14/05/2014 BBC London News

Good evening. I convicted paedophiles from south London who

walked free from court after being convicted of grooming hundreds of

young girls could have the sentence reviewed. 34`year`old Timothy Storey

from pack been described by police as every parent 's nightmare. After

being found guilty of posing as a teenager to contact children as

young as 12. The case has been referred to the Attorney General for

review as Nick Baker reports. He created a fake profile using a

profile of themselves, and claimed he was a teenager, single and

interested in girls. In fact, every one of his 700 friends was female.

He sent hundreds of messages and persuaded some as young as 12 to

send sexually explicit photos of themselves. His real name is Timothy

Storey. Not 18, but 34 years old. Now a convicted paedophile but

spared prison. The prospect of a predator inciting children to

obscene sexual activity. Abusing children. To see that person walk

free, and receive a rehabilitation order, it's just unacceptable.

Storey also pleaded guilty to making indecent images on his laptop and

his mobile phone. But rather than a custodial sentence, he was placed on

a three`year sex offenders programme. The Metropolitan Police

detective who led the investigation into Storey described him as every

parent's worst nightmare. Abusing and exploiting girls over the

Internet. He said he also thought that Storey had targeted more

victims and urged them to come forward. Charities say this case

once again shows how important it is for parents talk to their children

about what they are doing online. Being really clear that if they're

ever concerned that they can speak up and something will be done and

not making threats about if you do this, we'll stop your usage. Because

one other thing which really gets in the way of young people speaking is

that they think they'll lose their mobile phone or they'll lose their

ability to be on Facebook. So it's about being open and having a

discussion. It's not only about problems but day`to`day use. Former

BBC presenter Stuart Hall's sentence for indecent assault against young

girls was doubled last year by Court of Appeal judges. Now the

government's top lawyer, the Attorney General, will decide if

judges should consider whether Timothy Storey's sentence is unduly

lenient and should be increased. Louisa Preston is on the Strand for

us this evening. What is the chance of having his story overturned? The

Attorney General office has actually told us today that they will be

looking at it and we also got figures from them that show that

they received 435 complaints about sentencing in 2012. Out of those, 73

of those sentences were increased at the Court of Appeal behind me, about

one in six cases. When you look the guidelines on sentencing for

inciting sexual activity on a child, the maximum sentence is 14 years,

normally when there has been physical activity on a child, but in

this case, all of his victims were online. He never met any of his

victims. However, there will now be careful consideration about whether

the punishment fits the crime. Louisa, thank you. The family of a

man who was murdered in a car park in south`east London over 25 years

ago is to receive ?50,000 for what City Hall says bring to light

failings of the Metropolitan Police. Private investigator Donal Morgan

was discovered with an axe in his head in 1987 and it's thought he was

on the verge of exposing police corruption. It's one of the

country's most notorious unsolved murders. Daniel Morgan was killed in

this pub car park in Sydenham in 1987 just before he was about to

expose police corruption. An axe was found embedded in his head. It's

officially accepted the subsequent murder investigation was also

thwarted by corruption. Daniel's family has fought for justice for

nearly three decades. Provided financial recognition. I think it's

ridiculous. Today London's Mayor revealed in a document that ?50,000

would now be paid to the family in recognition of the general social

benefit brought about by their efforts in bringing to light the

failings of the Metropolitan Police Service. Daniel's brother was

unimpressed with the financial gesture. Insulting. Derisory.

Pitiful. Abusive almost. I would describe it as. Why? Well, we've had

to be doing the job of the authorities for 27 years. Five

separate police enquiries have failed to identify Daniel's killers.

In 2011, an Old Bailey trial collapsed. Three supergrass

witnesses were deemed unreliable. Daniel's brother told me the former

police authority in charge of scrutinising the Met had already

paid the family ?125,000. Still just a fraction of the cost incurred over

decades of seeking justice. Meanwhile, he wasn't happy with the

Mayor's deputy for policing Stephen Greenhaugh. And in an e`mail to

Boris Johnson's office, wrote that when he met Mr Greehaugh, he

disappointed me greatly with his complete ignorance of what we had

been and still are dealing with. When we brought up the word

corruption and cover`ups and all that, he seemed utterly completely

unaware. In fact, he said, "Corruption? I don't anything about

corruption" when we met him. Today, a City Hall spokesman said Boris

Johnson was impressed with the Morgan family, was keen to help and

would welcome the reopening of a criminal investigation into Daniel's

murder if new evidence was found. Something his deputy was also

pushing for. That's it from me. Time now for a look at the weather. It's

been lovely today. A sparkling day across the region. I

hope you enjoyed it. Tomorrow, cloudier later, perhaps, but it

won't put a dent in the temperatures. Overnight, the skies

will be clear. In the countryside, you may well find your temperatures

dribbling away as low as 3`4, but it will be a glorious start to the day.

The temperatures will lift quickly but as the day goes on, the cloud

beginning to filter in. It really won't stop those temperatures piling

away, 17, 18 at the lowest. We could see 21 or so. We keep that going

right until the weekend. Here's the outlook. Good evening. Mother nature

was kind to us today, sunny skies, the birds and bees were out but not

everywhere because one or two places where a little on the