Sidney Cooke

Sidney Cooke is a notorious British pedophile and former fairground worker, born in 1927. He led a gang known as the 'Dirty Dozen' that was involved in the kidnapping and murder of at least 17 children. Cooke is infamously known for the brutal murder of 14-year-old Jason Swift in 1985. After serving 9 years of a 19-year sentence, he was released but was later re-arrested for further sexual offenses. Currently, at 98 years old, he has been denied parole due to being deemed a continued risk to society, with evaluations indicating he shows no remorse for his past actions.