Who is Sabine McNeill and where is she now?
SABINE McNeill harassed innocent parents claiming they were part of a Satanic child abuse ring in Hampstead.
In 2019, she was convicted by a jury of four counts of harassment and six counts of breaching a restraining order.
Who is Sabine McNeill?
Sabine McNeill, 80, is currently serving time at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey after being found guilty of crimes between 2014-2018.
She led a vitriolic campaign claiming children at a school in Hampstead were being subject to child abuse.
She also harassed four mothers at the school, claiming they were members of a cult who cooked babies and ate them.
The parents were persecuted for their alleged involvement by McNeill and followers of the conspiracy theory.
A High Court hearing in 2015 found the claims of a satanic child abuse ring to be baseless.
At the trial, McNeill was found guilty of stalking four parents, including publishing their details online, promoting a petition against them, and making claims about the sexual abuse online.
She was also found guilty of six counts of breaching a restraining order made at a hearing in July 2016.
You are an arrogant, malicious, evil and manipulative woman.”
A judge told McNeill
Her breach included leafleting a Church of England general Synod meeting in February with allegations of child abuse.
How long will Sabine McNeill spend in prison?
McNeill was sentenced to nine years in prison by Judge Sally Cahill in 2019.
Judge Sally Cahill, QC, told the weeping pensioner: “This case has to be one of the most serious cases of stalking and breach of a restraining order that there can be.
“The direct consequences of your actions, is that for the four families concerned you have ruined all normal family life.
“Their children have been unable to attend school normally, and are either home schooled or have to carry tracking devices and alarms.
“The families have escape routes planned in case of attack, mothers have slept on the floors of their children’s bedrooms to protect them.
“They have had to move home; they have had businesses ruined as a result of being unable to have an online profile.
“As if that is not bad enough, for the children they will never, as things stand at the moment, be able to go online and put in their own names without seeing the vile filth that you have peddled over a period of years.
“The allegations were of murder, cannibalism, satanism and sexual abuse. They could not be more serious or vile.
“The children’s lives have been blighted forever. In my judgement you are an arrogant, malicious, evil and manipulative woman.”
How can I watch ‘The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax’?
A new documentary delves into the sinister crimes committed by McNeill and the impact they had on those effected by it.
The parents don’t appear in the documentary for reasons of privacy, instead, four actors lipsync to their words.
Titled Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, it lands on the box on Monday, March 11 at 9 pm.