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27/10/92
- Pure Evil
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A SEX fiend with a morbid liking for little boys was jailed
for life yesterday for strangling a friendly seven-year-old.
A judge recommended that evil Richard Blenkey should stay
behind bars for at least 20 years. Blenkey, 33, killed
little Paul Pearson in a terrifying attack in a ramshackle
chicken hut on his allotment.
The boy's tracksuit bottoms, underpants, shoes and socks
had been removed and there were signs he was victim of
a sex act, Stephen Williamson, prosecuting, said. Unemployed
Blenkey, of Diamond Street, Saltburn was trapped by a
palm print found on the crossbar of the boy's bike dumped
in a gulley by his body.
A sock and the underpants were found in the shed. But
bachelor Blenkey always denied the killing until the start
of his trial yesterday when he changed his plea to guilty.
Teesside Crown Court heard that Paul was throttled with
a length of garden twine in the hut which he had to pass
while cycling home to Marske, Cleveland, from a pal's
house in nearby Saltburn.
Paul had only moved to the area with his parents, Ken
and Julie Pearson, a fortnight before the horror killing.
The boy had quickly made friends and had earlier gone
to pick peas with a chum's family on Blenkey's allotment.
The man who led the hunt for the killer, Det Chief Insp
Alan Walls, said Blenkey had the appearance of a clean-living
bachelor but was, in fact, "pure evil".
The loner, who lived with his widowed mother, spent most
of his time on the allotments. He was well-known for befriending
children and had a previous court appearance 14 years
ago over an incident when he took another boy of seven
into woods. The lad ran off after kicking Blenkey who
was charged by the police and appeared before magistrates
for breach of the peace.
The man had never given a reason for his attack on Paul,
Mr Walls said. "But there can be no doubt what was
in the mind of this man who is very dangerous to children,
particularly young boys," he added. Barrie Stewart,
defending, said psychiatric tests had shown Blenkey to
be almost sub-normal though there was no evidence of mental
illness.
"We are dealing with a pathetic, very immature young
man of limited intelligence," he said. Sentencing
him, the judge, Mr Justice Blofeld said Blenkey had committed
"a most appalling murder" and Paul, of Grenville
Close, Marske had suffered "a terrifying experience"
as he was strangled for sexual gratification. |
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