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December 27th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Liam O’Grady held in a prison cell over Christmas after judge remands him in custody
- He told victim their relationship was ‘only illegal if the law knew’
By
Rob Cooper
Last updated at 2:39 PM on 27th December 2011
An international karate champion who sent a 13-year-old girl nearly 5,000 texts in eight months and told her he wanted to leave his wife for her faces jail after being convicted of child abuse.
Liam O’Grady, a world and European gold medallist who has taught hundreds of children at after-school clubs, collapsed in the dock as he was found guilty by a jury after a seven-day trial.
The court heard that the 30-year-old father of two was addicted to sending sex messages and told the girl their relationship was ‘only illegal if the law knew’.
Guilty: Karate champion Liam O’Grady, pictured here with his wife Lisa, was remanded in custody after a court heard he bombarded the 13-year-old with almost 5,000 sexual texts
He sent her 4,759 messages over the course of their eight-month sexual relationship.
He had to be removed from court and
was too distraught to return to the dock to hear the Recorder of York,
Judge Stephen Ashurst, remand him in custody after his conviction on
Friday.
The jury heard that he sexually abused the girl in his house, his car and men’s toilets.
The girl and her friends had to give evidence in the trial after
O’Grady, of York, denied four charges of sexual activity with a child
and one of meeting a child after sexually grooming her.
He was acquitted
of one of the sexual activity charges and convicted of all other
charges. He spent Christmas in jail after the judge at York Crown Court
refused him bail.
Broke down: O’Grady collapsed in the dock at York Crown Court as he was found guilty
O’Grady’s wife Lisa, who gave evidence in his defence, cried as the verdicts were read out.
O’Grady told the court during the trial that months after meeting his
wife in 2001, he began sending sexually flirtatious texts to women.
He
said the texts were a ‘distraction from the realities of life’, and
added: ‘It’s just flirting with these ladies and making them want more
than I do.
‘I told the women that I was in love with them and I would
leave my wife for them.’
Christine Egerton, prosecuting, read out texts O’Grady had sent to the 13-year-old girl.
One, about his plans to spend a Sunday with her, included: ‘Well, maybe a
couple of hours in bed’. Another message said: ‘It’s only illegal if
the law knows’, followed by ‘Or your mum’.
About his wife, he texted: ‘She is jealous of you, you’re thinner, fitter and more beautiful than her.’
A schoolgirl told the jury that she and other pupils were so concerned
about their friend’s rumoured affair with O’Grady, they told a member of
staff. ‘We told her she shouldn’t, she should just leave it,’ the girl
said. ‘One day, we just went to our teacher.’
Detective Inspector Shaun Page said: ‘I hope the verdict makes O’Grady
face up to the fact that what he has done is sick and completely
unacceptable. He held a position of trust which he completely abused.’
The Karate Union of Great Britain, which has suspended O’Grady, said it
would consider his situation after he is sentenced next month.
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His wife must have her self steen very but very low.
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How disgusting, don’t think your karate training will mean much where your going and especially what your going there for.
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This man needs to never never be allowed around children. His wife needs to get a back bone and the girls friends need a medal. Note to all parents:check your child’s phones at regular intervals.
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If they have children especailly girls I would be very wary.
He’s a nsty paedophile not fit to walk this Earth.
The Karate union would ‘consider’ his situation after the verdict !!!
Consider what? Allowing him to continue working with young people????!
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What a piece of filth! Grubs like this ought be strung up – we can’t lay claim to a civilised society until we accept that some of us must be permanently removed from it. His wife’s a couch case too – why would any self-respecting woman want to hold hands with a paedophile? Yuk!
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The overwhelming majority of those who join martial arts clubs do so to enjoy the challenges of their chosen discipline.Unfortunately, there are a few who join for sinister reasons and who abuse the skills they are taught. Some become sadistic bullies while others simply want to boast and show off.
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I can’t work out if his wife is an absolute mug or an accomplice… I hope it’s the former.
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Pedophiles have internal wiring problems and this is a classic example. We need to nip them at the bud mr hangman
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Clearly he’s taken too many shots to the head.
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paedophiles don’t get long enough sentences in this country and then they are let out early to do it again. There is no cure for these people. Bring back capital punishment for paedophiles and they won’t ever hurt another child.
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