Overview
- Staffordshire Police are working with Interpol to find Dwayne Spence, who investigators believe is now in Ghana after first travelling to Morocco, according to local reporting.
- Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court sentenced the 39-year-old in his absence to 18 years in prison, with a further five years on licence once he is returned to the UK.
- The court also imposed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a measure used to restrict behaviour to prevent future sexual harm.
- Spence was convicted of a string of offences against children aged 11 to 13 over about six years, including rape, attempted rape, sexual assault, and sexual activity with a child.
- Prosecutors said he poses a high risk to children, and the judge praised victims who faced the trial and described lasting psychological harm.