Two teenage boys have been found guilty of murder after a 14-year-old was stabbed to death in Harpurhey. Nathaniel Shani died after being knifed to the neck in an alleyway.
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A vile predator took boys to McDonald's and Cheshire Oaks before subjecting them to sickening abuse.
Paedophile James Blundell embarked upon a depraved campaign of rape and sexual assaults against young boys, the Liverpool Echo reports. He groomed some of his victims with cash and sweets and took them in trips in his car before the horrendous assaults.
Liverpool Crown Court heard how he was said to have had a 'longstanding sexual interest in children', which a judge said had led to a catalogue of 'predatory sexual behaviour'. The 36-year-old has now been locked up for more than 14 years.
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On Thursday (March 28), the court heard how Blundell befriended one of the children and paid him £10 in order to wash his car. The boy then carried out further chores at his home in return for 'pocket money'.
Michael Scholes, prosecuting, described how the defendant subsequently took him out in his car to buy sweets and on trips to McDonald's, Southport and Cheshire Oaks. He would often return the child home after giving him a £10 note.
But, around two months later, concerns were raised to his parents by a neighbour. This prompted his mother to ask him 'has James ever been silly with you?', at which he became 'immediately very distressed' and even 'so distressed that he was physically sick'.
He would go on to describe the vile sexual abuse he had been subjected to by Blundell - who had attempted to rape him, performed sex acts on him and performed a sex act in his presence, as well as sending him a picture of his penis. The boy recalled one incident where he was forced to perform a sex act on the pervert after he had pulled
Two teenage boys have been found guilty of murder after a 14-year-old was stabbed to death in Harpurhey. Nathaniel Shani died after being knifed to the neck in an alleyway.
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