Monday 04 January 2010
No ‘Happy New Year’ for arrested Most Wanted offender
The 20th missing child sex offender to be placed on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s Most Wanted website just before Christmas has been arrested today – exactly two weeks after his details were posted on the website.
Anthony Mark BEVAN, age 24, from Pontypridd went missing in September 2009. He was arrested in the Yeovil area by officers from Avon and Somerset Police as a result of a tip off from a member of the public who had come forward after the Most Wanted media appeal featured in the local South Wales press.
He was arrested for the offences of failing to register as a sex offender and for failing to answer bail in relation to a drugs offence, and will be brought back to South Wales for questioning.
Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of the CEOP Centre
“Once again, the public have been instrumental in helping to locate another individual who thought he could go missing from his requirements to register as a child sex offender. The success of locating Bevan – as with the other 14 individuals who have also been found after featuring on the Most Wanted website - has proved that there really is nowhere to hide.”
Other offenders currently featured on CEOP’s ‘Most Wanted’ website are:
Jason Elton John WALLER, 33, from Plymouth; Waller is described as 5’8” tall and overweight with light brown, short receding hair. He has previously had a moustache and beard, and speaks with a West Country accent. He is known to live a nomadic lifestyle across many parts of the UK including Cornwall, Devon, Basingstoke, Kent, Cardiff, Brighton, London, Bangor, Guildford and Cheltenham. He has been missing from the Plymouth area since March 2009.
Dean Darren Vincent BARNES, 48, from Merseyside; Barnes has been missing since October 2008 and was last seen in Bury, Lancashire although has previously lived in the Merseyside area and has previous connections with London. He is described as 5’10” tall, white, heavy set with light brown, short, receding hair. Barnes is wanted by Merseyside Police for failure to comply with the notifications as required under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 and also for breach of his licence conditions.
65 year old Keith Raymond VINCENT from Salisbury; Vincent is described a white European, 5’ 8” (1.73m) tall with grey hair although balding and with brown eyes. He has a tattoo on his right arm and is known to wear glasses for reading. He is believed to be travelling under the name James Andrew and he is also known to use other aliases of James Andrews, Stephen John White and a nickname of ‘Buck’. Vincent may have travelled outside of the UK, possibly in South East Asia or Europe. He is a high risk offender and is known to be violent. He is wanted by Wiltshire Police.
Peter WHEATHERLEY, 42, is 5’8’’ tall and has connections with South Yorkshire, the North East and Manchester.
Stephen Mark CLARE, approx 40 years old, and last known to have resided in the Newcastle upon Tyne area; CLARE is 5' 10”, of slim build, brown hair, Midlands accent, has scar on inside of left shin. He has previously had connections with the Bromsgrove area of West Midlands and in Brighton, East Sussex. However it is assessed as likely that he could be abroad.
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Notes to Editors
For media enquiries or photographs relating to Anthony Bevan, please contact South Wales Police Press Office on 01656 869291.
For media enquiries relating to the Most Wanted website, please contact the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre Press Office on 0870 000 3434.
Members of the public can safely help locate 'missing' offenders by viewing photos and descriptions via the CEOP and Crimestoppers websites. If they recognise someone they are urged to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or the local police force.
Members of the public can register to receive updates on new offenders posted on the website by visiting www.ceop.police.uk/wanted.
The initiative to publish details of some of the UK's child sex offenders forms a key element of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre's approach to tracking and bringing child sex offenders to account. All individuals published on the site are sought because they have subsequently failed to fulfil their requirements as part of their placement on the Sex Offenders Register.
Photographs of offenders will only be published with the consent of the local police force. Individual forces are under no obligation to publish their offenders on the Most Wanted site. Further offenders will be considered for inclusion on the 'Most Wanted' site in consultation with local police forces.
The decision to publish the details of all offenders detailed on the site has been risk assessed by the CEOP Centre and relevant local forces.
The CEOP Centre works in both online and offline environments to protect children from sexual exploitation. Full information on all areas of work as well as online safety messages and access to online reporting can be found at www.ceop.police.uk
