News - August 30, 2023

Ex-Paper Lace guitarist, John Chambers, 73, jailed after admitting using alcohol and Chinese takeaways to groom boy and s3xuallyÂ abuseÂ him

olamilekan100 August 30, 2023

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Ex-Paper Lace bass guitarist, John Chambers has been jailed after he confessed to sexually abusing a young boy during the heyday of his fame, a court heard. John Chambers, 73, who played in the ’80s group Paper Lace , fell from grace after news of his historic abuse came to light. At Nottingham Crown Court today, Chambers was jailed for ten and a half years, The Nottingham Post reports. Chambers pleaded guilty to eight counts of indecent assault after the victim, now an adult, reported he’d been groomed with alcohol and Chinese takeaways years earlier. The underage youth was told that it was ‘good clean fun’ by Chambers in a sinister motto while he carried out his foul actions. Prosecutor Liz Muir said: ‘[Chambers] used his connection with Paper Lace to seduce [his victim]’, who was described as ‘starstruck’. She said the victim ‘was given alcohol and Chinese takeaways – all things he would never have in his home environment’. The victim described lying down and feeling ‘like a brick’ as the abuse took place. Afterwards, he confusedly asked Chambers if the actions ‘made him gay’ which the perpetrator laughed off. In a victim impact statement, the boy said he felt tormented by what took place and unable to escape his own thoughts. He said the abuse had ‘ruined’ his life. The victim also suffered abuse at the hands of Chamber’s ex-boyfriend and former Paper Lace roadie Andrew Polkey. The prosecution revealed that the boy was taken to Polkey’s apartment where he was plied with cannabis and further abused. Polkey has admitted 17 counts of indecent assault. He was jailed for 13 years and his licence upon release was extended for two years on charges relating to one victim, as the judge considered Polkey to be dangerous. A third man, Matthew Mardell, 46, admitted two indecent assaults on one of the same boys as Polkey. He received 20 months in prison, suspended for two years. Chambers joined Paper Lace as bass player in 1983, nearly a decade after they enjoyed an international number one hit with Billy Don’t Be a Hero in 1974. The post Ex-Paper Lace guitarist, John Chambers, 73, jailed after admitting using alcohol and Chinese takeaways to groom boy and s3xuallyabusehim appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.