100 VICTIMS OF BRITAIN'S SICKEST PHONE SEX PEST.

Byline: BY BRIAN ROBERTS

A PHONE pest who made sadistic calls threatening to rape and kidnap was jailed for four years yesterday.

More than a hundred women and teenagers as young as 16 were terrified by Ian Parry, 48, who rang from phone boxes and warned them he had their family captive. One terrified victim, a young recruitment agency worker, was ordered to say explicit sexual remarks over the phone or face being tracked down and raped.

A boy of 16 was told his mother had been kidnapped, gagged and tied to a bed.

Factory worker Parry was arrested in a phone kiosk in August last year.

He was tracked down in a joint swoop by police and BT. The country's sickest phone pest had made atleast 105 menacing calls from in and around his home town of Bacup, Lancs.

He told police he got sexual pleasure from the harassment. Victims had "psychological damage" so married dad Parry was charged with causing actual bodily harm. He admitted eight offences and asked for 97 others to be considered.

Jailing him at Burnley crown court, Judge Simon Newell told him: "There was planning and premeditation. There was substantial verbal sadism and demeaning and humiliating behaviour in obtaining power over your victims."

A police spokesman said: "The effect these calls had on the victims can only be described as horrific."

BT said: "This is one of the worst cases of its kind we have ever had. No one can get away with this behaviour."

The effect on victims can only be described as horrific

POLICE YESTERDAY

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SENT DOWN Ian Parry going to court yesterday