đź”´Sentence Update … May 20th 2016
Bridlington Paedophile gets 13 years
A serial paedophile has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for stealing the innocence of four children in a 17-year reign of abuse.
Former KC stadium steward Colin Lunn, 43, systematically molested children and physically assaulted them for his own sexual gratification.
He got away with it for nearly two decades despite nine separate police or social service investigations.
Lunn, a self confessed alcoholic, equipped his home in Bessingby Gate, Bridlington, with cameras in the bathroom, bedrooms, toilet and hall – linked to a CCTV video recorder.
Lunn stood a 10-day trial at Hull Crown Court claiming to be a victim of a social services vendetta. A jury found him guilty of 11 charges against four people with a string of offences happening in Bridlington. He was convicted of four charges of indecent assault and two charges of indecency with a child.
He was also convicted of one charge of attempted serious sexual assault, two offences of sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, and sexual assault. He was found not guilty of two sex offences against a fifth child.
Lunn stood impassive in the dock as the judge told him: “I have not detected one ounce of remorse in you at all. Your defence has been to blame other people and criticise them without thinking of the affect it has had on them. Therefore the sentence has to be a long one.”
The first boy to be corrupted by Lunn told a jury: “It has ruined my life. I don’t cuddle up to my daughter, because I am scared it is seen the wrong way. If I see an advert on telly about child abuse, it gets me down.
“I have left jobs because of it. I don’t know what I could have done to stop it.”
The boy, now a man, twice took part in vigilant attacks on Lunn despite appeals to police. Lunn was told: “Die! Paedo Die!” as he was hit with a spade and rake.
Lunn’s current partner wept in the public gallery at sentence – before storming out.
His victims hugged each other in the public gallery as victim impact statements were read. The women described how his abuse had led to them to feel unable to trust men, anger and hatred.
His abuse started with young boys who fought to try and stop him. The mother of one of the boys said: “The police did not do their jobs right. They did not photograph them and asked the same question five times.
“I swore at them. He (Lunn) should never have been walking the streets. No one has helped us.”
The jury were told Lunn went on to sexually assault two girls and a woman.
Lunn threatened to bomb the headquarters of Humberside Social Services despite never being charged in connection with any of the investigations against him.
He told the jury during his trial: “They threatened me and were going through my file with a fine tooth comb.
“It was a vendetta. Social Services are not going to give up on me until I am convicted or dead.”
The jury were told police files were lost, child interviews did not take place and the police repeatedly dropped cases.
Lunn had three convictions for drink-driving, possession of a knife and cannabis, but no convictions for sexual assault.
He admitted becoming an alcoholic in a love-less marriage. The jury heard his first wife died of a drink and drugs overdose, but not before giving police a statement against him.
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đź”´Colin Lunn who is accused of 13 sexual offences
13 May 2016
A man allegedly assaulted a woman after a Bridlington house party when he invited her back to his flat and stripped her while she was asleep, a jury heard (May 10).
Colin Lunn, 42, told her they were going to have sex – but she told him to get off, only for him to try again the next morning, Hull Crown Court was told.
The pair had ended up back at his flat after a house party went wrong and she was locked out and had nowhere to go, in August 2005.
Lunn, now of 21st Avenue, Hull, has gone on trial denying 13 charges against five people including four children. He denies three charges of indecent assault, four charges of indecency with a child, one charge of serious sexual assault, two offences of sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity, and sexual assault.
Crown barrister Louise Reevell said there first were two boys who were assaulted by Lunn. The younger boy was raped and told Lunn to stop, said Mrs Reevell.
One boy described how when his mother was told he had been abused “she turned white”. Mrs Reevell said the next complainant was abused on at least 10 occasions by Lunn.Mrs Reevell said the fourth complainant was asked by Lunn to abuse him by “petting him like a cat”.
Mrs Reevell said: “When the police attended his house they found a series of CCTV cameras fitted in various rooms including in the bathroom. The prosecution say the cameras were positioned for his own sexual gratification.”
Mrs Reevell said the fifth complaint was an adult assaulted after the house party.
She said when Lunn was arrested and interviewed by the police he denied anything happened with the two boys. He accepted he had cuddled the woman who had stayed at his flat but another man was there too. He said nothing sexual happened.
The trial continues.
Read more: http://m.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/local/man-denies-13-sex-charges-1-7906953#ixzz48jq2HSbS
đź”´Previous hearings ….
Man accused of multiple sexual assaults
Colin Lunn
July 2015
A man accused of sexual assaults on seven separate men and women has appeared for the first time at Hull Crown Court.
Colin Lunn, 41, is facing four separate inditements including sexually touching of a woman over the age of 16 at Bridlington in August 2005.
Lunn, now of 21st Avenue, Hull, made a 15-minute appearance at Hull Crown Court, Monday June 29 for a scheduled plea and case management hearing.
Crown barrister Giles Grant said Lunn faces a series of sexual allegations which were now historic cases alleging abuse. He said as police investigated the case, more alleged victims came forward, and this meant there were now four separate cases.
He said the case featured young men and women and there had been a delay at the Magistrates’ Court in bringing all the charges to the Crown Court.
Defence barrister Patrick Palmer said there was no surprise at the complexity of bringing the charges to the court. He said it was hoped all the matters could be heard in one trial on September 14.
Judge Mark Bury ordered Lunn to stand as he adjourned the case for a plea and case management hearing at Hull Crown Court on August 7. Lunn was granted bail.
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