A former BBC producer who was a convicted paedophile and was on the sex offenders register began a secret life using a fake name in Wales, where he agreed to film a Christmas concert at a private girls school.
Peter Croasdale, who is 58, had been ordered to provide the police with his address after he was released from prison after being jailed for four-and-a-half years in 2009 for sexually abusing a girl under the age of 13. However, Mr Croasdale who was a Radio 4 producer moved 160-miles from the address he provided in the north of England to live in Wales.
Peter Croasdale started a new life and told locals that he was called Peter Alan. He joined a male voice choir and even moved in with a teacher. However, he was recognised and police were called. It was then discovered he was actually Peter Croasdale.
Cardiff Crown Court has now been told that Croasdale did not attend the concert and there was no child safeguarding concerns. Claire Pickthall, for the Prosecution has said: ‘Croasdale had been negotiating a deal with the school by posing as a man called Peter Alan. They were hoodwinked by this man who is intelligent and deliberately hid his identity. But his deception was soon uncovered and police were called’.
Croasdale has admitted fraud, possessing indecent images of children as well as possessing extreme pornography that involved bestiality. Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke has said: ‘You simply don’t want to face up to the risks you pose to children.’ The Judge described him as a ‘dangerous offender’ and sentenced him to four years.
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