Paedophile Shoebury arrested – victim reports on impact

Charles Brown, 76, of Hogarth Drive, Shoebury, was sentenced after being found guilty of abuse 58 years ago.

The verdict ends a five-year investigation by Essex Police’s Quest team after it received a report in 2019 that Charles Brown had repeatedly attacked young girls between 1966 and 1994.

One of the survivors made a statement about her impact on the victim after the verdict was announced.

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They said: “Charles Brown chose to touch and scratch my young, undeveloped body for his own gratification.

“He felt no shame, did not think about the impact it would have on me, and still does not want to admit guilt, which is why he continued to abuse me, no longer physically, but now psychologically.

“I will never forgive him for making me doubt my own self-worth.

“When I became a mother, I was filled with fear when my little girl was not with me. Because of what happened to me, I viewed any man who picked her up, leaned into her crib, or looked at her as a threat to her safety.

“I wish I had been stronger earlier and hadn’t been so afraid. I feel guilty because if he had done to someone what he did to me, I could have saved him by reporting him. Rationally, I know he is responsible for his actions, even if he keeps denying it.

“He knows what he did and he knows I’m telling the truth. He has to live with his own demons while I continue to live with mine.

“Had he pleaded guilty in May last year, he could have spared us all further suffering, but instead he was and is content to continue our suffering and shows no remorse for what he did.”

Det Supt Neil Pudney, head of investigations in Essex Police’s Crime and Public Safety Unit, said: “The conviction of Charles Brown was the most historically significant public protection investigation in which we have achieved a conviction.

“The results achieved by our Quest team and other teams in our Crime and Public Protection Division demonstrate that we are not limited by forensic capabilities and there is no time limit when investigating sexual crimes.”

Brown was sentenced to 31 months and three weeks in prison on Friday, May 24. He will remain on the sex offenders’ register for life.

Essex Police’s Quest Team investigates cases where the victim was a child at the time of the abuse but is now an adult.

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