An evil Leeds paedophile who preyed on girls as young as 12 in abuse that spanned 30 years was found dead in his prison cell, a new report has revealed.
Peter Battensby was sentenced to 21 years behind bars after a trail at Leeds Crown Court in 2019. Battensby was found guilty of 14 offences which included eight counts of indecent assault, four counts of rape, one of voyeurism and one of sexual assault.
The earliest offences dated back to February 1987 and some of the indecent assaults were committed against girls who were aged 12 and 15 at the time. A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report into his death confirmed that Battensby took his own life in April 2020, he was 64 years old.
