An apology is surely due – and not just to Townsend but to every officer pressured into silence. And to the public, who have ...

Stephen Ireland, the founder and former safeguarding officer of Pride in Surrey, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, ...

Stephen Ireland, 40, and David Sutton, 26, both from Addlestone, Surrey, were jointly charged with 15 offences including: Six counts of conspiracy to sexually assault a child; ...

Pride in Surrey co-founder Stephen Ireland raped the child at the flat he shared with his then-partner and co-defendant David Sutton, 27, in Addlestone on 19 April, 2024.

Stephen Ireland, 41, was convicted of raping the child in the Addlestone flat he shared with David Sutton, 27, on 19 April 2024. Ireland, who co-founded Pride in Surrey in 2018, was also found ...

Stephen Ireland, 41, who co-founded Pride in Surrey in 2018, was convicted at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday of raping the child at the flat he shared with David Sutton, 27, in Addlestone on April ...