Thames Valley PoliceA paedophile who raped a girl and threw her brother off a 100ft cliff to “silence him” has been jailed for life.
Anthony Stocks tried to kill the primary school-aged boy at Ovingdean, near Brighton, in September 2022 after fearing he would be exposed as a child abuser.
Stocks claimed the boy, who survived the fall, plunged from the cliff after taking him there to see the view because it featured in the film Quadrophenia.
A jury at Oxford Crown Court found him guilty of attempted murder and sexual offences and he was told he would have to serve a minimum of 20 years.
Police said that after the girl confided in her brother, the youngster had done “everything to try and prevent the abuse carrying on”.
Judge Nigel Daly said Stocks remained “utterly obsessed” with the girl and had “ruined the lives” of the two children.
He said the…
