A convicted paedophile has admitted exchanging sick messages in which he encouraged a notorious child abuser to commit horrendous crimes.
Paul Pickerill, 66, of Lockgate West, Windmill Hill, Runcorn, pleaded guilty at Chester Crown Court on Thursday to three counts of making indecent images of children, one of possessing an indecent image, and one of intentionally encouraging or assisting in the commission of an offence, after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) learned Pickerill had been communicating via WhatsApp with child rapist Vicki Bevan, 37, of Napier Street, St Helens. He is due to be sentenced on September 22.
Bevan was sent down at Liverpool Crown Court in May along with Paul Rafferty, 62, and Tony Hutton, 42, for what the CPS described as the “systematic abuse” of a girl under the age of 10 over a period of two years. The court heard in May that “depraved” Bevan’s crimes included raping a young child.
