PAEDOPHILE PC JAILED FOR 25 YEARS
Rapist police officer described as a ‘sexual predator of the most evil kind’
A PAEDOPHILE police officer with an ‘insatiable appetite’ for young girls has been jailed for 25 years.
Thirty-year-old Ian Naude – who was based at Crewe Station – was convicted of 37 offences, including the rape and sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. He was sentenced yesterday at Liverpool Crown Court after being found guilty last month.
The Cheshire Police officer met his young rape victim while he was on duty, and days later picked her up in his car while her mother was out.
The ‘committed paedophile’ drove her to a quiet country lane where he raped her in the back seat while filming on his phone.
An investigation revealed he had preyed on vulnerable, underage girls, using a Snapchat profile calling himself ‘King of the North’ and a fake Facebook account.
He would send messages where he blackmailed his victims and persuaded them to send pictures of themselves undressed.
Honorary recorder of Liverpool, Judge Clement Goldstone QC, sentenced Naude, of Market Drayton, to 25 years in prison with an extended licence period of five years.
He said: “In order to impose your will on a young girl, three weeks past her 13th birthday, and to commit offences of rape and sexual assault against her, you used and abused your position as a Cheshire Police officer, thereby enabling you to satisfy your lust and perversion.”
The judge told Naude he was ‘out of control’ with an ‘insatiable appetite’ for young girls and described a selfie he took after raping his victim as showing his “smug self satisfaction and total lack of shame”.
The trial heard Naude joined the force in April 2017 and had ambitions of working in a unit dealing with vulnerable youngsters.
Naude was said to be obsessed with taking the virginity of teenage girls and groomed victims over social media. He would blackmail and threaten vulnerable girls, persuade them to send pictures of themselves undressed, tell them to call him ‘daddy’ and send them videos of himself masturbating.
At his trial, the jury found him guilty of raping and sexually assaulting the 13-yearold. He was also found guilty last month of four counts of attempting to arrange the commission of a child sex offence and one count of arranging the commission of a child sex offence in relation to five other complainants aged between 12 and 15.
Originally from South Africa, Naude had already admitted 30 other offences, including inciting children to engage in sexual activity, causing children to watch sexual acts and misconduct in a public office.
He had also admitted to grooming underage girls via a fake Facebook profile.
Following sentencing, Detective Inspector Kate Tomlinson, the Senior Investigating Officer for the case, said: “Ian Naude is a sexual predator of the most evil kind. He joined Cheshire Police with the sole purpose of gaining a position of trust so he could prey on young, vulnerable girls. His behaviour and actions were truly appalling and the sentence handed down reflects that.
“I have worked on this investigation for the past 12 months alongside a dedicated team of officers and staff. It has been a long, complex and very challenging investigation. Never would I have imagined that I would be investigating a police officer, and for such horrendous crimes.
“It was Ian Naude’s job to enforce the law and protect people from harm. Instead he became the most dangerous of predators and betrayed the very people he swore to protect.”
She said Naude’s victims had been left ‘completely traumatised’, adding: “I want to acknowledge the incredible bravery that these young girls have shown – especially the 13-year-old girl who found the courage to come forward.”