The following five child sex offenders all avoided jail despite being convicted of their crimes.
Jamie Shaw, 69, Stourport A FORMER Stourport councillor and leader of Wyre Forest District Council has admitted making indecent photographs of a child. Jamie Shaw, 69, who served as leader of the council for eight years in the 1990s, pleaded guilty to the crime at Worcester Crown Court on September 11 last year. Shaw, of Heightington Place in Stourport, was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for 18 months. The offence was committed in Stourport between January and July 2018 - during which time he was serving as Labour ward member for Areley Kings and Riverside on the district council.