Disgusting
And we thought Michael Jackson was bad. What a monster...
Its amazing to me that he was able to inflict so much harm without being caught. How is it that the parents of his victims didn't pick up on this earlier?
The Mirror - Millionaire businessman Goad, 60, is believed to have molested 3,000 boys over 40 years and once boasted that he had abused 142 in one year.
Prosecutor Martin Meeke said: "The police have conducted a huge inquiry and understand there has not been a single defendant with more victims than him. I speak of the position nationally."
He added: "He was a voracious, calculating, predatory and violent homosexual paedophile for 40 years. He used his wealth and the power it brought him to corrupt generations of boys."
At least two victims killed themselves and others attempted suicide, Mr Meeke told Plymouth crown court. All suffered nightmares, many turned to drugs, alcohol and crime. Several have suffered post traumatic stress disorder.
Mr Meeke said Goad abused boys in his home, his warehouse, on camping trips, in his van and at an isolated Dartmoor cottage.
The abuse in most cases amounted to rape, sometimes several times. He usually paid victims £10 after raping them.
Goad had links with other paedophiles and sometimes abused boys with other men.
Once he raped an eight-year-old on a camping trip, telling a friend: "He can take that."
Everything Goad did was geared towards meeting young boys, said Mr Meeke. He employed them at his shops and market stalls, owned two houses overlooking schools, ran a camping club, set up play zones, approached them in the street and offered toys and sweets.
He paid boys a £50 "finder's fee" to introduce their friends and even asked one victim to snatch a five-year-old blond boy off the street so he could rape him.
Mr Meeke said: "He told one boy he paid £15 for sex. On one occasion he boasted he nearly broke his record for one year of 142."
He bought their silence by paying from £5 to £150 or threatening to harm their mothers.
Its amazing to me that he was able to inflict so much harm without being caught. How is it that the parents of his victims didn't pick up on this earlier?
