Child rapist Shepherd jailed for life

A prolific paedophile who filmed himself raping children in the Philippines has been jailed for life. David Shepherd, of Bridport, Dorset, admitted a number of offences earlier this month but denied raping four children, including an eight-year-old. During three trials at Dorchester Crown Court, the 60-year-old was convicted of numerous offences including child rape and […]

A prolific paedophile who filmed himself raping children in the Philippines has been jailed for life.
David Shepherd, of Bridport, Dorset, admitted a number of offences earlier this month but denied raping four children, including an eight-year-old.
During three trials at Dorchester Crown Court, the 60-year-old was convicted of numerous offences including child rape and paying for sex with children.
Shepherd was jailed for 28 years and told he must serve at least 14 years.
The former pub landlord was found guilty of facilitating child sex offences, raping children, paying for child sex, making indecent videos of children and holding 20,211 indecent films and images of children.
The judge described him as an “arrogant, manipulative and devious man” with a “deeply engrained interest in children whose ages were in single figures”.