Sex fiend they let into UK jailed for life over child abuse in Rotherham

Eduard Peticky travelled to England in 2008 for a ‘better life’ and was allowed in despite having previous convictions for rape, sexual abuse and robbery.

Sheffield Crown Court heard he had been jailed in 1988 for more than eight years after raping two women in a park with two accomplices but was still alowed into the UK.

Peticky’s offences after coming to South Yorkshire included trafficking a five-year-old girl for sex, before abusing her himself.

The young girl, who told the court she was five when the incident happened, was so terrified by her she wet herself and was sick with fear.

Peticky, aged 48, also sexually abused a boy when the child was aged between three and five years old.

Sentencing, Judge Peter Kelson QC said Peticky, of Josephine Road, Rotherham, ‘poses a significant risk to members of the public’ and a life sentence was appropriate given the seriousness of the case and the defendant’s previous convictions for similar offences.

Peticky will not be considered for parole for at least 10 years.

Judge Kelson said of the incident involving the young girl: “This was a truly horrifying incident.

“It is as depraved as depraved could be.”

Peticky’s brother Ludovit was also jailed for 12 years for sexual offences against the same two children and a third boy, aged between 10 and 11 at the time of the offences.

Both men had denied the charges against them but were convicted following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court last year.

Sentencing was delayed as the authorities tried to get hold of details of the pair’s previous convictions in Slovakia.

Judge Kelson said the report from the Slovakian authorities indicated Eduard Peticky was a ‘particularly dangerous repeat offender’ and had a ‘psychopathic personality’.

He said a pre-sentence report carried out in the UK had found he lacked any empathy or remorse for what he had done.

Judge Kelson said: “It is my judgement this is a case of the utmost gravity and it is undoubtedly a case where public abhorrence of the offending could not be greater.

“Given the previous convictions for rape and sexual abuse, Eduard Peticky poses a significant risk to members of the public.”

Eduard Peticky, was convicted of four offences last year - trafficking for sexual exploitation, a sexual assault on a child under 13, engaging in sexual activity with a child and causing or committing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

Ludovit Peticky, 45 and now of Legrams Lane, Bradford, but who had lived in Rotherham at the time of the offences, was convicted last year of five counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 and a further count of causing or committing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The court heard Ludovit has a mental age of about 10 after having previously been injured in a car accident.

Judge Kelson said his offences against three young children had been ‘serious in the extreme’.

Investigating Officer Det Con Ian Hampshire said said after the hearing: “These young children suffered horrific abuse at the hands of these brothers over a prolonged period of time. The harm that they caused will stay with them forever.

“I am pleased the young victims found the courage to tell someone what had happened to them so that we could take swift action against the men and bring them to justice.

“I hope the young victims can now try to move on with their lives and put this dreadful ordeal behind them.

“I hope this will encourage other victims of abuse to come forward if they feel able to and report what has happened to them in the knowledge they will be listened to and we will investigate thoroughly.”