Police are hunting for an escaped sex offender Richard Scatchard, a 70-year-old man who has been missing from Minehead since Sunday, Scatchard was jailed in 2000 for jailed for life after admitting a string of offences against women, whom he stupefied with drugs and drink before making obscene videos.
After appealing for help on social media to locate Scatchard, authorities received fresh information that has raised concerns about his potential danger, particularly towards women he forms relationships with.