Brian Wilkinson was jailed after he secretly filmed young children at school playgrounds, in parks and in public changing rooms – and shared the vile content online
A convicted paedophile who filmed young children at schools has been housed just a short walk from three nurseries.
Brian Wilkinson, 64, secretly recorded kids in school playgrounds, in parks and in public changing rooms. The sex fiend then shared the disturbing content with predators around the world through online chat rooms.
Wilkinson also collected 100,000 indecent photos of children as young as six months being raped and abused by adults. He was eventually jailed for five years but it has now emerged that, since his release in 2006, the paedophile has been housed in a supported living facility in close proximity to several schools.
Wilkinson’s home in Greater Manchester is literally surrounded by hundreds of children on a daily basis, it is understood. Just across the road from his block in a leafy residential area is a nursery, according to reports.
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A short walk from Wilkinson’s front door there’s two primary schools, one of which caters for children as young as three. A quick look at a map shows the beast is also a short walk from another two nurseries in the suburban area.
Speaking to The Sun, Wilkinson said: “Leave me alone, I’m cured now, that was in the past, that’s over, I’m a cured man now. It happened ten years ago. I don’t go out anywhere, I just go to the garage, that’s all I ever do.” When asked if he still likes to film kids in school playgrounds, he replied: “I’ve got no cameras or nothing, I’m not interested in them (children) anymore.”
The 64-year-old man, who is a former volunteer youth worker, was arrested after he was seen filming youngsters in a park. Detectives raided his home in 2001 and discovered he had built up a collection of 100,000 indecent photos and images of young children. The images showed kids naked or involved in sex acts with male adults, it is reported.
He pleaded guilty to 41 specimen counts of possessing, making and distributing indecent photographs of children between August 1998 and September 2001 and was jailed for five years. Wilkinson was also banned from working with children and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register.
The council which housed Wilkinson following his sentence told The Sun in a statement: “We take this matter extremely seriously. The safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in our city is our number one priority. In this case, police carried out assessments and removed this individual from the sex offenders register.
“This was prior to his move into his current accommodation over four-and-a-half years ago. The individual had been living within the community for a considerable time before then – all of which had been under a risk-managed approach, with consideration to the wider community, as well as his health care needs.
“We take extremely seriously the safety of our communities, and it is important to note, and to give the reassurance, that we and the police have not been made aware of any safeguarding concerns with regards to this individual.”