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Ex-Police Informer Sentenced for Child Rape Conspiracy

1/24/2026

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Nick Gratwick, a 68-year-old from Mitcham, London, received a life sentence for 38 offences, including arranging to rape children.
Judge Harden-Frost condemned his actions as “utterly depraved.”
Gratwick, a former police informer, infiltrated environmental and animal rights groups in the 1990s and 2000s.
He was arrested in March 2025 while attempting to travel to Romania to abuse a 10-year-old girl.
The jury dismissed his claim of gathering evidence against paedophiles.

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Story summary

Nick Gratwick, a 68-year-old from Mitcham, London, received a life sentence for 38 offences, including arranging to rape children.
Judge Harden-Frost condemned his actions as “utterly depraved.”
Gratwick, a former police informer, infiltrated environmental and animal rights groups in the 1990s and 2000s.
He was arrested in March 2025 while attempting to travel to Romania to abuse a 10-year-old girl.
The jury dismissed his claim of gathering evidence against paedophiles.