Police issue statement and fresh picture of ‘predatory’ paedophile who sexually assaulted three young girls

Police have released a fresh picture of a ‘predatory’ paedophile who sexually assaulted three young girls at a family event - months after being released early from prison.

Stuart Eyles preyed on the children while attempting to disguise himself in a crowd of hundreds of locals at the event in Stockport last summer.

When the girls complained to their parents and Eyles was pointed out as the culprit, he denied wrongdoing but confessed to drinking seven pints of beer.

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The police were called and the three girls, all under the age of 18, told officers that Eyles had approached them and touched them inappropriately.

Eyles was on licence at the time having been locked up for 30 months in April 2021 after pleading guilty to 57 offences involving online grooming and possessing child pornography.

The 47-year-old was also on the Sex Offender Register; had been made subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) banning him from having any contact with children under 16; and had completed a Home Office 'Horizon' programme aimed at rehabilitating sex offenders.

It is thought Eyles was freed early from jail in July 2022 under government rules allowing the automatic release of prisoners halfway through their sentences. He had three months left on his parole when he struck again.

At Minshull Street Crown Court earlier this month, Eyles, of Buckley Drive, Romiley, Stockport, was jailed for 15 months after being convicted of three charges of sexual assault. The SHPO order will be renewed for another 10 years.

Sentencing,