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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Brian Farmer

Ex-Radio One DJ has jail term for child sex offences increased

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An ex-Radio One DJ who arranged to have sex with vulnerable children in the Philippines has had his jail term increased from 12 years to 18 years by Court of Appeal judges.

Mark Page, 63, who worked at the station in the 1980s,  had been given a 12-year sentence by Judge Paul Watson at Teesside Crown Court in March, after being convicted of four counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence between 2016 and 2019.

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