John Neville Kay - Repeat Sex Offender Killed by Train

Sex offender hit by train

A CHILD sex offender has died after being hit by a train - just one week after his latest appearance in court.

John Neville Kay, 52, formerly of Stockton, was killed when he was hit by a train in Dringhouses, near York.

The former computer technician, who had only recently left the Teesside area, previously served 10 years in jail for sex offences against children, including the rape of an eight-year-old girl.

Kay was last before Teesside Crown Court on January 8, when he was sentenced after admitting four breaches of a sexual offences prevention order.

Judge Peter Fox QC told the court that Kay had been punished enough due to the 270 days he had spent remanded in custody. Instead he was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months with supervision.

Kay was given the indefinite order in 2006, banning him from communicating with or having images of under-18s and having camera or video devices. The order also banned him from locations like family pubs, camp sites, swimming pools, schools, youth clubs, and parks.

The court heard that Kay breached the order by having pictures of young Coronation Street stars on a set of cards, and having a postcard and mobile phone wallpaper containing images of children.

A further breach also related to an incident in June last year when he was seen at a County Durham pub saying to an 18-month-old child, “Do you like my dog?”

At the time, defence counsel Nigel Soppitt told the court that Kay had many psychiatric problems and had become a “pitiful sight”, telling police he “wanted to stop the world turning” after he was arrested naked in Stockton.

Mr Soppitt said Kay had rebelled against the SOPO feeling that some of its restrictions served no purpose.

At a previous hearing, Mr Soppitt said: “The huge and expansive sexual offences prevention order imposes so many restrictions that he can barely set foot outside his house.”

Kay, formerly of Shaftesbury Street, Stockton, was pronounced dead on Tuesday, January 15, at 7pm.

At the time of his death, Sergeant Robin Edwards from British Transport Police said: “It’s clear that when these incidents do take place, it’s very distressing for those who attend the scene and particularly the train drivers as they are not in a position to do anything about it. They can’t stop or turn, so it’s very distressing for those involved.”

An inquest into Kay’s death has been opened and adjourned by the coroner in York pending inquiries by the British Transport Police.