Cooke has indicated he knows where Tildesley's body is buried, but refuses to tell the police, or the boy's family, the exact location. Cooke's sentence for the murder of Swift was reduced to 16 years on appeal in , and he was paroled nine years later from Wandsworth Prison in April This was exacerbated by a plan to move him to a hostel near two schools, [13] [14] and Cooke himself admitted that he might re-offend if he was released.
While in prison, he refused to take part in any rehabilitation sessions. Following an investigation by the Channel 4 documentary programme Dispatches on 29 October [5] Thames Valley Police began the reinvestigation of a series of rape and other serious sexual offences against young boys. Three days later he was charged at Reading police station with committing 18 sex offences which occurred between and in Battersea and Stockwell in south London; Twyford, Berks; Canterbury, Kent; Washington, Tyne and Wear and Hatfield, Berkhamsted and Tring in Herts.
At his trial at Manchester Crown Court on 5 October , Cooke pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the two brothers on ten occasions in and He admitted to having carried out five counts of indecent assault and five counts of buggery committed between and but denied the remaining eight charges, which were four counts of rape, three further counts of indecent assault, and one of buggery that occurred in These were abandoned by the judge, who ordered them to lie on file. The children who were abused by Sidney Cooke suffered some of the vilest and cruelest sex offences imaginable.
He should never have been freed after serving his last sentence. We sincerely hope he will never be given the opportunity to hurt another child again. On 17 December , at Wolverhampton Crown Court, Cooke received two life sentences , and judge David Poole told Cooke that he would only be considered for release after he had served a minimum of five years in prison and if the Parole Board was satisfied he was not a danger to the public. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Sidney Charles Cooke. He didn't realize this but he was made to re-record the song until the record executives were satisfied with it. In early , Young tweeted teaser clips of tracks from his new album, ' Echoes ', which was subsequently released on 22 August and entered the UK Album charts at number one on 29 August making it Youngs first number one album since "Friday's Child" in The single was released on 21 August , preceding the album by 1 day with the single peaking at No.
Will Young" was aired two days before the release of Echoes on ITV1 presented by Kate Thornton charting all of Young's greatest hits plus performing a few new tracks from the album. Young appeared on the third episode of the Jonathan Ross Show performing Hearts on Fire from Echoes to further promote the album. The second single from Echoes was Come On released in November , with the accompanying video featuring Young performing at a dog show. It was confirmed that Young would appear as one of the four judges on singing competition series The Voice UK although on 12 December it was reported that Young had been replaced by Danny O'Donoghue at the last minute.
Speaking to the Daily Star , Young admitted: "Of course I'm disappointed not to be doing the show, not to mention how it's been handled. But the support from fans has been overwhelming.
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They really have been amazing. The following day it was announced that he would be undertaking summer shows as part of the Forestry Commission 's summer concert programme, also at Cornbury Festival. On 8 November , it was announced Young had left his record company after being with them since winning Pop Idol over ten years ago and signed with Island Records. On Good Morning Britain, Young announced that he was recording his sixth studio album. It was released on 25 May. Young's album Lexicon was released on 21 June. Young also released the lead single "All the Songs" from the album the same day and announced he would be embarking on a tour in October in support of the album.
Young had stated in an interview he had no intentions of releasing any more records as he was focusing on acting and his award-winning Podcast series however after going into the studio with old friend and producer Richard X the lead single was recorded and the album naturally followed. Young added acting to his repertoire when he accepted a role in the BBC film Mrs. He was to have a small role in the film as a reporter on the conflict as well as being Executive Producer, [] but it was decided that his appearance was a "distraction" and it did not make the final cut of the film.
Critics, including Nicholas de Jongh , were very positive. This marked his West End debut.
It was distributed by BBC Worldwide. In November , Young presented a documentary entitled Runaways [] as part of the Children in Need campaign, highlighting the problems facing distressed teens who run away from home, and the plight they were in being picked up off the streets and railway stations by pimps who offered them work and drugs. The children did not know where to go for immediate help unless they were picked up by the police and sent to a refuge centre.
Young filmed an episode about saving the gorillas of West Africa during his visit to Africa earlier in the year. In March , ITV1 arts programme, The South Bank Show presented an hour long fly on the wall documentary about Young that they had been filming over the course of the year as he returned to promote the Let It Go album. It showed him in Iceland filming the video for the "Let It Go" single, backstage before his performance on The X Factor and on his UK theatre tour from November amongst other segments. This was to promote the release of his most recent album Echoes.
Young supports the charity Women's Aid , about which he wrote, "I am proud to put my name beside this cause, and hope that I might be able to help more people affected by the terrors of domestic violence, as well as help to create a wider awareness within our society.
Young also supports Mencap —about which he wrote, "I'm very much in this for the long term, and I'd like to help continue to break down peoples' misconceptions and prejudices"— The Children's Society Safe and Sound Campaign, and Positive Action Southwest PASW , for which he performed at his first solo concert, in July , at Killerton House , Exeter.
Young has been an ambassador for the Prince's Trust since , and performed at the 30th anniversary concert in the grounds of the Tower of London. Young is the ambassador for Mood Foundation, a charity which aims to build a database of private therapists and alternative therapies to treat various types of depressive conditions. It was set up by Young's twin brother Rupert Young. Young is an ambassador for Catch22 , [] a UK young people's charity, which supports young people in tough situations. The young people may come from tough upbringings or districts, where poverty, crime and unemployment are common features.
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They may be leaving care, truanting, or have been excluded from school. Some of them have started getting into trouble with the police or may have got as far as custody. On 18 April , Young confirmed he would be releasing his first autobiography. The book was published by Sphere on 11 October entitled Funny Peculiar. As of March , Young accepted the opportunity to become a spokesperson for the non-for-profit charity organisation gAID.
In August , Young was announced as a contestant participating in the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing. After having competed, with professional dancer Karen Clifton , over the first three weeks of the show, on 11 October he announced that he was quitting the show for "personal reasons". Young is a longtime supporter of wildlife charities, including WWF.
In it, he writes of the Chris Moyles "rampage of homophobia" in , live on BBC Radio1 which left Young "aghast" and unable to speak out against it, at the time. In March after winning Pop Idol, Young publicly came out as gay, pre-empting a tabloid newspaper from outing him. He also stated that he had never hidden it and was comfortable with his sexual orientation. Young is in a relationship. Young's main home is a house in Dalston , East London. He also owns a 17th-century cottage in the middle of Bodmin Moor , Cornwall [] where he is a keen gardener.
On 4 August , it was confirmed that Young's twin brother, Rupert, had died, aged Camerimage is a Polish film festival dedicated to the celebration of cinematography. To qualify, a single must be by a British artist s and have been released within the 12 months before the award nominations in July.
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