Monster Paedophile Dies in Prison as Report Reveals Failings

A 76-year-old man who was serving a 25-year sentence for appalling sexual crimes against children has died in prison. Malcolm Vickery passed away at HMP Parc in Bridgend in 2023, according to a newly-released prisons ombudsman report. 📋

The report identified a failing in staff’s emergency response when Vickery suffered a cardiac arrest, noting the wrong dose of adrenaline was administered.

Vickery, from Risca in Caerphilly county, was sentenced in April 2019 after being found guilty by a Cardiff Crown Court jury of six counts of rape, three of attempted rape, five of indecent assault, and two of sexual assault. He carried out the attacks against two children in the 1970s and 80s.

During sentencing, Judge Rhys Rowlands said: “For one man to have caused so much harm and suffering over the years is truly appalling.”

In a statement read out in court, the first victim said: “The monster has taken my childhood and womanhood away from me.” The court heard she was in primary school when the sexual abuse started and she had to undergo treatment for a sexually-transmitted infection. “I have lived with the effects of what that monster did to me,” she said. “I have scars in my head that will never heal.”

The second complainant was a teenager when she was subjected to what she described as “horrific” sexual abuse. “The last 30 years have felt like a dirty secret,” said the woman, who had battled post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder after the attacks.

Prison ombudsman Adrian Usher’s report states Vickery died of heart disease on March 11, 2023. While the healthcare team had “displayed a caring and compassionate approach,” they administered the wrong dose of adrenaline during the emergency.

“The correct adrenaline dose was not available in the emergency bag so healthcare staff gave a lower dose used for severe allergic reactions rather than cardiac arrests,” wrote Mr Usher. He recommended the prison ensure all emergency response equipment is checked regularly.

An inquest in January this year found Vickery died of natural causes. ⚖️