© By Tom Blewitt – Predator Awareness

Across the country, awareness teams work tirelessly to expose online predators, safeguard children, and bring the uncomfortable truth into the public eye. But in the West Midlands, a disturbing trend has emerged — police officers turning their focus not on the paedophiles themselves, but on the very people working to expose them.

Predator Awareness has spent years confronting child predators, working with communities, gathering evidence, and protecting children. Yet, instead of support, we are met with threats of arrest, investigations for “malicious communications,” and constant pressure to stay silent.

Since when did telling the truth become a crime?
Since when did paedophiles become the victims?
And why are the real victims — the children — constantly being ignored, failed, and forgotten?

The Double Standard

While West Midlands Police appear more interested in targeting awareness teams than tackling the abuse, some of their own officers have harboured dark secrets far more dangerous than any online post.

Here are just a few examples of West Midlands Police officers convicted of child sex offences — crimes they committed while entrusted to uphold the law:

Inspector Lee Bartram

A senior officer who admitted to making and distributing more than 450 indecent images of children. Shockingly, he also filmed a young boy while on duty.

Sentence: 16-month suspended sentence — no prison time.

PC Paul Davies

A safeguarding officer responsible for visiting schools and colleges. He was convicted of encouraging a teenage girl to send him indecent images.

Sentence: 9 months in prison — abused a position of trust.

PC Haider Siddique

Convicted of engaging in sexual activity with a vulnerable 13-year-old girl he met online. He admitted to two charges; further charges of grooming and abduction were left on file.

Sentence: 7 years and 7 months in prison.

PCSO Duane O’Kelly

Found guilty of raping and sexually abusing three children. His abuse spanned over two decades, raising serious concerns about further unidentified victims.

Sentence: 11.5 years in prison.

PC Ross O’Grady

Originally faced eight charges of sexual assault against three children. He later pleaded guilty to five counts.

Sentence: 13 years in prison.

PC Allan Richards

One of the most prolific offenders within the force. Convicted of over 40 offences involving the sexual abuse and rape of young boys. Despite numerous complaints made between 2000 and 2004, proper investigations were repeatedly delayed or ignored.

Sentence: 22 years in prison — yet was allowed to keep half of his police pension.

PC Keel Walker

Convicted of creating and possessing indecent images of children.

Sentence: 24-month community order — no custodial sentence.

PC Kurt Hayden

Convicted of downloading indecent images of children as young as nine.

Sentence: 18-month suspended sentence and 30-day rehabilitation requirement.

PC Aron May

Convicted of raping the same victim twice in the space of several weeks in 2019.

Sentence: 12 years in prison.

These are not isolated incidents. These are not “one bad apple” situations. These are systemic failures — examples of how deep-rooted the problem really is within law enforcement.

So when the police knock on the doors of activists, it raises the question:

Where is the same energy for the monsters hiding among their own ranks?

Targeting Truth Tellers

Tom Blewitt – Predator Awareness

For over six years, Tom has run Predator Awareness, exposing predators, gathering evidence, and protecting children where authorities have failed. Yet Tom has been repeatedly targeted by police, harassed at home, and is now under investigation for ‘malicious communications’ — simply for publishing the truth.

The police don’t deny the facts — they just don’t want them spoken.

Oliver – Red Rose UK

Oliver is under investigation for daring to speak out and expose predators. He has faced intimidation for doing the job the police should be doing. Their message is clear: stay quiet, or we’ll come for you too.

Accountability, Not Intimidation

What happened to justice? What happened to protecting the vulnerable? When officers convicted of child abuse can walk free, keep their pensions, or even remain unnamed, while those trying to protect children face arrest — we have a problem.

The public are losing faith. And rightly so.

This isn’t about personal attacks. This is about holding power to account.

It’s about demanding transparency from a police force that has protected its own over victims time and time again.

It’s about refusing to stay silent while corruption festers in the shadows.

We are not going away.
We will not stop.
And we will not be silenced.

Every child deserves protection.
Every predator deserves exposure.
And every institution that fails to uphold this basic truth must be held accountable.

If the police won’t protect children — then the people will.
We are Predator Awareness.
And we will keep speaking out.