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- Paul Hopkins, 50, of Hampshire, received a 30-year sentence—22 years in prison and eight on licence—after pleading guilty to 25 child sexual offences, including raping a UK girl and livestreaming abuse of a nine-year-old in the Philippines.
- Detectives arrested Hopkins in March 2025 after a planned abuse meeting, prompting Detective Inspector Dave Wells to call him the most dangerous sex offender his unit investigated because he coached others to evade detection.
