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Phil McCann

United Kingdom

Senior Journalist and Reporter at BBC

Reporter at BBC One North West Tonight

BBC reporter for North West Tonight. Dad. Dog owner. Petrol.

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  • Richard Burrows: How AI found abuser who fled to Thailand - BBC News

    2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Phil McCann

    Richard Burrows was tracked down using facial recognition technology.

  • Paedophile given 46 years after decades on run

    2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Phil McCann

    A paedophile who spent nearly three decades on the run, leaving his victims to suffer, has been jailed for 46 years. Richard Burrows, 80, formerly of Birmingham, was convicted of 54 child sex abuse charges and admitted 43 more at Chester Crown Court in March. The court heard he abused 24 boys, some as young as nine, while a housemaster at a Cheshire boarding school and through involvement with scouts in the West Midlands between 1968 and 1995.

  • How AI found abuser who fled to Thailand

    2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Phil McCann

    How AI caught child abuser who fled to 'paradise'Phil McCannReporting fromChester Crown CourtCheshire PoliceA pimple on Richard Burrows's neck on an online photo matched one on his police mugshot in the 1990sA serial paedophile who went on the run for 28 years was tracked down thanks to Artificial Intelligence, police have revealed.

  • How AI caught child abuser who fled to 'paradise'

    2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Phil McCann

    9 hours agoThis is a story of treachery, secrecy and greed which led to two friends ending up in jail and a mystery about buried coins. Let me take you back to April 2022 - a treasure-trove of gold and silver is laid out on a small table in a back office in London. For centuries the coins and jewellery lay …

  • Paedophile given 46 years after decades on run

    2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Phil McCann

    This central London hotel was just named one of the best in the worldThe TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards have been dished out for 2025 – and one hotel in the capital has been crowned among the best on the …

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Phil McCann
Phil McCann @phi1mccann
9 Jan 25

I’ve been speaking to a survivor of a grooming gang in Oldham - ‘Sophie’ says the govt should lead an inquiry in Oldham - but not a national inquiry into grooming gangs. She said inquiries should cover “all sexual abuse” and worries Oldham would be overlooked. From @BBCNWT: https://t.co/9SchRqpiIY

Phil McCann
Phil McCann @phi1mccann
22 Nov 24

Bomb disposal on scene at Chester bus station: https://t.co/kFTp9JETVC

Phil McCann
Phil McCann @phi1mccann
10 Jul 24

I’ve found somewhere with a roof to watch #EnglandNetherlands - a big barn that’s been turned into a rural fan park in the Cheshire countryside near Northwich. Will be live on @BBCNWT at 6.30… https://t.co/0LQHDmfihS