This weekend, I bought a ticket to attend the controversial Pride in Surrey (PiS) event, held in Guildford. My interest in the event was heightened because I am currently recording a podcast about PiS’s co-founder Stephen Ireland, who in June was sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping an ‘extremely vulnerable’ 12-year-old boy. He was jailed alongside his former partner David Sutton, who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for making indecent photographs of children.

Ireland co-founded PiS in 2018 and used it as a cloak to earn respectability in the community. This predatory child abuser enjoyed free reign for years until his arrest in April 2024 for several offences. Ireland was listed as a director for PiS until June 2024, while Sutton was a former volunteer for the organisation.

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