Paedophile, 80, who abused 4 kids and left one ‘in hell’ dies from mind most cancers
Convicted paedophile David Almond died aged 80 in a hospice after a battle with the illness, it has been confirmed.
The paedophile has died of brain cancer(Image: Liverpool Echo)
A sick paedophile who horrifically abused minors has died of brain cancer.
Convicted paedophile David Almond died aged 80 in a hospice after a battle with the illness, it has been confirmed. He died on September 14, 2024, while serving a sentence for sexual offences at HMP Liverpool, a Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) report into his death has publicly confirmed.
Almond, from Wirral, was previously sentenced to 12 years behind bars on February 21, 2020 for heinous sex crimes against minors. The court heard how he abused a total of four victims, all under the age of 14 in the 1980s and 1990s.
As well as the prison spell, he was also handed a lifetime Sex Offenders Order. The court heard how Almond left one of his victims in “hell and purgatory” as a result of his wicked abuse which lasted over a period of 10 years.
Almond was convicted of sexually assaulting three girls and one boy after being initially arrested in 2017 and charged with eight counts of indecent assault and four counts of indecency with a child. He denied any wrongdoing, but was found guilty following a trial.
A personal statement read to the court from a female victim said: “I feel that my abuser stole and forever changed my childhood spirit. I have hit rock bottom so many times, I have visited hell and purgatory for no fault of my own.
“He tainted my innocence in a predatory calculating manner. He groomed a child…at a time when I trusted all adults. He groomed me, buying me gifts for his sexual perversions.
“I am using my voice to say you damaged me for decades and today I am still damaged. Due to the abuse I suffered at his hands, my teenage years left me with chronic depression, anxiety, self-loathing and ultimately PTSD.
“I think about what you did to me and realise a bit of me will always be missing. No medication, extra therapy, starving myself or unhelpful, destructive coping methods has kept you out of my mind. Every day of my life you have visited my thoughts, dreams and hope.”
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