Police executed a warrant at David Morris’ home on Sandfield Road, Eccleston, St Helens, on Thursday, September 2, and seized his phone, computer, and other digital equipment. He was detained on suspicion of possessing and distributing indecent images of children, questioned by police, and released on conditional bail.
The following day, Friday 3 September, Merseyside Police received information that David Morris and his partner Julie Morris had committed sexual offences against a child and were planning to flee.
Officers responded quickly and apprehended Julie and David Morris at an address in Hindley. The couple was found with £10,000 in cash and their campervan was packed with their belongings, indicating that they were about to flee.
On December 22, David Morris, 52, of Sandfield Road, Eccleston, was sentenced to 16 years in prison, plus four years on extended licence, and was given an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order. He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for the rest of his life.
He had pleaded guilty to seven counts of rape of a child under the age of 13, sexual activity with a child, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, sexual communications with a child, taking indecent photographs of a child, possessing indecent images of a child, possessing prohibited images of a child, possessing extreme pornographic images, and voyeurism.
