‘Predatory’ child rapist jailed

A ‘devious and predatory’ sex offender who repeatedly raped young girls has been jailed.

Richard Stocks, now aged 55, assaulted the young girls repeatedly, instructing each of them to remain silent about what had happened.

His offending was finally exposed when one of the girls reported what had happened to her mother in July 2021.

Nottinghamshire Police were called and an investigation was launched.

Each of the girls provided compelling testimonies about Stocks’ behaviour and his distinctive physical characteristics.

Stocks, of Sutton-in-Ashfield, was further exposed by damming medical evidence.

we were able to spot and follow up suspicious behaviour in this instance, which ultimately led to us taking quantities of suspected Class A drugs out of circulation and arresting a suspect.

“It really should go without saying but we don’t want to see any drug activity in our communities, and we will continue to work in different ways to try and stop this from happening.

“Our inquiries are still ongoing into this incident, so we’d ask anyone who has any information to get in touch with the police by calling 101, quoting incident 539 of 8 May 2023.”

After repeatedly denying what he had done, Stocks later pleaded guilty to 12 counts of rape, one of attempted rape, two of sexual assault and two of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court he was jailed for 27 years and ordered to serve another year on extended license. He will have to serve at least two-thirds of his sentence before he can be considered for parole. He was also added to the Sex Offenders’ Register for life.

Detective Constable Kerry Stringfellow, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Stocks is a devious and predatory sex offender who repeatedly preyed on young children.

“The nature of his offending was utterly horrific and has unsurprisingly had a very significant impact on his victims.

“As Stocks prepares to spend much of the rest of his life in prison, my thoughts are very much with his victims today.

“But for their bravery in coming forward and telling us about what had happened, Stocks would have remained a danger to any children he came into contact with.

“Investigations of this type are difficult and upsetting to work on, but nothing is more important to us than the safety and wellbeing of children.

“I would like to thank everyone involved in bringing this man to justice and hope this case serves to encourage other victims to come forward.”

MIMI WEBB - ROCK CITY

Mimi Webb stopped off at Nottingham’s Rock City as part of her 16-date sold out ‘Amelia’ tour.

The evenings proceedings got under way with Henry Moodie being the first of two support acts for Mimi Webb. He has over 5 million followers on TikTok. One of the highlights of Henrys performance was a song called ‘Eighteen’. and judging by the way the crowd were singing every word of his 30 minute set, he is clearly well liked.

The second support act Blake Rose kept the audience engaged with his style of soulful pop.

The stage was then set for Mimi Webb’s imminent appearance. The stage had two gigantic light boxes set up which were used as a platform for the guitarist and drummer to be positioned on. Mimi bounced onto the stage looking like a genuine popstar dressed in a black body stocking/leotard costume with black elbow length gloves.

Mimi opened the set with ‘Ghost of You’ which instantly had her fans singing and swaying along.

From here on in, it was a wellpaced journey through Mimi’s material. The audience were treated to every track from the ‘Amelia’ album, and some selected tracks from the ‘Seven Shades of Heartbreak EP’.

Mimi has such confidence in her songs that she performed one of her biggest hits ‘Good Without’ midway through the set. Mimi then had a costume change into an all pink jacket and trouser combo.

After performing another big hit ‘Dumb Love’, Mimi and the guitarist sat on stools and slowed the pace down with the acoustic ballad ‘Amelia’, which was accompanied with the audience holding their mobile phones in the air with the torchlight on to create a memorable sight that is rare at Rock City.

For the encore Mimi treated her