Former Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning admits 29 child sex abuse charges
Denning, 73, pleads guilty to offences against boys aged nine to 16 between 1967 and 1984, but faces trial on 12 other charges
Press Association theguardian.com, Tuesday 5 August 2014
The former Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to a string of sex offences against young boys.
The 73-year-old admitted 29 charges involving boys as young as nine when he appeared at Southwark crown court in London on Tuesday. He denied a further 12 charges and will face trial on 24 November.
The offences he admitted were committed between 1967 and 1984 and involved boys aged from nine to 16.
Denning, of Basildon, Essex, was one of the original Radio 1 lineup when the BBC station was launched in 1967. He was also the first announcer heard on BBC2 when the television channel took to the air in 1964.
He was first arrested by detectives from the sex crime inquiry Operation Yewtree in June last year....
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/05/former-radio-1-dj-chris-denning-admits-child-sex-abuse
Teen accused in 'satanic' murder of girl to stand trial as adult
KTRK By Deborah Wrigley Wednesday, August 06, 2014
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- At age 16, Victor Manuel Alas is technically a juvenile. Today, before a judge, he was deemed old enough to stand trial as an adult for capital murder.
Alas and an alleged 17-year-old accomplice are accused in an especially horrific killing six months ago in clear lake. A 15-year-old girl named Corriann Cervantes was found dead inside a vacant apartment on El Camino Real.
Investigators said at the time that the victim had been stabbed with a screwdriver, beaten and sexually assaulted. Her killers are also accused of carving an upside down crucifix on her body.
Jose E Reyes, 17, was arrested shortly after the February murder. Alas was taken into custody shortly after that....
As for the motivation behind Cervantes' murder, prosecutors read from a police report that said Alas told detectives, "He did it so he could sell his soul to the devil."....
http://abc13.com/news/teen-to-stand-trial-as-adult-for-satanic-murder/244762/
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Second Miramonte Elementary Teacher Remains in Custody
Second Miramonte Elementary Teacher Remains in Custody
Investigators have found an additional 200 bondage-type photos of children allegedly taken by a teacher.
KTLA News February 9, 2012 LOS ANGELES
Miramonte Elementary School reopened on Thursday with completely new staff, in the wake of the arrests of two teachers last week on child sex abuse charges.
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said the idea behind the "clean sweep" is to re-build confidence among the many families who have lost faith in the school in the wake of the sex scandal.....
Meantime, at least two dozen students at Miramonte Elementary have retained attorneys so far.
The children allege they were victimized by teacher Mark Berndt, who was arrested last week and charged with 23 counts of lewd conduct.
Investigators have uncovered an additional 200 bondage-type photos of children allegedly taken by Berndt, who worked at the school for more than 30 years.
The pictures were found inside a computer at the Redondo Beach CVS store where the original photos implicating Berndt were found, Sgt. Dan Scott told KTLA.
Scott says the photos show about 25 victims that haven't been identified yet....
The new pictures bring the total number of photos to roughly 600.
Authorities said the Berndt case could involve more than 100 children over five years.
Berndt is being held on $23 million bail and is due in court for an arraignment on Feb. 21.
KTLA spoke to a 10-year-old girl who said she was sexually abused by Berndt.
The girl said Berndt -- who was not her teacher -- would contact her female teacher and ask for the her to be sent to his classroom to "get cookies during class."
"Mr. Berndt, he called my teacher and (asked) if he could borrow some students," the girl said in the interview.
The girl said Berndt would always pick the same group of students. He gave her cookies, she said, and told her female teacher the girl had "been helping a lot."....
Scott told KTLA that investigators have interviewed the female teacher and that, "we are satisfied with her answers she's provided us. She is definitely not a suspect. I can't predict what will happen in the future."....
The Berndt case in particular has raised questions about whether the school properly handled misconduct issues in the past.
Authorities have acknowledged that a 10-year-old girl claimed Berndt tried to fondle her in 1994.
Sheriff's detectives investigated the allegation, but the district attorney's office rejected the case, saying there was not enough evidence to prosecute.
Additionally, two women, who are now adults, said school officials investigated rumors about Berndt back in 1990.
One of the girls told the Los Angeles Times that a counselor told her and two other girls to stop inventing stories after a complaint that Berndt appeared to be masturbating behind his desk.
In another instance, a woman who discovered love-letters written by a Miramonte teacher's aide to her 11-year-old son was not taken seriously....
And in 2005, Richard Guevara, a former teacher's aide at Miramonte Early Education Center, was convicted of committing lewd acts with children.
He had been investigated for improper behavior as far back as 1995, but it was a case from 2003 that led to his conviction.
In that case, Guevara received a sentenced of 15 years to life in prison.
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-miramonte-second-teacher-removed,0,7913135.story
Investigators have found an additional 200 bondage-type photos of children allegedly taken by a teacher.
KTLA News February 9, 2012 LOS ANGELES
Miramonte Elementary School reopened on Thursday with completely new staff, in the wake of the arrests of two teachers last week on child sex abuse charges.
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy said the idea behind the "clean sweep" is to re-build confidence among the many families who have lost faith in the school in the wake of the sex scandal.....
Meantime, at least two dozen students at Miramonte Elementary have retained attorneys so far.
The children allege they were victimized by teacher Mark Berndt, who was arrested last week and charged with 23 counts of lewd conduct.
Investigators have uncovered an additional 200 bondage-type photos of children allegedly taken by Berndt, who worked at the school for more than 30 years.
The pictures were found inside a computer at the Redondo Beach CVS store where the original photos implicating Berndt were found, Sgt. Dan Scott told KTLA.
Scott says the photos show about 25 victims that haven't been identified yet....
The new pictures bring the total number of photos to roughly 600.
Authorities said the Berndt case could involve more than 100 children over five years.
Berndt is being held on $23 million bail and is due in court for an arraignment on Feb. 21.
KTLA spoke to a 10-year-old girl who said she was sexually abused by Berndt.
The girl said Berndt -- who was not her teacher -- would contact her female teacher and ask for the her to be sent to his classroom to "get cookies during class."
"Mr. Berndt, he called my teacher and (asked) if he could borrow some students," the girl said in the interview.
The girl said Berndt would always pick the same group of students. He gave her cookies, she said, and told her female teacher the girl had "been helping a lot."....
Scott told KTLA that investigators have interviewed the female teacher and that, "we are satisfied with her answers she's provided us. She is definitely not a suspect. I can't predict what will happen in the future."....
The Berndt case in particular has raised questions about whether the school properly handled misconduct issues in the past.
Authorities have acknowledged that a 10-year-old girl claimed Berndt tried to fondle her in 1994.
Sheriff's detectives investigated the allegation, but the district attorney's office rejected the case, saying there was not enough evidence to prosecute.
Additionally, two women, who are now adults, said school officials investigated rumors about Berndt back in 1990.
One of the girls told the Los Angeles Times that a counselor told her and two other girls to stop inventing stories after a complaint that Berndt appeared to be masturbating behind his desk.
In another instance, a woman who discovered love-letters written by a Miramonte teacher's aide to her 11-year-old son was not taken seriously....
And in 2005, Richard Guevara, a former teacher's aide at Miramonte Early Education Center, was convicted of committing lewd acts with children.
He had been investigated for improper behavior as far back as 1995, but it was a case from 2003 that led to his conviction.
In that case, Guevara received a sentenced of 15 years to life in prison.
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-miramonte-second-teacher-removed,0,7913135.story
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