19/02/2018 BBC News at Six

One of Britain's most

prolific paedophiles,

a 29-year-old university

lecturer from Birmingham,

is jailed for 32 years.

Matthew Falder befriended victims

online, then blackmailed them

into sending him depraved images.

This was the moment

he was finally arrested.

It sounds like the rap sheet from

hell.

It took a team of international

investigators almost two

years to track him down.

Falder was one of the most prolific

child exploitation offenders

and blackmailers we'd ever seen,

in the UK, or even in the US.

Also on the programme tonight:

The Prime Minister calls

for better value for university

students in England,

where tuition fees are among

the most expensive in the world.

Barry Bennell, the former coach

who abused 12 young footballers

in the 1980s, is jailed.

The judge calls him

"the devil incarnate".

Not so finger lickin' good -

a shortage of chicken at KFC forces

hundreds of outlets

to close across the UK.

World number one for Canada. Can he

do it? It is a dead heat!

And gold for Canada and Germany

in the two man bobsleigh -

the first time the title's been

shared in 20 years.

Coming up on FA Cup Sportsday later

in the hour on BBC News,

we're at the DW Stadium,

and will history repeat

itself as Wigan looked

to shock Manchester City?

Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six.

A university lecturer,

described as one of Britain's most

prolific paedophiles,

has been jailed for 32 years.

29-year-old Matthew Falder,

a Cambridge graduate,

admitted 137 offences,

including encouraging

the rape of a child.

He approached hundreds of people

online and then blackmailed

them into sending him

increasingly depraved images.

At least four of his victims tried

to take their own lives.

Falder was finally caught

after an operation involving

agencies around the world.

Sima Kotecha reports.

So, what, what,

what was it I've done?

What is it I'm supposed to have...?

Dr Matthew Falder being arrested

at his workplace last year.

The 29-year-old spent years posing

as a female artist online,

to trick his victims

into sending him naked

pictures of themselves.

It sounds like the rap

sheet from hell.

Distributing indecent

images of children.

He then researched their profiles

on social media and used that

information to blackmail them

into sending him

more obscene images.

He even installed secret

cameras in people's homes,

to film them in the shower

and using the toilet.

Falder contacted more

than 300 people worldwide.

One of his victims told us

that she can no longer trust anyone.

I was ashamed of what I've done.

All relationships broke down.

You can't be friends

with someone that doesn't trust

you and I didn't trust them.

Even though they did nothing wrong,

and I did nothing wrong,

there was no trust any more.

Last year, he pleaded

guilty to 137 charges -

including encouraging the rape

of a child and possessing

a paedophile manual.

Today, he was sentenced

to more than 30 years.

The feeling of helplessness

that he embodied in the victims

and then took them to a place

where they never wanted

to go, is truly horrific.

And, I mean, you know,

those videos will be with me

and the team probably for the rest

of our lives.

Falder was under surveillance

for several months during a four

year investigation.

The Cambridge graduate

was identified by the

National Crime Agency.

It worked with partner agencies

across the world, including

the Australian Federal Police

and Homeland Security

in America, to find the man

who was behind the messages.

Falder was one of the most prolific

child exploitation offenders

and blackmailers we'd ever seen

in the UK, or even in the US.

So it just became...

The volume of victims

and the techniques that

were employed and the discipline

that was employed by Falder

on the internet, to not be

identified and not be caught

was something we had

never seen before.

Falder lived in this block of flats.

He worked at Birmingham University.

Now, officers say his motivation

was power and control.

He wanted his victims to feel

embarrassed and humiliated,

and he was confident

he could outwit the authorities.

He contacted vulnerable people

seeking work on websites.

He then used names such

as "666devil" and "evil mind"

on the dark net to communicate

with other paedophiles.

The dark net is a type of private

computer network that is closed off

from the rest of the World Wide Web.

Have you sent pictures of your

blackmail victims to the parents?

No comment.

Of the victim, the grandparents?

No comment.

When questioned, Falder

didn't cooperate.

Today, the judge called him,

"An internet highway man

who robbed his victims

of their security and dignity".

The paedophile showed

no remorse or emotion

throughout the proceedings.

Emotions were running high in court

today, with some of Falder's victims

in tears and officers crying who

have been investing in this case the

lengthy periods of time. Moving

forward, there will be questions as

to how the authorities can remain

one step ahead of people like

Falder, who are so technically savvy

they are able to exploit the

vulnerable for lengthy periods of

time without getting caught.

