London, April 15 (ANI): A paedophile, who pretended he was best friends with David Beckham in order to get close to children, has been caged for six years.
Kids' entertainer Ivan Russell, 42, met the footie legend and his wife Victoria once in a restaurant in Spain in 2006, but used a photo of himself with the couple to convince youngsters that he was Becks' personal magician.
Russell, who abused children at holiday camps for over 18 years, was caught after his suspicious girlfriend Georgie Hill, 44, tipped off cops.
Hill told the Sun that the kids were like, 'Oh my God he knows the Beckhams'.
She said that they hero-worshipped Russell because of it and he would try to get her to pretend she was Victoria on the phone, but she refused.
After overhearing Russell talk about sick images of kids on his laptop, Hill persuaded him to return to Britain, where police arrested him.
They discovered he had attacked kids in Lancashire, Great Yarmouth and his home town, Daventry, Northants, before moving to Spain.
Russel has been convicted of 12 counts of indecent assault, one of indecency with a child and four of sexual assault on a child at Northampton Crown Court. (ANI)
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