Pair jailed over witches' coven 'ritualistic' sex abuse, Girl, 10, tells of sexual abuse in 'devil church'

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Pair jailed over witches' coven 'ritualistic' sex
abuse
Ryan Hooper Friday 14 December 2012

Two men accused of being part of a paedophile ring involving murdered
“witch” Peter Solheim have been given lengthy jail sentences for their
part in “ritualistic, sickening” sex abuse of young girls.

Jack Kemp and Peter Petrauske spent years tormenting their female
victims, one said to be as young as three. Both men had denied any
involvement in the abuse, claiming they were victims of a witch hunt
or conspiracy.

But a jury at Truro Crown Court dismissed their protestations,
convicting the pair of a string of offences dating back to the 1970s,
as well as finding Kemp guilty of several more recent sexual assaults
unconnected to Petrauske.

Jailing Kemp for 14 years and Petrauske for 18, Judge Graham Cottle
told them: "The offences range from the extremely serious to the truly
horrifying.

"You are two of the surviving members of a paedophile ring, together
with others whose names have repeated frequently in this trial who
were members of a ring that operated in Falmouth (Cornwall) in the
1970s and 1980s....

"It (the trial) has featured ritualistic, sickening abuse of young,
young children. The scars left on (two victims, who cannot be named
for legal reasons) are so obvious that it would seem extremely
unlikely that either of them have any real prospect of recovery....

Petrauske was convicted of rape, aiding and abetting an attempted
rape, and indecent assault. Judge Cottle sentenced him to 18 years in
prison.

Kemp was guilty of 10 sexual offences including indecent assault and
indecency with a child, and was handed a 14-year term.

Both men were given a discount because of their age, the judge telling
Petrauske he was likely to die in prison.

Petrauske was said to be the "high priest" of a witches' coven in St
Ives, Cornwall, and ordered the girls to carry out his sick fantasies.
The court heard Kemp videoed the abuse, but also took part in the
assaults, along with friends Solheim and Stan Pirie - a notorious
paedophile who died in jail following his conviction for sex abuse in
the mid-2000s.

The duo's victims gave harrowing evidence from behind a screen during
the three-week trial. They said they were then abused by their
tormentors, before being given money and sweets to buy their silence.

The abuse was only investigated further by police last year when Kemp
was arrested in connection with another incident, causing rumours to
spread around his home town of Falmouth and prompting the alleged
victims of the historic offences to contact detectives.

Speaking after the case, Detective Constable Rick Milburn praised the
bravery of the pair's victims, adding: "It was truly horrific abuse,
the worst my officers and myself have ever seen. It was truly
distressing for everyone involved....

"I have no doubt Kemp and Petrauske were key players (in child sex
abuse in Cornwall)."

Prosecutor Jason Beal said some of the assaults took the form of
rituals with the young girls' wrists tied.

Mr Beal said: "(One victim) was taken to a house where pagans were
present, Jack Kemp was present and 'German Pete' (Petrauske) was also
there....

When Petrauske was arrested last year, detectives discovered daggers,
sheets, candles and a mask, the court heard. He immediately mentioned
the names Kemp and - in a dramatic twist in the case - Solheim.

The latter was a 56-year-old parish councillor whose body was found
five miles off the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, by fishermen on June
18, 2004. He had been drugged and mutilated by a machete or an axe....

But counsel for the defendants told the jury that Petrauske and Kemp
played no part in the abuse....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/pair-jailed-over-witches-coven-ritualistic-sex-abuse-8417739.html



Girl 'was abused in churchyard' STEPHEN WARD
Tuesday 08 June 1993

A COURT at the Old Bailey was told yesterday that a young girl was
taken to a churchyard each Hallowe'en by three men, then sexually
abused in front of a group of adults who wore black cloaks and
balaclavas, writes Stephen Ward.

The girl, now 11, is one of seven children who were allegedly victims
of sexual and physical abuse by a man aged 67, his daughter, 29, and
his two sons- in-law, aged 41 and 31. The offences span 1978 to 1989.
The defendants deny 28 specimen charges.

The court was told that all the defendants and all the victims are
related. None can be identified to protect the children.
The rector of St Mary's church, Northolt, west London, is to testify
that over 10 years witchcraft has taken place in the church at
Hallowe'en.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/girl-was-abused-in-churchyard-1490250.html



Girl, 10, tells of sexual abuse in 'devil church': Child accuses
relatives in video shown to jury
Wednesday 09 June 1993
A VIDEO in which a 10-year-old girl wept as she told of being sexually
abused in a church by her father and grandfather was shown to a court
at the Old Bailey yesterday.

The one-and-a-half hour interview was conducted by a policewoman in
the presence of the girl's foster mother and a social worker last
autumn. The girl also described a catalogue of abuse at the hands of
her uncle and other adults.

The father, 41, grandfather, 61, another uncle, 31, and an aunt, 29,
variously deny 28 specimen charges against seven children, including
rape, buggery, indecent assault and cruelty.

The girl, now 11, described her father as 'horrible' and said he
frequently beat her. She said he started sexually abusing her when she
was three and having full sex with her when she was five.

She described being taken late at night by her father and others to a
'devil church' where she was stripped, tied up, had knives held in
front of her face and was abused by adults in black cloaks and
balaclavas....

Linda Stern QC, for the prosecution, has told the jurors they will
hear from the rector of St Mary's Church, Northolt, west London, who
had noticed 'unpleasant practices connected with witchcraft' had taken
place at Hallowe'en 'in various parts of the church'.

Once the taped interview was over, the girl was cross-examined through
a live video link running between the court and a private room in the
Old Bailey. She said other children were at the church - four or five,
along with 20 adults. She denied that she had made up details of the
church from watching horror videos.

Mrs Stern has alleged that the defendants made the children watch
obscene tapes. Several of the children described seeing 'rude' videos.

She said that as well as being sexually abused, the children were
physically neglected and were kept silent through fear and threats.

They were cowed into submission, and 'sexual abuse and neglect of
their other needs was the only way of life they knew'.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/girl-10-tells-of-sexual-abuse-in-devil-church-child-accuses-relatives-in-video-shown-to-jury-1490468.html




Four people in one family are jailed for child sex
DAVID TAYLOR Wednesday 30 June 1993
FOUR MEMBERS of the same family were jailed at the Old Bailey
yesterday for sexually abusing seven children over an 11-year period,
writes David Taylor.
A father, aged 41, who was found guilty of 16 charges of rape,
indecent assault, buggery, cruelty and indecency, was jailed for life
with an order that he serve a minimum of 12 years. He was said to have
'behaved like a monster'.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/four-people-in-one-family-are-jailed-for-child-sex-1494769.html