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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Neil Docking & John Scheerhout

Paedophile released from prison hid dark past from new girlfriend - but she's standing by him

A roofer who served time for horrific child sex crimes hid his dark past from his new girlfriend when he was released from prison - lying to his partner that he had been jailed for attacking a cop.

John Bishop, 47, even moved into her home and once enjoyed a family Christmas dinner at the house where the guests included a child of nine, a court was told.

Now the convicted paedophile has been sent to jailed again for 'flagrant' breaches of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) imposed when he was first imprisoned, the Liverpool Echo has reported.

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