Sima Kotecha, thank you.

Our Correspondent Angus

Crawford is here with me.

It took years to track him down, at

one point about 100 investigators

trying to identify him. It shows how

difficult it is to police the

Internet.

The National Crime Agency

says this is a watershed moment

because it shows real progress.

Multiple agencies in different

countries bringing Falder to

justice. The dark web poses problems

for law enforcement. The sites are

hidden behind encryption. To access

child abuse sites, you have to post

illegal images. Law enforcement

can't do that in most jurisdictions.

Abuses barter their images, they

don't pay for them, so there is no

money trail to follow, are

conventional policing tactics. But

abusers make the stakes and the

mistakes of Falder were spotted by

the FBI and also by NU unit set up

by GCHQ, the government's monitoring

centre. So this is a big success for

them but the scale of this problem

is huge. A dark net child abuse site

close down next year, it is thought

to have had tens of thousands of

users.

Angus, thank you.

The Prime Minister has

announced a major review

of university funding in England,

saying that students are paying some

of the highest charges in the world.

In a speech in Derby,

Theresa May also called for an end

to "outdated attitudes" that favour

university over technical education.

Labour says it's not

a review that's needed,

but instead an entire restructuring

of the education sector.

Our Political Editor,

Laura Kuenssberg reports.

It contains Flasher geography. --

flash photography.

It's not me learning,

it's just me coping.

I do believe education

should be free.

It's too much, basically.

It's too much.

Big dreams but big debts.

These Derby first years aren't

paying fees upfront but

expecting to owe nearly

£40,000 when they're done.

We are the next generation.

If you want us to have a high-paying

job, we need some way of

reaching that goal.

And university does

make a difference.

From primary to secondary,

then to college, it's

absolutely free.

Why should we have to pay for uni?

Fees tripled when Theresa May

was already in the Cabinet.

But more than more students

like his sixth formers go

to university, however tricky

the subject they choose.

OK.

I did physics A-level,

but that's where my

physics ended.

But after the election

and Labour's popular

promise to scrap fees altogether,

the Prime Minister has concluded

things have to change.

All but a handful of

universities charge the

maximum possible fees

for undergraduate courses.

And the level of fees charged

do not relate to the

cost quality of the course.

So we now have one

of the most expensive

systems of university

tuition in the world.

What she really wants

is a change in attitude.

It remains a perception

that going to university

is really the only desirable route,

while going into training is

something for other

people's children.

If we're going to succeed

in building a fair society and a

stronger economy, we need to throw

away this outdated attitude for

good.

Are you willing to say that,

potentially, taxpayers should

contribute more towards

students' education?

Because, if not, won't this

review dispute looking at

moving money around in a system that

you yourself admitted today has

become just too expensive?

It's not just about

the issues of finance.

It's also about making sure

that the system we have for post-18

education provides for every aspect

of that

education and provides young

people with the route

that is right for them.

Do you really think that Theresa May

would have made a speech

today if you hadn't had a message

in the election that younger

generations and their parents

thought the Tories

weren't listening?

Well, I think the truth

is of course we've

got to listen to what

the electorate are saying.

And if nursing that they think we've

got this wrong, that's

something we've got to look at.

There could be cuts to some fees.

But no big new spending.

Labour says it falls way short.

Well, unfortunately,

this is the third time

in the last 12 months that

Theresa May has announced

a review of education.

And she's letting students down.

Don't expect bold changes fast.

This review will take a year and few

expect it to tear up

the whole system.

This is also about the lesson voters

taught Tories at the last election,

unconvinced Conservatives had

answers to the tensions

between generations.

And turning that round is

a much bigger job indeed.

They promised too much.

They say they're going to do this

but it never happens.

And I'm still waiting

for the things they

say to happen.

I voted so that I didn't

have to pay uni fees.

If the uni was free,

I would vote for them, basically.

You'd vote for any party

that said university

should be free?

Every uni student will!

Voters young and old aware that

what's easy to say is not

always easy to do.

Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Derby.

Our education editor

Branwen Jeffreys is with me.

Why has the Prime Minister

announced the review now?

