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A paedophile who raped a girl and threw her brother off a 100ft cliff to "silence him" has been jailed for life.

Anthony Stocks tried to kill the primary school-aged boy at Ovingdean, near Brighton, in September 2022 after fearing he would be exposed as a child abuser.

But the boy survived and Stocks claimed he fell from the cliff after he took him there to see the view because it featured in the film Quadrophenia.

A jury at Oxford Crown Court found him guilty of attempted murder and sexual offences and he was told he would have to serve a minimum of 20 years.

Police said that after the girl confided in her brother, the youngster had done "everything to try and prevent the abuse carrying on".
Judge Nigel Daly said Stocks remained "utterly obsessed" with the girl and had been prepared to go to "any lengths" to stop his abuse being revealed.

He said the 54-year-old, previously of Goring in Oxfordshire, took the boy to London on a tour of football stadiums - but then to Brighton to kill him.

The boy landed on a bed of shingle and stones, a few feet from a concrete path that would have killed him instantly had he landed on that instead, the judge said.

Det Sgt Jemma Paterson, from Sussex Police, said she was "shocked" to find the boy had survived the fall on 24 September.

She described how he was screaming with pain as he was treated by paramedics at the foot of the 100ft (30.5m) cliff.

"His injuries were extensive," she said. "He was conscious and clearly in pain and those sounds will stay with me for the rest of my life."

She said a number of witnesses were also "traumatised" by what they had seen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c903lddlpe3o

[arista]

Total Evil Git
Good he is Jailed

[Tinsel Toes]

Originally Posted by arista

Total Evil Git
Good he is Jailed

Yes Total monster - he looks like the filthy disgusting pig that he is.

[GiRTh]

Anyone who attacks children is scum

[Cherry Christmas]

He will get what is coming to him

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Originally Posted by GiRTh

Anyone who attacks children is scum

This

[smudgie]

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54 years old. He looks ancient.
Hopefully he will make lots of “friends” in prison.
Evil bstd.

[ChristmasNeeve]

So glad the boy survived though, he was so lucky. What a monster

[bots]

the kid probably survived because he was so young

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Originally Posted by smudgie

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54 years old. He looks ancient.
Hopefully he will make lots of “friends” in prison.
Evil bstd.

Ikr he looks about 80 !

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the kid probably survived because he was so young

Yes shocking,
so great the lad survived

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Take him to the same cliff and with the childs family watching, throw him off

One day we will be brave enough as a society to do this

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Take him to the same cliff and with the childs family watching, throw him off

One day we will be brave enough as a society to do this

We have similar ideas but sadly we are in the minority


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Originally Posted by Zizu

We have similar ideas but sadly we are in the minority


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I'd be well happy with that outcome.

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I really wish that picture was spoilered in the OP.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Anyone who attacks children is scum

Agreed.

There's always hope that another Prisoner might use this scumbag as his new punching bag.

[Ammi]

….horrendous evil man…I wish that a life sentence meant a life sentence for such crimes and that there wasn’t a minimum time served attached….

[Ammi]

…I don’t know what long term impact the boy’s injuries will have on his life …


‘several fractures on his head and arm, a deformity to his neck and a laceration of his spleen and kidney’

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I don’t know what long term impact the boy’s injuries will have on his life …


‘several fractures on his head and arm, a deformity to his neck and a laceration of his spleen and kidney’

After witnessing years of lenient sentencing I would love to see “ an eye for an eye “ for certain crimes !!


Definitely cases of acid throwing and ones like this .. chuck him off a cliff.. even give a member of the victims family the opportunity to do the ‘pushing’ … anonymously of course


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Originally Posted by Ammi

…I don’t know what long term impact the boy’s injuries will have on his life …


‘several fractures on his head and arm, a deformity to his neck and a laceration of his spleen and kidney’

Well as we all know, any damage to the head can be fatal, so there's definitely going to be some issues for the poor kid going forward just on that injury alone.