ALAN HOPKINSON is highly intelligent - and he is highly dangerous. "I have dealt with many paedophiles over a lot of years and this is the most dangerous paedophile that I have come across," said Detective Constable Tina Birnie of the Sussex Police child protection team.
"If you ever saw him on the street you would never think he was capable of doing these things. He is highly intelligent, very educated and is very, very charming. That is how he manages to manipulate people and he is very good at that."
His danger comes from his utter obsession with young children and the way in which he has been able to get close to them. With hindsight, it is easy to see how time and time again he managed to avoid those checks designed to protect the most vulnerable in society.
Hopkinson, a former member of Mensa,
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Anonymous2017-10-05 18:58
he took a computer programming course, and that was a turning point.
Probably because of the pace: you make an input and you're immediately gratified by someone's response, even if the response is /g/-tier kusoposting and pettiness.