Paedophile magician arrested in Thailand kept monkeys and meerkats in Neverland-style home
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA paedophile magician subjected children as young as two to a catalogue of harrowing abuse, a court heard. Paul McKee lived in a Neverland-style ranch with monkeys, meerkats and a pig, and was working in a school in Thailand he was arrested.
As a children's entertainer he styled himself as 'Professor Paulos' having performed for soap stars and at private parties for legendary Liverpool FC footballers.
But he was secretly a prolific child sex offender, abusing several young victims over the course of nearly 25 years. The 57-year-old - of no fixed address but formerly of Wallasey Village, Wirrall, was extradited back to the UK from Thailand in order to face justice, the Liverpool Echo reports.
He now faces the prospect of spending the rest of his life behind bars after being locked up for 30 years at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. A trial previously heard his offending persisted between the mid-1980s and late noughties, with some of the children only being toddlers at the time they were abused and several of the assaults being filmed with a camcorder.
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