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Rob Kennedy

Gateshead paedophile who kept sordid past secret was 'tempted' by new partner's grandchildren

A paedophile who kept his past a filthy secret from his new partner found himself "tempted" when left alone with her grandchildren.

Phillip Johnson was jailed in 2007 for ten counts of indecent assault on a girl aged under 14 and was subject to strict restrictions as part of his sex offender registration and a sexual harm prevention order.

But after starting a relationship with a woman he met on a computer course, he failed to tell her about his background, despite coming into contact with her three grandchildren, aged seven, 12 and 14.

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