Theresa May knows she has to address

the perception the system is not

just expensive but also to many

people feel is unfair. The way it

works is the cost of running

universities is split between

students taken out their loans

taxpayers who pick up the cost of

any loan is not repaid at the end of

30 years. But student debt is

growing. By 2021-22 it will reach

£160 billion. That is around 7% of

the nation's Wealth or GDP. So how

is this review going to get more

fairness into the system? It will

look at how much students borrow,

for how long and crucially also the

interest rates they pay. Because in

England it is the poorest students

who end up borrowing most because

they take out loans for living

costs. Around £57,000. A lot of

money by any normal family's

standards. So Theresa May was going

to try and moved the moving parts

within the system to try and put

back a sense of fairness. But by the

end of this, students in England.

And are paying for most. In

Scotland, home students pay no

tuition fees. In Northern Ireland,

they pay less and in Wales they are

about to introduce a generous system

of grants for living costs, in which

the poorest students will get around

£8,000 a year to help make ends

meet.

Branwen Jeffreys, our

education editor, thank you.

The former football coach

Barry Bennell has been sentenced

to 31 years for abusing 12

young footballers who he

trained in the 1980s.

Bennell, who was convicted of more

than 50 child sexual offences,

coached at a number of clubs

including Manchester City

and Crewe Alexandra.

The judge called the 64 year

old the "devil incarnate"

Our Sports Editor Dan Roan reports.

They came seeking closure, the

victims of Barry Bennell, arriving

at court for sport's most notorious

paedophile. Their abuser, meanwhile,

arriving by different entrance after

being found guilty of counts of

child six charges. Appearing via a

video link because of ill-health, he

was here in person as he was handed

a 31 year prison sentence. The

64-year-old impassive as he sat

staring at the floor of the dock as

his punishment was read out. Inside

court, cries of yes from the public

gallery were hushed.

Outside, the

emotion able to flow. Today we

looked evil in the face and we

smiled, because Barry Bennell, we

have won. Today, we hand our shame

and our guilt and our sadness back

to you. It should never have been

ours to carry on the first place.

The care and diligence he took in

grooming the victims and their

families is amongst the most

manipulative behaviour ever seen. He

was a predatory paedophile and to

this date there is no evidence that

he has any remorse or regret that

the dreams he has shattered on the

lights he has damaged.

Sentencing Bennell, the judge told

him, to these boys you appeared as a

god. In reality you were the devil

incarnate. You stole their

childhoods and their innocence to

satisfy your perversion. His abuse,

the judge said, with sheer evil.

Several of the former victims read

out impact statements in court,

among them Gary Cliffe, abused by

Bennell when he played for a

Manchester City junior team. In a

bid to force Bennell to make eye

contact, he approached the dock

after his statement asking why?

Before being led away by an

official. What was that experience

like for you?

I was churned up

inside but I was determined that

this was my moment, I didn't want to

regret not doing it so I stood up

there, you were in court and saw it,

I saw those words directed towards.

Another 86 people have made

complaints against the former

Manchester City Crewe Alexandra

youth team coach and amid hundreds

of allegations against both clubs

they are poised. Dan Roan, BBC News,

Liverpool.

More than 250 jobs have been

axed at a company which supplied

meat to food chains including

the pub giant Wetherspoons

and Jamie's Italian

following an investigation

into food hygiene.

The Derby-based company, Russell

Hume, says it has been forced

to go into administration

after its products were taken

off menus in the wake

of the allegations.

Here's Emma Simpson.

Closed for business - one of Russell

Hume's six plants. No deliveries

here for nearly a month, involved in

a food safety scandal. Today bosses

threw in the towel and called in the

administrators. Russell Hume prided

itself in selling quality products,

but it's being investigated by the

Food Standards Agency over what it

calls serious noncompliance of food

hygiene regulations, with labelling

and use by date a key concern.

Production was halted at all six

sites, and an used meet withdrawn

from its customers, and there were

lots of them. Some of our biggest

household names, although there is

no indication anyone has fallen ill,

the company has pulled thousands of

steaks and other items of their

menus, and pulled the plug on

Russell Hume as well.

Once the

products are withdrawn, the damage

to the company's reputation... Two

weeks later, they have basically one

out of customers. When they were

given the opportunity to reopen the

Liverpool site, they didn't.

In a

statement, Russell Hume said...

