Senior NHS executive and paedophile Paul Lipscombe, 51, is due to be sentenced after he used fake Snapchat accounts to groom and sexually assault several children
A top NHS boss raped a young boy and sexually abused five others after using fake Snapchat accounts with false names to groom girls, a court has been told.
Paedophile Paul Lipscombe is being sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday after admitting the twisted offences, which included a 12-year-old boy, at a previous hearing.
The 51-year-old pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to 34 offences, including two counts of rape, three sexual assaults and 21 offences of sexual activity with a child relating to six victims aged between 12 and 15.
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Lipscombe, of Rothley, Leicestershire, who is a married software expert, also admitted making indecent images of children, distributing them and causing or inciting sexual activity.
On Monday, prosecutor Frida Hussain KC told Judge Keith Raynor that Lipscombe was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a missing girl when officers pulled over his Tesla near a KFC, in April last year. Ms Hussain told the court the girl went missing from her home in a different area of the country late at night and was picked up by Lipscombe nearby, before he took her to a hotel.
The court was told how the 15-year-old was then given a “script” by the predator and ordered to call 999 and falsely claim she was being abused by others and wanted to leave her home as she was “unhappy”. The girl was also instructed by Lipscombe to tell police she would be staying with a friend.
Ms Hussain explained: “He was cautioned, and when he was cautioned, he said ‘I have not kidnapped anyone, I know exactly where she is’. He then told officers where she could be found.”
Lipscombe, who the court heard worked with the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust as a director involved in improving patient waiting times, tried to “peddle a script” that the girl was in danger at her home.
Investigating officers found the victim at a rented address. Ms Hussain explained: “He accused other people of serious crimes simply in order to mask his own crimes.”
Follow-up searches at the hotel, of Lipscombe’s car and of his home uncovered evidence that the youngster had been sexually assaulted, with items found including his phone, soft toys, restraints, an open bottle of vodka and another mobile which had been wiped of all data.
Ms Hussain said after the paedophile’s phone was taken by officers, it became “very apparent” to them that there were more victims and an investigation was launched.
The court heard Lipscombe, who appeared in the dock wearing a grey suit and a striped tie, made no comment in initial police interviews and then refused to speak to police while in prison on remand.
Among Lipscombe’s social media and online profiles, including at least two Snapchat accounts, was one in which he said he was an award-winning expert and keynote speaker.
The sentencing hearing continues.
