BBC News - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
BBC News - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
A Jehovah's Witnesss gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults.
A Jehovah's Witness has escaped a jail term after admitting a series of sexual assaults on children and adults in Clevedon.
Michael Porter, an elder in the religion, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 victims aged 18 months and older.
Many of the families involved have been completely traumatised
"He has lost nothing. We have to tell the victims we have got no closure. He is an evil person. He is not human."
Porter carried out the assaults between 1986 and 2000.
He was banned from working with anyone under the age of 18 and and put on the Sex Offenders Register.
A Jehovah's Witnesss gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults.
Man escapes jail for sex attacks | |||
Michael Porter, an elder in the religion, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 victims aged 18 months and older. Among the individuals were others involved in the faith. Judge Crowther at Bristol Crown Court sentenced Porter to three years of community rehabilitation.
Porter's sister, Tina Hughes, said: "I am absolutely disgusted. He should not have walked free. "He has lost nothing. We have to tell the victims we have got no closure. He is an evil person. He is not human." Porter carried out the assaults between 1986 and 2000. He was banned from working with anyone under the age of 18 and and put on the Sex Offenders Register. Det Con Lisa Finch, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "Many of the families involved have been completely traumatised. It has turned their lives upside down." Porter declined to comment as he left court with his wife.He remains an elder in the religion. | |||
Many of the families involved have been completely traumatised
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Man escapes jail for sex attacks
BBC News - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
A Jehovah's Witnesss gets a community sentence for a series of sex assaults on children and adults.
Man escapes jail for sex attacks
Porter was put on the Sex Offenders Register
A Jehovah's Witness has escaped a jail term after admitting a series of sexual assaults on children and adults in Clevedon.
Michael Porter, an elder in the religion, pleaded guilty to 24 counts of indecent assault and gross indecency on 13 victims aged 18 months and older.
Among the individuals were others involved in the faith.
Judge Crowther at Bristol Crown Court sentenced Porter to three years of community rehabilitation.
Judge Crowther at Bristol Crown Court sentenced Porter to three years of community rehabilitation.
Many of the families involved have been completely traumatised
Det Con Lisa Finch
Porter's sister, Tina Hughes, said: "I am absolutely disgusted. He should not have walked free.
Porter's sister, Tina Hughes, said: "I am absolutely disgusted. He should not have walked free.
"He has lost nothing. We have to tell the victims we have got no closure. He is an evil person. He is not human."
Porter carried out the assaults between 1986 and 2000.
He was banned from working with anyone under the age of 18 and and put on the Sex Offenders Register.
Det Con Lisa Finch, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "Many of the families involved have been completely traumatised. It has turned their lives upside down."
Porter declined to comment as he left court with his wife. He remains an elder in the religion.
Porter declined to comment as he left court with his wife. He remains an elder in the religion.
edited to correct mis-information: Porter is apparently a ministerial servant, not an elder. ~ Scully