Overview
- Shaw’s prison term was cut from six years to three on Thursday at Liverpool Crown Court, with release possible after serving no more than half the new term on licence.
- The 64-year-old from Warrington pleaded guilty to eight offences covering indecent assaults and gross indecency against four children in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
- Judge Simon Medland said he gave too much weight to punishment and too little to defence mitigation, including psychological and intermediary reports and ongoing cancer treatment.
- Under the “slip rule,” which lets courts fix sentencing errors within 56 days, the judge corrected his own decision and reduced the term.
- A sexual harm prevention order remains in place and Shaw will stay on the Sex Offenders’ Register for life, after a 2024 report by one victim led three more to come forward to police.