A mother who killed a sex offender is campaigning to stop paedophiles changing their names to hide their criminal history. Sarah Sands stabbed Michael Pleasted, 77, eight times in 2014 after children said he had sexually abused them.
It emerged Pleasted, thought of by the family as a friendly and helpful neighbour on their east London estate, had changed his name from Robin Moult to conceal a long past of offending against children. Ms Sands told BBC Breakfast: “For paedophiles, if you touch children, there has to be consequences.
“And hiding behind name changes… it has to be taken away from them. That right to change their name has to taken away from them.”
