In his torture den attic
A man who held a 10-year-old girl captive in his “torture den” attic where he electrocuted her while playing out his sadomasochistic fantasies has been jailed for 22 years.
David Challenor, from Coventry, subjected the child to a campaign of abuse which included tying her from a beam, whipping her and giving her electric shocks.
A court heard how the 50-year-old would dress up as a small girl in adult-sized baby dresses and nappies before carrying out the attacks at his home.
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Police searched his property and found bondage gear including sex aids, gaffer tape, dummies, a stun gun and ropes hanging from the beam in his dungeon-style attic.
The Green Party has issued a statement:
Aimee Challenor has today stepped aside in the Green Party leadership elections, following the conviction of her father, David Challenor, for abhorrent sexual crimes involving a minor which include him committing some of the gravest human rights violations that face women and girls across the worldNo disclosure was made of Mr Challenor’s arrest or any of the charges against him as part of formal nomination or selection processes. The party is urgently reviewing its disclosure and safeguarding policies and procedures and will learn from any lessons that process reveals.We apologise unreservedly that Mr Challenor was able to act as an election agent for Aimee Challenor in the 2017 General Election and the local elections in May this year despite the nature of the charges brought against him. A full investigation into how this was able to happen is taking place. His membership was terminated with immediate effect as soon as the information was brought to the attention of decision makers.Aimee will not be undertaking any official Green Party roles while the party urgently looks into the circumstances which allowed this situation to arise.
https://twitter.com/VictoriaPeckham/status/1033851056504098819
Updating to add another piece of information:
https://twitter.com/NalediSpaceLaw/status/1033467016638877696
David and Aimee Challenor created the Twitter “TERFblocker.”
And Aimee was apparently living in the house at the time the abuse was going on.
Priorities. When misgendering is considered an act of genocide, they go out the window.
I read this and wondered, “Why is this guy’s kid being punished?”
But you say Aimee Challenor was living in the house at the time?!
Hang on, I’m not sure I’ve understood the situation properly and I think it’s because it’s such a WTF – did the guy get charged with horrific sex crimes first, and then get hired as an election officer afterwards? Is that what the Green Party statement is saying?
I just… ugh.
Hmm. I was going to say no but then realized I don’t know. He was hired as an election officer before he was convicted, clearly, but I don’t know if it was before he was charged. Good question.
I guess it must have been. They say it wasn’t disclosed – meaning “Aimee” didn’t disclose it, meaning “Aimee” knew there was an it to disclose.
It does read like they let him be an election agent without any sort of background check, presumably because he was the father of Aimee, who was running for a leadership position within the Greens.
As for how much Aimee knew about what was going on, it might be a little early to go there. According to the news article, the guy was ‘the sole carer’ for his wife in the home, which suggests they were living alone. And unfortunately, some of these monsters have developed fairly serious technology for keeping their ‘dungeons’ secret, particularly when it comes to baffling sound.
I’ve seen claims on Twitter that Aimee was living in the house.
The father was awaiting trial when he was appointed election agent.
The candidate’s listed “home address” was the house where the acts took place.
The children of the family, including the candidate, had been in and out of social service care for years. It’s absurd to think Aimee didn’t know his father had been arrested, or what for. He was likely questioned in connection with the case.
Don’t forget the possibility that the victim here was a member of the family. Her identity is being protected.
Lady Mondgreen: Fair enough–thanks for the specifics. It’s possible Aimee was just using the home as an ‘official mailing address’, but I agree there’s no way she didn’t know the facts about her father’s accusations at that point.