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Senior NHS Executive Admits 34 Child Sex Offences as Sentencing Set for Tuesday

A missing‑girl stop led to searches that revealed evidence of further victims.

Overview

  • Paul Lipscombe, 51, admitted 34 offences against six victims aged 12 to 15 at Leicester Crown Court.
  • The charges include two rapes, three sexual assaults, 21 counts of sexual activity with a child, and indecent image offences.
  • Prosecutors say he used false Snapchat identities to groom victims and met some in hotels and bedsits.
  • Officers stopped his car during a missing-person inquiry, after which he directed them to a 15-year-old at a rented address.
  • Searches of a hotel, his vehicle and home yielded used condoms, restraints, children's clothing, a spy‑camera app and wiped phones, with victim impact statements detailing lasting harm.