Therapist Brian Pead's Interrogation: Accused of Targeting Kids, Claims 'Research'

Brian Pead's Legal History and Allegations

• 💡 Brian Pead, a former counselor for vulnerable youth, was arrested for allegedly targeting underage teens online.
• ⚠️ He was previously convicted in 2010 for offering to pay a 14-year-old for sex, an act he claimed was for "research," but the judge did not accept this defense.
• 📌 Pead was placed on the sex offenders register and issued a prevention order prohibiting contact with children.
• ⚖️ In 2011, he was convicted of harassing his daughter and granddaughter and subsequently breached a restraining order multiple times, leading to his remand in custody in 2015.

Pead's Defense and Claims of Corruption

• 🗣️ During a police interview on October 16, 2017, Pead asserted that the restraining order issued in August 2015 was "bogus" and lacked legal weight.
• 📜 He claimed that a police colleague, DC Zia, committed perjury during the 2015 trial by falsely stating he had collected a card from a school, a claim the headteacher reportedly denied.
• 🏛️ Pead believes the 2015 case was built upon a flawed 2011 case, and that both were "rotten to the core" due to corruption.
• 📢 He stated he had informed various authorities, including the Home Secretary and his MP, about this alleged corruption.

The Restraining Order and Online Activity

• 🔍 The current allegation involved Pead posting an open letter to his MP on the website www.lambeathchildabuse.org on September 29, 2017.
• 📝 Pead admitted to authoring the letter but stated he delivered it to his MP, not published it online himself.
• 🚫 He refused to comment on whether he was the person who posted the article or if he had editorial control over the website.
• 📜 The restraining order conditions prohibited contact with specific individuals (Paul Sorrel, Emily Lauren, and Joseph Burch) and publishing information about them.

Pead's Motivation and Broader Accusations

• 💔 Pead revealed his motivation stems from his own childhood abuse and his brother's abuse by police officers and priests, driving him to expose organized abuse.
• 🌐 He suggested his current situation is part of a larger conspiracy, implying he has "stepped on some very powerful toes" and that the police are being used as a pawn.
• 📍 He pointed to a potential conflict of interest, noting that the head of his former employer, who ratified his dismissal, is a co-director of a company with a magistrate in Bromley.
• 🚫 Despite the allegations and the evidence presented, Pead maintained he was not guilty of breaching the restraining order.

Interview Conclusion and Outcome

• 🎤 Pead expressed dread, stating "truth is not occurring in this room" and that the interview was disturbing due to the perceived pursuit of a false proposition.
• ⚖️ Despite his claims of corruption and invalidity of the order, Brian Pead was found guilty on all three counts of breaching the restraining order.