February 2016
Paedophile jailed after trying to HYPNOTISE schoolboy before sexually assaulting him
A paedophile tried to hypnotise a schoolboy before sexually abusing him.
Patrick Hampson, 56, was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court .
The 56-year-old from Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool city centre, molested two children in the 1990s.
The monster abused the boys when one was aged 11 and the second between eight and 10.
Prosecutors said Hampson showed them his stash of adult pornography and even tried to hypnotise one of them before carrying out the sickening abuse.
Prosecuting, Lee Bonner said the defendant was around 32 when he began molesting Child A, adding that the victim recalled feeling “intimidated” by Hampson and was threatened and warned to keep quiet.
He said: “He was more ashamed than afraid and after that incident he says that he managed to stand up to him and that it never happened again.
“He however didn’t tell anybody about what had been happening until years later when in 2006, at age of about 25, he told his parents and first spoke to the police.”
Mr Bonner said Child B became aware of the allegations, but only felt able to speak to police in 2014. He then said he too had been abused by Hampson from the ages of eight and 10.
Mr Bonner said Hampson would have been aged between 34 and 37 at the time.
Child B also said he saw pornographic magazines and that Hampson performed sexual acts on him.
Mr Bonner said: “He didn’t tell anybody about what was happening to him at the time and didn’t know that he wasn’t the only one.”
Hampson told police he did not show porn to the boys and claimed they must have found the stash without his knowledge. He claimed both of the victims were lying – an assertion he repeated in court, when he insisted “nothing at all happened”.
Recorder David Turner, QC, said he read “very moving” statements from the two victims, one of whom has battled depression .
He said: “They have no doubt your behaviour has caused them severe psychological harm.”
Recorder Turner sentenced Hampson to six years behind bars and an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He must sign on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
Hampson nodded to the judge, but displayed no emotion as he was sent down, despite a woman shouting at him in the public gallery.
