Overview
- Paul Lipscombe, 51, pleaded guilty to 34 offences against six victims aged 12 to 15, including two rapes, three sexual assaults and numerous counts of sexual activity with a child.
- Leicester Crown Court imposed a total term of 28 years and one month, with a minimum of 18 years and two months before parole consideration, plus an extended licence, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and lifetime sex-offender registration.
- He used fake Snapchat accounts and aliases to groom victims, instructed a 15-year-old to make a scripted 999 call, and was arrested after officers stopped his Tesla in Birstall and found the girl at a rented address.
- Police recovered more than 17,000 child-abuse images, including AI-generated material, and evidence he ran a paid website that sold abuse images, earning more than £3,700.
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said he was suspended after his April 2024 arrest and dismissed in June 2024, is cooperating with police, and has found no indication his crimes were linked to his role.