Overview
- The life sentence carries a minimum term of 20 years, imposed at Guildford Crown Court by Judge Claire Harden-Frost.
- Gratwick, 68, was arrested at Stansted Airport on March 7, 2025 while attempting to fly to Bucharest after arranging access to a child.
- Officers found more than 1,300 indecent images on his devices, including 632 in the most serious category A.
- Investigators said he used encrypted apps including Teleguard, aTox and Session and discussed using GHB or rohypnol, with bottles of GBL seized from his fridge.
- Chat logs showed he offered to act as a facilitator taking a 25% cut and his convictions covered arranging offences, sexual communication attempts, and image distribution and possession spanning February 2023 to March 2025.