Duffield Pervert Graham Craft Who Was Caught with 61 Sick Images of Young Boys Escapes Jail
Derby Telegraph
A former church organist who was previously sentenced for abusing a boy of 11 more than 40 years ago has been caught with indecent images of children on his computer. Graham Craft, 71, was ordered to attended a sex offenders’ course when he was sentenced in 2011 after admitting two charges committed at his home in Duffield in 1969. But this week, a new hearing was told how police seized a computer at his address in Wirksworth Road and on it found 61 images of underage boys, 12 of which were the most serious category. Analysis of the device revealed he had used search terms such as “naturist boys” when surfing the net, Sarah Allen, prosecuting, told the court. She said: “He was the subject of a sex offences prevention order that was due to last until 2016, when these latest offences came to light. On April 4, they attended his home address and asked to view his computer. which he told them he bought in September 2013. “Mr Craft denied he had been using it to view pornography but in his first (police) interview he admitted he had searched for images of boys outside or on the beach. “An examination of his computer was undertaken and 61 indecent images were discovered; 12 were category A (the most serious), 15 were category B and 34 were category C. The age range of the boys on the images was 12 to 15 years.” The 1969 2011 incident came to light in 2010 when the victim contacted the church, asking for the name of the organist and choirmaster. That hearing heard how Craft was recognised by the victim as the choirmaster and organist at the church he attended weekly with his parents.” Craft touched the boy sexually after the pair went inside the house. The victim did not see him again.The boy and his family later left the area. He pleaded guilty to gross indecency and indecent assault on the one occasion. This week he pleaded guilty to four counts of making indecent images or photographs of a child. Recorder David Mason QC handed him a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years and ordered he remain on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years. He made a fresh sexual offences prevention order until further notice and ordered Craft to do 120 hours of unpaid work. It is also a requirement of the suspended sentence that he is under the supervision of the probation service for 12 months. Mr Mason said: “It is a relatively small number of images in the grand scheme of things but you accept yourself that more work is needed to rid you of this revolting habit.” Jasmine Kumar, for Craft, said a police report about his deemed him to be “a low risk of harm to the community”. She said: “What he has asked me to put forward is that if his liberty is spared he will look to engage in a course that will help him turn the corner." A spokesman for Derby Diocese said: “Graham Craft is known to the diocese. "The diocese has been aware of his offending history and in line with the Church of England’s Safeguarding procedures he has an agreement that regulates his attendance at church services. "Once we were alerted to the current charges, the agreement was assessed. This agreement is designed to ensure that members of the congregation are protected while allowing him to worship within certain regulated conditions and this still stands. "The diocese is very aware that the impact of any abuse upon survivors can be lifelong and we would always urge anyone affected indirectly or directly by abuse to come forward. "The diocese works closely with the local police and Probation Services to ensure that any offender who poses a risk to others and who wishes to attend an act of public worship may only do so under an agreement and with the agreement of the statutory agencies responsible for public protection, which is the case with Graham Craft."
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