Ex-School Caretaker Gets 11 Years For New Charges

A disgraced former school caretaker, already locked-up for sex offences against under-age girls, has admitted further abuse.

John Lyon, 47, confessed to abusing four girls, aged between five and twelve years-old in north London between 1993 and 2013.

He received a sentence of eleven years imprisonment.

Lyon is currently also serving a sentence for sexually assaulting two girls between 2012 and 2013.

He pleaded guilty to three new counts of rape; three counts of sexual assault and three counts of indecent assault.

The new offences were reported to police in 2018 and 2019.

Detective Constable Keith Kimberley said: “I am in no doubt that this man is a dangerous sexual predator and he poses an ongoing threat to children.

“He caused unforgivable trauma to the children he abused and the only appropriate way for him to spend the next years of his life is in prison and away from the general public.

“As far as we can be sure of, Lyon offended over a period of two decades and my respect goes out to the victims and their families who were put through so much.”