COMEDIAN CONVICTED OF CHILD SEX ABUSE

AN ACTOR and comedian who ran comedy nights has been convicted of child sex abuse.

Eamon Goodfellow ran Hits and Giggles at 34 Pepper Street Café in Nantwich during 2018 and 2019. He was also a member of the Nantwich Players theatre group.

Goodfellow, of St Albans, Herts, was convicted of paying for and directing the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines and Romania. He was found guilty of two counts of attempting to cause the sexual exploitation of a child under 13 at St Albans Crown Court.

Martin Ludlow, of the National Crime Agency said Goodfellow ‘attempted to arrange for the most horrific abuse of vulnerable children thousands of miles away’.

Nantwich Players said he appeared in two of its shows in 2013 and 2014, neither of which involved children, and was never involved with its youth theatre.