Simon Murphy
Stuart Townsend
Aubrey McClintock
Briege Meehan
A rogues gallery of Ulster’s child sex offenders have been named and shamed on a vigilante website.
Details on almost 300 of the most depraved paedophiles and child rapists have been published on the web.
The site contains a massive database of more than 23,000 convicted sex offenders across the UK and Ireland with the aim of warning parents of any potential threat to children in their local area.
Organisers of the site insist they are not encouraging people to be vigilantes and say they do not condone violence against sex offenders and are simply providing a public service, but insist there can be no hiding place for sex monsters who want to simply blend into society.
The website compiles articles from hundreds of newspapers across Britain and Ireland and campaigns for harsher sentences for paedophiles. It claims that it “is designed to keep parents/carers informed of child abusers who may be living in their area”.
Derry child rapist Frankie McFadden, jailed last week is the latest addition to the deviant database.
The 54-year-old repeatedly raped and physically abused his cousin over a 10 year period and was handed an 11 year sentence for his reign of terror.
McFadden from Moyola Drive in the Shantallow area of Derry, admitted sexually and physically abusing Martina Johnson between 1975 and 1985.
She was raped throughout four years within the ten year period. She was aged six when the sexual abuse started.
Ms Johnston has waived her right to anonymity to expose McFadden’s crimes.
“He ripped my life apart,” she said.
“The sentence will never bring back my life but I’m just glad he is off the streets. I can start my life properly now with my family.”
Fellow Derryman Robert Ferris is also featured. The 52-year-old is awaiting sentence after admitting making indecent and is due to be sentenced next month.
In December Belfast man Russell James Whiteside was jailed for two and a half years for downloading more than 1,000 images and five hours of film clips of children being sexually abused.
The 25-year-old wept in the dock as it was revealed how he shared the photos and movies with other internet pervs. He was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for the rest of his life.
He was also banned from having pornographic material and from owning any device which has internet access.
On occasions Whiteside, the son of a policeman and from the Belmont Church Road in east Belfast, sat in the dock wiping tears from his eyes as it was revealed that a planned wedding was called off after he was caught red-handed downloading the sickening images. He was described as a thrill-seeking addict to porn.
One of Northern Ireland’s best known singing tutors, handed a 10 year sentence for child sex offences also features on the website.
Shamed music man Aubrey McClintock was also formerly a senior member of staff at Armagh City Council.
He has coached generations of young singers but McClintock’s world fell apart in 2007 when he was convicted of child abuse images offences dating back to the 1980s.
The 53-year-old from Armagh initially pleaded not guilty to six counts of indecently assaulting a female child and one count of inciting a child to commit an act of gross indecency.
But a jury found McClintock guilty on all counts.
The music tutor was said to have raised eyebrows after becoming engaged to an 18-year-old when he was in his 30s.
Described as “arrogant” by those who knew him McClintock had largely continued with his life as normal after his porn conviction, and while he never denied downloading the images, he told members of the local music scene that he hadn’t realised they were of underage children.
Before his disturbing child porn habit was discovered, McClintock had been involved with many high profile events in Armagh including the famous Charles Wood Summer School, held for singers, organists and choir directors.
Oliver Haskett
A former Sinn Féin councillor who admitted abusing her stepdaughter 34 years ago after she was handed a suspended prison sentence for child cruelty and assault.
Briege Meehan, 66, from Elmfield Street in Belfast, was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years.
The victim was her step-daughter Mary Meehan
In court last June, Meehan pleaded guilty to a charge of child cruelty and two of assault. Seven charges of sexual abuse remain on the books but were not proceeded with.
She denies other allegations of neglect and abuse that were not put before the court.
The offences allegedly occurred between July 1979 and October 1980 at a time when she was the girlfriend of Martin Meehan, while he was on remand in prison on IRA kidnapping charges.
Serial sex offender Stuart Townsend went as far as changing his name to escape his sordid past.
The Magherafelt sex pest pleaded guilty to seven separate breaches of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order the order when he appeared in court last year.
A previous court hearing was told Townsend breached the terms of the order by sending text messages to fellow students in Derry’s North West Regional College, where he was studying hospitality.
One student claims to have received up to 400 messages from Townsend who is banned from using or possessing a mobile phone.
The 20-year-old, who was jailed in November 2010 for sending sexually explicit text messages to teenage boys, had been attempting to organise a charity night which he claimed was in aid of the NSPCC.
Almost 350 sex offenders in the Republic also featured on the website.
Among those featured is ‘Black’ Simon Murphy.
Last week the Sunday World revealed how the 59-year-old serial child abuser is working behind the bar of his wife’s pub in Co. Wexford, having served a lengthy jail sentence for sexually abusing four young girls.
The re-emergence of the sick paedophile has led to locals boycotting The Hollow bar and seafood restaurant in Ramsgrange village near the famous Hook Head.
Murphy abused victims, including his own sister, for 25 years and he is regarded as a very dangerous individual who remains a threat to women everywhere.
The father-of-four admitted to 42 counts of sexually abusing four girls, some for over a period of 25 years. His own sister had to flee the country after being shunned by her family for speaking out against what Murphy was doing to her.
Hundreds of other Irish sex offenders feature, including 61-year-old Oliver Haskett from Co. Clare who avoided a prison sentence after admitting to abusing his daughter, who waived her right to anonymity.