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THE rape conviction of a Costa Blanca-based British charity employee for a criminal offense courting again 30 years has prompted fears many extra victims might come ahead.
Justice lastly caught up with Steven Monk-Dalton, 56, this month after he was sentenced to 6 years in jail at Preston Crown Courtroom on October 10.
The courtroom heard that Monk-Dalton was in his late twenties when he carried out the assault towards his teenage sufferer – a pupil he was teaching at a neighborhood swimming membership in Barrow, Cumbria, in 1996.
The jury took simply two hours to ship a unanimous verdict after a four-day trial, with the previous swimming coach now added to the Intercourse Offenders Register for all times.
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The sufferer produced pictures and a number of witnesses who corroborated her account of the occasions, whereas Monk-Dalton ‘couldn’t muster up one witness in years – his solely defence was ‘they’re all mendacity’’, a supply with data of the trial informed the Olive Press.
“On the day – one of the best piece of proof was Steve Monk-Dalton himself, who was snarled in so many lies he’d misplaced observe of what he was or wasn’t saying.”
“Many sentences contradicted the final one. Many factors had been totally different to what he’d stated moments earlier than.
“Admissions turned denials. Denials turned admissions. Reminiscence loss turned reminiscence certainty – then again to reminiscence loss once more.
“Failing to reply straight questions, it simply acquired worse and worse. The jury noticed proper by it.”
The incident was solely reported to police in 2019, greater than 23 years after it occurred.
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The lengthy delay has led to fears that there might be extra victims from Monk-Dalton’s years residing overseas, the place he has styled himself as a charity fundraiser and campaigner.
Initially from Barrow-in-Furness, he moved to Spain round 2005, the place he lived for a few years on the Costa Blanca within the Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa space.
The UK-based supply, a pal of the sufferer, believes that Monk-Dalton’s crime wasn’t a one-off.
“The background behind this story has the ear markings of the subsequent Jimmy Saville case.
“Now we have exceptionally robust motive to imagine – with nearly certainty – there are extra folks he has harm.
“Nothing may be confirmed legally till they arrive ahead – however they need to really feel protected to take action.
“We hope that data of his conviction may encourage them to talk up.”
In the course of the previous 20 years, Monk-Dalton has been concerned in quite a few charity stunts and endurance challenges.
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These embrace operating ‘44 marathons in 44 days’, all the best way from Orihuela Courtroom in Spain to London’s Royal Courts of Justice.
He’s additionally undertaken a tandem skydive, and even organised eight-a-side charity soccer tournaments with Reunite Worldwide, an organisation ‘specialising in worldwide parental youngster abduction’.
His said purpose with every feat was to show to his estranged daughter ‘I’ll do something to point out how a lot I like her’.
Beforehand, Monk-Dalton turned a vigorous campaigner for fogeys separated from their youngsters, ceaselessly talking about his daughter being ‘kidnapped’ and the way this had motivated his advocacy work.
He has additionally written quite a few weblog posts about what he referred to as ‘parental youngster abduction’ and ‘parental alienation’.
Nevertheless, the identical supply informed the Olive Press that Monk-Dalton’s claims of being a sufferer of parental abduction had been unfaithful.
The particular person claimed he turned estranged from his daughter in 2009 following what was described as a conviction for a ‘extreme assault’ towards his companion ‘with a weapon’ in entrance of the kid.
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His daughter later refused any contact with him – resulting in his writings on parental abduction and alienation.
The revelation of his rape conviction has despatched shockwaves by the Orihuela costa, the place he has been a larger-than-life determine – and an everyday presence within the area’s darts circuit.
An earlier trial this 12 months resulted in a hung jury, however in spite of everything witnesses had been re-examined and extra proof heard, the second jury unanimously convicted Monk-Dalton inside hours.
In the course of the Nineties he was a swimming coach with the Barrow Beavers and Ulverston Otters golf equipment, putting him in common contact with youngsters.
Following his conviction, Cumbria Police urge anybody who has been a sufferer of sexual assault or youngster sexual abuse within the UK to contact them on 101, or to achieve out to the Bridgeway Sexual Assault Help Service on +44 330 223 0099.
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