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Stuart Compton was sentenced to life in prison for planning “brutal” sex offences against children alongside his girlfriend, Tracy Turner who was sentenced 12 years<\/p>\n
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for planning “brutal” sex offences against children, alongside his hospital worker girlfriend.<\/p>\n
Stuart Compton, 46, has been sentenced to life in prison, while Tracy Turner, 52, will face 12 years in prison plus another two on licence.<\/p>\n
Turner, from Roath, Cardiff, who was an operating theatre assistant at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, previously admitted six charges <\/a>of arranging the commission of child sex offences, and two charges of making indecent images of a child.<\/p>\n Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard the couple, who dubbed themselves “Bonnie and Clyde”, sent about 100,000 messages discussing the rape and abuse of three different children.<\/p>\n Compton, of Cathays, Cardiff, also previously admitted six charges of arranging the commission of child sex offences.<\/p>\n He will serve a minimum tariff of seven years before he can apply for parole.<\/p>\n Turner will be eligible for parole after serving two thirds of her sentence.<\/p>\n Warning: this story contains graphic details<\/b><\/p>\n Sentencing Compton to life in prison, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke told him “it is clear you were the driving force in the messages” and he “did not accept seriousness” of his offending.<\/p>\n Addressing Compton, she said: “Unless and until the parole board considers it safe to release you, you will remain in prison.”<\/p>\n The court heard it took officers several weeks to go through the messages, which related to two girls and a boy under the age of 13 at the time the messages began.<\/p>\n Two of the children were aged eight and one was 12 when Compton and Turner began discussing them.<\/p>\n Stuart Compton pleaded guilty to six charges of arranging the commission of child sex offences<\/p>\n Prosecutor Matthew Cobbe told the court there were an “extraordinary amount” of messages related to “discussing sexual depravity involving children”.<\/p>\n Mr Cobbe said while no contact was made with the children, the messages sent over many months showed a “clear attempt to arrange and commit sexual activities” with the children.<\/p>\n “Fantasy plainly turned into obsession,” Mr Cobbe said, as Compton described in messages “graphic accounts of what he wanted to do” with individual children.<\/p>\n The court heard that messages showed Compton was interested in children “aged one to six”.<\/p>\n Both Compton and Turner shook their heads as graphic details of the messages they sent to each other were read out.<\/p>\n Mr Cobbe said the pair exchanged messages where they discuss the possibility of going to a festival or camping, so they could “be around” families with young children.<\/p>\n “Turner suggests a family festival, not too expensive,” Mr Cobbe said. <\/p>\n In the messages, Compton described it as a great idea, commenting he would like to go to a “hippy one, where lots of drugs consumed leaving unattended girls”. <\/p>\n “That’s genius babe,” Compton added.<\/p>\n Judge Lloyd-Clarke said the messages were “not pure fantasy” and they both clearly intended to carry out brutal abuse, as they had “carefully identified” a location for one of the rapes to take place.<\/p>\n She added their actions had “devastated the families” of the children. <\/p>\n Tracy Turner, an operating theatre assistant at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales admitted six charges of arranging the commission of child sex offences<\/p>\n The court heard of “brutal acts” planned for the children in specific locations including a shed and a graveyard.<\/p>\n Mr Cobbe told the court they discussed the “disposal” of a child if their attack had lead to a “fatal conclusion” with Compton saying he would take full responsibility if that happened.<\/p>\n The prosecutor told the court “what began as fantasy became obsession and an intended goal”.<\/p>\n One plan included drugging one of the children with a sleeping pill before abusing them.<\/p>\n Mr Cobbe said it was clear Compton “wanted the plan to go ahead”.<\/p>\n Compton would press Turner whether she wanted to be present, the court heard, and she confirmed she did, and that she wanted to be involved.<\/p>\n None of the offences were related to Turner’s hospital role although she was suspended from work after she was arrested.<\/p>\n Compton also admitted making and distributing images of child abuse by sending images to “like-minded people”.<\/p>\n Compton was arrested in December 2024 after a concern was raised about messages from him on a dating app.<\/p>\n He told police he did not have his phone with him, but Turner had given it to a pub landlord for safe keeping before asking the police what was happening.<\/p>\n The landlord passed the phone to police and Turner was also arrested.<\/p>\n Both initially denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n![\"Wales](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8eb0b190-6bc1-11f0-aecb-f793dee9bba5.png.webp.webp\")
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