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The British Weekly, Sat. April 11, 201596 year-old sex offenderbecomes Britain’soldest serving prisonerPage 7Local News/EntertainmentA 96-year-old man hasbecome the oldestserving prisoner in theBritish Isles after he wasjailed for a series ofsexual offences.Gaston John Pinsardwas sentenced to 18months after admittingnine charges of indecentassault in which heattacked two young girlsin the 1950s and 1960s.He was firstquestioned by GuernseyPolice officers last yearRobbery:cont. from page onehave been used to drillthrough the concretewall.During the pressconference Det Chf InspJohnson emphaticallyrefused to answer manyquestions concerning theboxes, telling reportersthat the forensicexamination of the crimesite was still on going.“Officers are in theprocess of identifying theowners of the safetydeposit boxes and as wedo, we are contactingthem to take statementsand find out what hasbeen stolen,” a laterstatement read.The details come amidclaims that premiershipfootballers are amongthe victims of the heist,believed to be the largestever successfully carriedoff in the UK, and furtherspeculation surroundingthe perpetrators.inside informationSpokesman JohnO’Connor suggested thatthe robbers would havelikely needed insideinformation to carry outthe elaborate raid – andsaid the high degree oforganisation is a clue towho committed theand immediatelyconfessed to the abuse.Since then Pinsard hasbeen on bail but has nowbeen sent to Les Nicollesprison on Guernsey forwhat Judge Russell Finchdescribed as “serious,troubling offences” with“distressing andunpleasant facts”.The Prison OfficersAssociation told SkyNews they believed itmade Pinsard the oldestserving prisoner in thecrime.“If you know how tobypass all the securitydevices you’re going tohave a detailed layout ofthe whole of the businessso clearly they got thatfrom somebody on theinside,” the ex-detectivesaid.Barry Phillips, formeroperational head of theFlying Squad, said it was“inconceivable” that thegang did not have insideinformation.He said: “The raid waswell planned and wellexecuted. They must havehad inside information tobe able to get into apremises like that, toknow the routes, thevulnerabilities, the liftshaft, and to defeat astate-of-the-art securitysystem.”Mr Phillips said policewould never know thetrue value of what wasstolen due to theinherently secretivenature of the safetydeposit box industry.He added: “A numberof people use them tohide their assets fromfamily or for tax purposesor because they are hidingill-gotten gains.”Former Flying Squadchief Roy Ramm said he“would not be surprised”if the stolen gems wereworth £200 million,British Isles.The Guernsey courtheard how Pinsardtouched the first girl onnumerous occasionsbetween 1951 and 1955,and the second between1964 and 1969.The girls were bothbetween five and nineyears old when theoffences took place.The assaults all tookplace at his homeaddress in St Sampson’s,Guernsey.although he said thefigure would probablynever be declared in full.He told BBC Radio 4’sToday programme:“There’s a sort ofold-fashioned audacityabout it. The amount ofmoney and the goodsthat are taken is neverfully revealed... andthere’s a good chancethat not everybodywould declare.”not insuredLocal jewellers saidthe victims would besmall, independentbusiness and workshopowners who used theboxes to store their stockovernight and who didnot have their own safes.Michael Miller, ajeweller fromKnightsbridge, London,faces the prospect oflosing up to £50,000 asthe contents of his safetybox were not insured.But he said some boxeswould be worth severalmillion pounds.“I have a collection ofwatches I was going togive my son and that isirreplaceable,” he said.“I bought an IWC GSTAquatimer on the daymy son was born and Iwas going to give it tohim when he turns 18.They don’t make themanymore.”olD lag: Gaston John Pinsard of Guernsey said he was ashamed of himselfand described himself as a “filthy devil”.Pinsard told police heknew what he was doingwas wrong but he hadurges he could not resist.He said he was ashamedof himself and describedhimself as a “filthydevil”.Pinsard’s legalUp to 80,000 peoplecould die in an outbreakof a drug-resistantinfection because ofnew superbugs, aGovernment forecasthas warned.The report estimatesthat a total of 200,000people would beexpected to be infectedby a widespreadbacterial blood infectionthat could not be treatedeffectively with existingdrugs.Over the next twodecades the number ofinfections complicatedby superbugs areexpected to risesignificantly, accordingrepresentative told thecourt on Thursday abouthis own horrificchildhood, whichincluded being sexuallyassaulted at Haut de laGarenne boy’s school inJersey where he wasborn.to a Cabinet Officedocument.The National RiskRegister of CivilEmergencies, whichprovides guidance onpotential threats such asterror, flu and naturaldisasters, notes thatroutine medicaltreatments could become“high-risk” because ofthe growing resistance toantibiotics. The reportstates: “Much of modernmedicine (for example,organ transplantation,bowel surgery and somecancer treatments) maybecome unsafe due to therisk of infection. Inaddition, influenzaHelp WantedThe judge said he hadno choice but to impose acustodial sentence andsaid he had consideredthat Pinsard may die orbecome ill while inprison, despite being ingood health for a96-year-old.Drug resistant superbugs ‘couldkill 80,000’, government warnspandemics wouldbecome more seriouswithout effectivetreatments.”The assessment,continues: “The numbersof infections complicatedby AMR (antimicrobialresistance) are expectedto increase markedlyover the next 20 years.“If a widespreadoutbreak were to occur,we could expect around200,000 people to beaffected by a bacterialblood infection thatcould not be treatedeffectively with existingdrugs, and around80,000 of these peoplemight die.”Schumacher Cargo Logistics, based in Los Angeles islooking for another sales person for our expandingshipping sales department. Experience in Int’lLogistics would be great and multiple languages area plus also. Call Damien: 562 408-6677 or emailjobs@sclusa.com