October 2015

Pervert jailed for sex attack on girl

David Saville has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after he sexually abused a schoolgirl.

The 25-year-old touched the youngster’s private parts after grooming her, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard.

Police arrested Saville and found an indecent image of a teenage girl on his mobile.

And while on bail the defendant bought another phone which he used to incite a girl to engage in sexual activity.

Now Saville has been jailed for four-and-a-half years and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Prosecutor Steven Bailey said Saville touched the victim and indecently assaulted her.

Mr Bailey said: “When the police arrested him they seized his mobile. It was examined and they found an indecent image of a girl aged 13 to 15. It showed her naked breasts and groin area.

“He admitted asking her for a picture and said when he realised she was too young he deleted it. He was bailed for further investigations to take place. He got himself an iPhone. When he was re-interviewed it contained a number of interesting items.

“His incitement of a young girl led to her sending him pictures of herself posed sexually. He sent her a sexual picture of himself. She made it clear she was aged 14. He told her to show him her private parts.”

Saville, of Spragg House Lane, Norton, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child under 13; causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity; and three charges of making indecent images of a child.

Jailing Saville, Judge Fletcher said: “In relation to the sexual assault of a child under 13 there was a serious element of grooming. This case causes me a great deal of concern.”

Saville was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

June 2015

Man, 25 admits series of sex offences against child

25-year-old David Saville pleaded guilty to causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

He also admitted two charges of making indecent photographs of a child.

But Saville denied two offences of sexual assault of a child under 13.

He also pleaded not guilty to doing an act intending to pervert the course of public justice and another charge of making indecent photographs of a child.

Saville will now go on trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on November 9.

The defendant, of Spragg House Lane, Norton, had his bail extended.

June 2012

Charity cheat David Saville took money donated to Kidsgrove child Ruby Owen

CHARITY cheat David Saville pocketed hundreds of pounds pledged by well-wishers after pretending he was taking part in a sponsored bike ride for a young cancer patient.

Saville swindled £237 from dozens of victims who thought they were donating cash for Ruby Owen.

The 22-year-old used official sponsorship forms to claim he was joining a sponsored bike ride from Blackpool to Stoke-on-Trent, organised by the Caudwell Children charity.

The proceeds, he told around 50 people, would go to help five-year-old Ruby, of Kidsgrove, who recently returned from the U.S. where she received treatment for a brain tumour.

Saville also told people he was raising funds for Help for Heroes.

But the unemployed cheat was arrested after two of his victims became suspicious.

Officers raided his home in Spragg House Lane, Norton, and found a list of people who had handed over cash. Now Saville has been condemned by a judge, who called his crimes ‘despicable.’

District judge David Taylor, at North Staffordshire Magistrates’ Court, told him: “Right-thinking members of the public would consider your behaviour disgraceful.

“The sums of money are not small nor vast, but it is the harm done to people’s feelings. People trusted you and held you in good faith.”

Saville pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud by false representation.

Prosecutor Don Knapper said the donations were collected between April 2010 and December last year.

Saville was arrested after a barber in Stockton Brook and a man who recognised Saville from their schooldays became suspicious.

Mr Knapper said: “The defendant gave a statement amounting to a full confession. He said that he had been suffering depression and was taking medication. It was brought on by him being unable to find employment.”

Rachel Mason, mitigating, said Saville was ‘a very troubled young man’. She said he had been rejected by his parents and raised by his grandfather, who served in the Army, but problems at home led to his grandmother attempting to kick him out.

Miss Mason added that Saville’s grandfather had been saving to buy his grandson driving lessons, but will instead use the cash to reimburse the two charities.

Saville was given a two-year community order with supervision, and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. He was also ordered to repay £237, which is to be split between Caudwell Children and Help for Heroes.