Here at the Food Standards Agency

tonight, they insist that their

action was proportionate. Stuffing

food production wasn't something

they did lightly. Their role, they

said was to make sure businesses

meet their responsibility in

ensuring the food they produced was

safe. The investigation is still

continuing as a wider review of meat

cutting plants and cold stores

across the UK will soon get under

way.

Our top story this evening:

One of Britain's most

prolific paedophiles -

29-year-old Matthew Falder -

has been jailed for 32 years.

And still to come...

Disappointment in the snowbarding

for Britain's Aimee Fuller, who fell

in both of her qualifying runs.

Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.

Wayne Bennett signs a new two-year

contract to stay as head coach

of the England rugby league team.

BUT isn't guaranteed to still be

in the job for the next World Cup.

When your name is Kentucky

Fried Chicken, the one

thing you really can't afford to run

out of is...chicken.

But that's exactly what happened

to the fast-food chain

KFC at the weekend.

At one point, the company had

to close around 750 outlets -

almost three quarters of its stores

- after they ran out of their main

ingredient, as Jon Kay reports.

No!

When you've been promised KFC

as a half term treat

but there is no chicken.

Nine-year-old Maxine is not happy.

Angry.

Sad.

And disappointed.

And hungry?

Very hungry!

Are you more hungry or angry?

Hungry!

It's not just Maxine's local outlet.

Hundreds across the UK are shut

because KF has no C.

They've run out of chicken.

Pretty shocking, really, to be fair.

Pretty shocking.

Especially when you're hungry, like,

you know what I mean?

KFC have blamed teething problems

with the new delivery contract.

They switched to DHL last week,

who say operational issues have

disrupted the supply.

It's a chicken place,

so they should have enough chicken.

They should be able to store it.

It's a big chain, so it does seem

unbelievable, really.

All the chicken...

There's farmers, surely

there should be enough chickens.

We tried several outlets

across Bristol today but found no

fingers being licked.

Almost every store closed.

It's lunchtime.

You'd expect these hatches to be

really busy at this point

but the kitchen is empty,

the fryers switched off.

Chicken with fries, please.

Chicken with fries.

It's a far cry from this.

Tonight, the company is encouraging

staff to take holidays until it can

meet the demand again.

KFC says its own employees will be

paid, but the large majority

of restaurants are franchises.

It just seems amazing.

I thought everything was pretty much

automated these days

and as they use chicken,

more's ordered.

Something has gone seriously wrong.

The company says it's working flat

out to rectify the problem.

But, for some, that is

little consolation.

Jon Kay, BBC News.

A 26-year-old woman has been

arrested after an abusive

hand-written note was left

on the windscreen of an ambulance

which was responding to an emergency

call in Stoke-on-Trent.

The note said the vehicle

had no right to be

parked where it was -

and ended by saying:

"Now move your

van from outside my house."

Drivers employed in Haiti by Oxfam

after the earthquake in 2010

were forced to deliver prostitutes

to the charity's premises

or risk losing their jobs.

That's what the BBC has

been told by a source.

It's also claimed that one Oxfam

employee involved was allowed

to resign with a month's pay

instead of being sacked.

It comes as an Oxfam report revealed

that three of its employees accused

of sexual misconduct in Haiti

physically threatened witnesses

during an investigation.

Here's our diplomatic

correspondent, James Landale.

Oxfam and its operations have

become an industry that's

spread into 80 countries.

For more than half a century,

Oxfam's been helping those in need,

such as these victims of conflict

in Nigeria in the late 1960s.

But that hard-earned reputation's

been put at risk by the behaviour

of some of the charity's staff

in Haiti in 2011.

The internal report says that one

was dismissed and three resigned

for what it describes

as "using prostitutes

on Oxfam premises".

Two more were dismissed

for bullying and intimidation,

one of whom, the report says,

also downloaded pornography,

and another man was sacked

for failing to protect staff.

A source who was aware

of the investigation

and in Haiti at the time

told the BBC that drivers

were forced to deliver

prostitutes to Oxfam villas.

We have protected his identity.

They were having parties over

there that were described as orgies,

with a smorgasbord of women,

girls, wearing Oxfam T-shirts,

and it would go on all night.

We were told they were under age.

The security guards,

the drivers, were talking

about it, but not directly.

Indirectly, because if they talked

to anyone about it,

they would lose their jobs.

