'Very dangerous' paedophile jailed for 11 years

Michael Bolderston was sentenced at Huntingdon Law Courts on Friday, 1 August

A 61-year-old convicted paedophile has been jailed for more than 11 years after a police check of his devices revealed more than 1,600 indecent images and videos of children.

Michael Bolderston was visited at his Lincoln Road home in Peterborough on 4 April by specialist officers who manage sexual offenders and found two mobile phones under a sofa cushion.

Police checks revealed more than 1,100 category A images and videos, which are deemed to be the most serious, of children.

Bolderston also used an online chat room to communicate with what he believed to be a woman with three children and asked her to facilitate the sexual abuse of her children, who were all under the age of 11.

'Deeply troubling'

He discussed arrangements to meet the children, describing what he would do to them when they met, and requested that the girls wear their school uniforms with no underwear.

Following a previous conviction for offences involving children, Bolderston was required to adhere to the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Act 2003, as well as a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO), which was issued to him in March 2016.

It stated he must not use any device capable of accessing the internet and should notify the police about every device he owns which can access the internet.

At Huntingdon Law Courts, on Friday, Bolderston was jailed for 11 years and four months after admitting three counts of making indecent images of a child, two counts of breaching a SHPO, one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, and one count of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence.

He was also handed an indefinite SHPO to monitor any future offending.

Sentencing, Judge Seely described Bolderston as "a very dangerous offender" and described the case as "deeply troubling".