A children's basketball coach who once carried the Paralympic torch ahead of the London 2012 games has been unmasked as a paedophile who shared 'horrific' child rape videos.
Stuart McNeil, 39, was branded 'an offender of particular concern' by a judge who jailed him. A court heard he discussed raping a baby during 'depraved' online chats - and was eventually arrested in Stockport as he was with an England junior basketball team.
McNeil - who pleaded guilty to all the charges he faced - was caught after a police officer posed undercover on a messaging app.
He's now beginning a two-and-a-half year jail sentence, reports the Liverpool Echo. McNeil used to coach Cheshire Junior Jets as well as Warrington Collegiate and the University of
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