News about Barry Lewis

The death of seven-year-old Mark Tildesley has remained a mystery almost 40 years after his disappearance in 1984. His body was never found, but detectives believed he was one of 17 boys raped and killed by members of a paedophile ring led by one of Britain's most notorious paedophiles - Sydney Cooke. Cooke and his gang, known as the 'Dirty Dozen', are suspected of the abduction and killing of 17 boys in the 70s and 80s. Many of these remain unsolved. Operating from a flat on the Kingsmead estate in Hackney, east London , the gang hired rent boys or snatched children off the streets and subjected them to sexual torture.

When they were overtaken by a battered Volkswagen Golf that was being held together by gaffer tape, traffic cops were left stunned. After the driver was arrested after testing positive for cocaine at the roadside in Wadebridge, Cornwall, officers soon caught up with the car and arrested him. There was no insurance or registration on the badly damaged vehicle, and there was no new MOT. It also emerged that the operator of the ramshackle Golf had already been barred from driving.

Barry Lewis, Derbyshire's council leader, said the financial hardship was "now greater than ever experienced before" in the county, despite the authority's increasing demand for social care. The left cabinet of Derbyshire county is set to meet on September 21 to discuss steps to bring down the county's projected overspend. Birmingham City Council's (right) declared itself "effectively bankrupt" last week after being forced to pay equal wage claims with a £760 million bill. Despite pressures, five 'bankrupt' councils in England are paying their managers more than Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's salary, with Birmingham's chief executive Deborah Cadman receiving more than £244,820 in 2022/23.

EXCLUSIVE: Sidney Cooke, the United Kingdom's most popular paedophile, has failed in his newest attempt to be released from prison at the age of 96, after the Parole Board decided he still poses 'a significant risk of serious harm to children.' The horrific sex murderer and child killer was told today (22/5) that his appeal to be released on licence was dismissed, but that he would not be sent to an open prison. Cooke's executioner, Jason Swift, will spend at least two years in prison, making him one of the country's oldest prisoners. His most recent failed request for release – his 11th since being eligible for parole in 2004 – means he will continue in a Category A jail under stringent security safeguards. The Parole Board was told by psychiatrists and others who worked with him in jail that they did not recommend his release in a derogatory summary of Cooke's continuing danger to society.

After being found guilty of Jason Swift's (left) death and ties to Mark Tildesley's (right) death, an ex-detective believes Sidney Cooke (centre) should be questioned about an unsolved child murder. Despite serving his minimum term 19 years ago, Cooke, a Hackney, east Londoner, remains in maximum security jail Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. In the 1970s and 1980s, Cook and his gang were suspected of the kidnapping and killing of 17 boys. Many of these cases are unsolved.

In the Footsteps of Killers, a recent documentary, In the Footsteps of Killers, has provided new details about Vishal Mehrotra's disappearance (pictured bottom right). Sidney Cooke, the fairground worker and gang boss, has been linked to the investigation, with some now claiming he should be regarded as a "prime perpetrator." Paige Exelby (pictured left), the granddaughter of a woman who said she had seen Vishal on the tube with Bailey on the day of the Royal wedding, was also tracked by the show.

Sidney Cooke, 95, a child molester and serial murderer (left), of Stroud, was supposed to die in prison at HMP Wakefield (inset). Cooke has been granted a new appeal hearing next year, according to the Sun. With a review now underway, Parole chiefs may have referred to them. According to reports, a full hearing is likely to take place early next year. Cooke will be one of the oldest prisoners to appear before the parole board in recent years. A result will be published within weeks, and it may be either he be released or transferred to an open prison. The Cooke, 'Hissing Sid', was part of the 'Dirty Dozen', a sick paedophile band that assaulted young boys in the 1980s and was accused of murdering up to nine young boys, including Jason Swift, right, during sex orgies.