British paedophile sentenced to 18 years' jail

A British man who simulated the murders of nine schoolgirls after drugging them while they visited his daughters' home was jailed for 18 years by a Hull court yesterday.

Former school governor Glyn Martin, 53, pleaded guilty to a total of 57 counts of indecent assault, child abduction, indecency with a child, administering noxious substances and taking indecent photos.

The court heard Mr Martin used his two daughters as bait to lure their schoolfriends into his house where he gave them tablets, which he claimed were vitamins, shortly before they went to bed.

As they slept in a "stupefied" state he took photographs of them with placards, detailing descriptions of how he wanted to kill them, placed on their bodies.

Nearly 6,000 indecent photographs were found at his house, the court heard. On undeveloped rolls another 12,000 images were found.