Today, the BBC caught up with one

of those dismissed from Oxfam

for gross misconduct in Haiti.

We can name him as Raphael Mutiku,

a Kenyan aid worker

who is based outside the capital,

Nairobi.

Were you with Mr Roland

Van Hauwermeiren?

No.

Why were you let go by Oxfam?

Oxfam's report says

Roland Van Hauwermeiren,

its country director in Haiti,

admitted using prostitutes.

He's spoken of lies

and exaggeration.

But it also says he was allowed

to resign with dignity and a month's

pay, because dismissing him

would have damaged

the investigation.

The BBC source

challenges that account.

They didn't need him to stay

and help with the investigation.

As far as I'm concerned,

Roland was not part

of the investigation team.

Roland, from all accounts,

owned up to his own behaviour,

which alone is enough.

Today, Oxfam officials met members

of the Haitian government.

Tomorrow, senior executives

from the charity will

face MPs in Parliament.

The questions for

Oxfam keep on coming.

James Landale, BBC News.

On Day 10 of the Winter Olympics,

an anti-doping case has been opened

against a Russian

medal-winning curler.

The scandal could threaten Russia's

efforts to regain full Olympic

status.

The first ever bronze medal

in mixed doubles curling...

From delight to

a doping controversy.

Barely a week after celebrating

a bronze medal alongside his wife,

Anastasia, Alexander Krushelnitskiy

could now be stripped of it.

But his is a case with far

broader implications.

Bronze medallist Olympic

athletes from Russia...

Krushelnitskiy is Russian.

His country is banned

from these games because of...

Guess what?

A huge doping scandal.

Olympic organisers allowed him

and 160 other Russians

to compete as neutrals.

Now, though, it is an all

too familiar story.

There was very good pregames

testing, where, for example,

the Russian athletes were tested

to a significant level

more than others.

But when an athlete...

In the broadest sense,

when an athlete is caught

for doping, if caught,

it is extremely disappointing,

but it does show

that the system works.

Well, the decision to allow Russian

athletes to compete here,

albeit as neutrals, attracted

criticism before the Games,

so this positive test raises

some uncomfortable questions

for the Olympic authorities.

It's very frustrating that

halfway through the Games

those stories come back.

You don't want any positive

tests in any Olympics,

but for it to be an athlete

from a country that you were told

all the athletes would be clean,

it's hard news to take.

Away from the controversy

in the curling, there

was encouraging news

for Britain's teams.

Victories for both the men and women

boosting their hopes

of the semifinals.

On the snow, though,

Aimee Fuller's hopes here

came to a painful end.

The event is called big air,

but in this case, not quite enough.

She later posted this photo,

bruised, but thankfully no worse.

But the day's biggest drama

was in the two-man bobsleigh.

Oh, it's a dead heat!

It is a dead heat!

Canada and Germany sharing the gold.

On a difficult day for the games,

a welcome show of Olympic spirit.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.

Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Sarah Keith Lucas.

It has been quite mild and murky day

today. Quite a lot of cloud around,

but not everywhere. Some glimpses of

blue sky earlier on. Through the

rest of this week, Miles to start

things off, but not staying this

way. Colder conditions later on in

the week, but things become largely

dry, with a fair amount of sunshine.

Right now, pretty mild air with us,

yellow on the map. We have two

weather fronts producing some rain,

a warm one the East and a cold one

in the west, so we will see some

rain there. That cold rain tracks

its way eastwards overnight. Clearer

skies the Northern Ireland and

western Scotland, but most of us

should be frost-free tomorrow

morning. Still a lot of cloud and

missed around, particularly towards

the east, where we will continue to

see outbreaks of rain, but not a bad

day for the rest of the country. A

return to sunnier skies across

Scotland, Northern Ireland and

western parts of England and Wales,

but in the south-east, cloud and

some outbreaks of rain. In the

evening, we will lose the cloud from

the South East of England, and skies

clear. Early Wednesday morning,

certainly a frost for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. Mist and fog for

Wales and England. Not sparkling

sunshine, but mostly dry. Some sunny

spells, but missed and low cloud

across England and Wales, and

temperatures not as mild as they

have been. Single figures by

Wednesday, which is a sign of things

to come. High pressure builds across

Scandinavia, so colder, easterly

winds, perhaps bringing snow showers

as we head towards the weekend.