House of horror paedophile

A PAEDOPHILE who created a horror film set at his home in a bid to lure children was yesterday jailed indefinitely.

Simon Walford, 39, covered his flat in Blackburn, Lancashire, with a host of macabre items, including a life-size doll of Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger.

A vast number of skulls adorned his walls, along with figures of movie characters Hannibal Lecter, Jason from the Friday the 13th movies and Chucky from Child’s Play.

The defendant enticed one boy to the address to watch one of his ghoulish movies and went on to sexually abuse him, Preston Crown Court was told.

He was jailed for a minimum of two-and-a-half years after he was found guilty of two counts of sexual activity with a child, one of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child and another of breaching a sexual offences prevention order.

Walford was jailed for two-and-a-half years in November 2003 for similar offences against young boys. Last year he was barred from having any contact with children after associating with a fellow sex offender.