Paedophile 'bit off LIP' of innocent drinker in savage pub attack while on bail for 27 child abuse offences

A ‘savage’ thug who carried out a string of child abuse attacks bit off a piece of the LIP of a ‘well-liked’, innocent pub-goer in a vicious attack while on bail for his perverted crimes.

Sean Paul Johnson, 32, carried out the ‘savage assault’ on the man at the Berkeley Inn in Wigan while on bail for a string of sexual offences committed against a child. Now Johnson has been handed a lengthy prison term for the pub attack and sexual abuse.

Today, Judge Martin Walsh jailed the pervert for 16-and-a-half years, describing him as ‘a significant risk of causing serious harm’ to the public. Johnson, who appeared in court via video link from prison, must serve two-thirds of his sentence before being eligible for parole.

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Bolton Crown Court heard Johnson abused a child under the age of 16. The charges included attempted rape.

“The sexual offences were predatory in nature,” Judge Walsh said in his sentencing comments to Johnson, who was wearing a black t-shirt.

“I have read the content of the detailed pre-sentence report and it is clear there is no acknowledgement or appreciation of the impact which your offending behaviour had on [the victim]. In assessing future risk, the author of the report concludes that you pose a high risk of serious harm to children ‘within the context of sexual abuse’.”

And Judge Walsh told Bolton Crown Court on Wednesday (June 7) that Johnson, of no fixed address, carried out the pub attack on July 25, 2022. Johnson and the victim had an ‘innocuous exchange’, he said, before the situation turned ugly.

“Without any degree of provocation you launched into an attack upon him,” His Honour Judge Walsh said. “He was punched and knocked to