had used his position of trust to carry out appalling and despicable offences against young children.

Read more here.