Former football coach convicted a second time for possessing indecent images of children

With credit to Kristy Dawson for Court quotes.

A disgraced former football coach from has been convicted for a second time for the possession of indecent images of children.

Kane Hutchinson was 25 when he was previously jailed for four years at Newcastle Crown Court in 2015 for abusing two boys, aged 13 and 14, having met them over the internet and inciting them into sexual activity online.

Hutchinson, formerly of Field House Road, Gateshead, was nicknamed the ‘Beast of Bensham’ following the conviction.

He was already serving a three-year sentence imposed in 2014 for sexually assaulting another boy in addition to that.

Following his release, the paedophile, now 34, changed his name by deed poll to Mason Maxwell and moved to Greater Manchester where he continued to offend against children.

Stockport Complex Safeguarding Team launched an investigation into Hutchinson in 2021 after receiving information from the community.

Work also began to identify if any young people had been affected by his alleged offending.

On January 6, 2022, officers raided his address on Clowes Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, and seized several electrical devices. They examined the devices and found indecent images and video of children.

Hutchinson was found to have been sharing the images and bragging about his deplorable illicit sexual endeavours to others.

The defendant, now of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to:

• One count of taking an indecent video of a child
• Three counts of taking indecent images of a child
• Two counts of making an indecent image of a child
• Three counts of distributing an indecent image of a child

He was sentenced to three years behind bars at Manchester Crown Court on Monday. He was also placed on the sex offenders register for life and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 15 years.

Detective Constable Ben Swapp from Stockport’s Complex Safeguarding Hub said: “Maxwell is a calculated and depraved individual who took extraordinary measures to change his name so that he could continue offending in a new location, preying on vulnerable young people.

“Throughout his interview, Maxwell denied all allegations and had endless excuses for his predatory behaviour. He showed no remorse for his actions, refusing to consider the effect his deplorable behaviour had on the young victims and their families.