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PAEDOPHILE FORMER TORY CAMPAIGN MANAGER PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINER. Exclusive: Mark Lerigo claimed on his website to visit 150 primary schools every year, performing under a different name
August 25, 2020
Lizzie Dearden
Independent
A paedophile former Conservative Party campaign manager previously worked as a children’s entertainer in primary schools, The Independent can reveal.
Mark Lerigo was spared jail for possessing indecent images last week after a court heard he was judged not to pose a high risk to children.
The 49-year-old had collected more than 1,500 images, some showing babies and others involving bestiality and torture.
Lerigo, of Coventry, had worked for the Conservatives since 2011 in roles including campaign manager and political agent.
But under the name Mark Andrews, he previously worked as