Paedophile, 80, who left child in 'hell and purgatory' after evil crimes dies

Paedophile, 80, who left child in 'hell and purgatory' after evil crimes diesDavid Almond, 80, who was jailed for 12 years in 2020 for sex crimes against four victims, all under the age of 14 in the 1980s and 1990s, has died from brain cancerNewsMegan Banner and Tim Hanlon News Reporter15:11, 12 Apr 2026Updated 15:27, 12 Apr 2026View ImageDavid Almond has died while serving prison term(Image: Liverpool Echo)A paedophile who abused four children and left one in "hell and purgatory" has died while serving his sentence.David Almond, 80, died from brain cancer in a hospice on September 14, 2024, while serving a sentence for sexual offences at HMP Liverpool, a Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) report into his death confirmed. Almond, of Greasby, Wirral, was jailed for 12 years on February 21, 2020 for sex crimes against four victims, all under the age of 14 in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also issued with a lifetime Sex Offenders Order.At the time, it was reported how Almond left one of his victims in "hell and purgatory" as a result of his evil abuse, the Liverpool Echo reports.Almond sexually assaulted three girls and one boy. He was arrested in 2017 and charged with eight counts of indecent assault and four counts of indecency with a child. Almond denied any wrongdoing, but was found guilty after a trial. A personal statement read to the court from a female victim said: "I feel that my abuser stole and forever changed my childhood spirit. I have hit rock bottom so many times, I have visited hell and purgatory for no fault of my own. "He tainted my innocence in a predatory calculating manner. He groomed a child...at a time when I trusted all adults. He groomed me, buying me gifts for his sexual perversions. "I am using my voice to say you damaged me for decades and today I am still damaged. Due to the abuse I suffered at his hands, my teenage years left me with chronic depression, anxiety, self-loathing and ultimately PTS...