The face of the “nails of the pimp” who encouraged teenage girls in sexual work and kept the victim at the point

Predator Christopher Oats was pleaded guilty of provoking or inciting child prostitution

The mugshot of a “pimp” who encouraged vulnerable teenage girls and even held one of his victims at Gunpoint Following his guilty plea.

Predator Christopher Oats encouraged two teenagers in “sexual work” using “drugs, constraint and violence” that an instance previously heard. The 44-year-old, nicknamed “nails”, because of long nails, would give them cannabis, ecstasy and cocaine girls and “took care of girls and preyed their vulnerability,” the police said.

Oates forced one of the girls, who at that time was homeless and then lived in care, believing that he was her lover at 14. Then he sold it to other men and became “cheated” with him, prosecutors said before.

The second victim was “doing bar works and hanging in bars, despite being a minor,” he told the jurors. His accusers, now adults who cannot be appointed for legal reasons, had “both had a difficult childhood”.

The victim was close to the police in November 2020, after seeing the media coverage of the arrests as part of Operation Green Jacket -an investigation into the sexual abuse of children who are not recent in Manchester in the 2000s. Stockport.

The 44 -year -old initially denied seven accusations, including sexual activity with a child and inciting the child’s prostitution about two “vulnerable” teenagers. After three days of trial, And changed the plea on Thursday (March 6) to be guilty for crime to cause or incite children’s prostitution, holding a firearm with the intention of provoking the fear of violence in a single victim and has caused or inciteing prostitution for winning a second victim.

The court said how he had sex with one of his victims, encouraged him to believe he was “her lover”, telling her that she is “beautiful” and that she will take care of her and protect her. “

“She trusted him, even when others warned her that she was used. She was proud that he was her” lover “. She told the care workers and her mother, in fact anyone who would listen to her “Chris lover,” said prosecutor Gwen Henshaw.

Oates “convinced” the girl, then under the age of 16, that “he could earn good money selling on the streets” and that he will “kill”.

“Vulnerable and beaten, she believed and started working on the streets, under the mistake she was watching and protecting, when, in reality, he held a note of the number of cars in which she entered and took the winnings from her when she returned,” said Miss Henshaw.

The second victim recalled that he would arrange for her to meet men and “get involved in sexual acts for money” when she was a teenager. “She was dressed, enchanted and she was drugs for her respect, just to take her earnings,” said Miss Henshaw.

“In short, he was their” pimp “. Undoubtedly, their youth made him a profitable merchandise for him, one that she was eager to maintain. “The jurors heard that when” his charm and attention, bullying and cajol were no longer working, “he held a weapon at the head of the girl who believed she was her lover.

Three days after his trial, Oates, he was guilty of provoking or inciting children’s prostitution, holding a firearm with the intention of provoking violence in relation to the first victim and an alternative number to cause or incite prostitution to win with the second victim. The other offenses were asked to extend into the file.

Oates, without a fixed address, will be convicted on May 9. He was withdrawn in arrest.

Detective inspector Eleanor Humphrey, the main investigation officer, said: “I am so pleased for both women that they have finally received a justice in all these years after this horrible abuse. Christopher Oates is a depraved and manipulative pedophile. The abuse he subjected these two girls was horrible. He was even prepared to try to deny this during a trial and make the victims relive it again.

“Fortunately, because of the weight of the evidence against him, his crimes eventually caught him two decades later. This is everything because of the brave and convincing testimony from the victims, who have now been exempted from the experience of being examined in court. “

Assistant Chief of Constanta Steph Parker, leader for public protection and vulnerability, added: “Today is a significant day for GMP and the continuous pursuit of justice for victims of sexual abuses of children who are not recent. First of all, I congratulate the courage of the victims and the thorough dedication of the investigation team and the assistance services. Together, the long -awaited justice was assured.

“The Green Jacket operation was founded in 2019 to address the exploitation of the non-recent child in Manchester in the 2000s. This result is a clear signal that we will investigate and bring criminals to justice.

“However, we are clear that this is far from end. This operation has a series of live investigations and, with more than 70 arrests, will follow several days. Time is not a barrier to justice in the GM. No matter how long the abuse, when you’re ready, we will listen to you. “