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In a haze of distress and desperation, Sarah Sands, then 31, took a knife from her kitchen drawer and strode across the estate where they lived in Silvertown, East London, to Pleasteds flat.

Warning: This story discusses sexual assault
A UK mum has spoken after killing the paedophile that abused her children, saying “there has to be consequence

Michael pleasted, who was 77. what we can report for the first time is that all three children he was accused of abusing were her sons. reece, bradley and alfie have now all turned 18 and have waived their right to anonymity to speak publicly about seeing their mother go to prison. it wasjust, like, the little things you miss. when she was gone, obviously it was, like, difficult to come to her about, like, a certain problem. like, sometimes you just want to really tell your mum a problem. sarah,...

In that she did not call. the emergency services. they absolutely have the right to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done that. after she killed him, it emerged that michael pleasted was already a convicted paedophile and had a long history of offending under his original name of robin moult. sarah sands has nowjoined a campaign calling for tighter controls on sex offenders who change their names. they shouldnt be able to just come out, change their name. its ...

Three sons of Sarah Sands, who killed a paedophile in 2014, talk about her crime for the first time.

Sarah Sands went to the home of Michael Pleasted, 77, in a neighbouring block of flats in east London and stabbed him eight times in 2014 after discovering he had abused her three young sons.

And why did you feel remorse? i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out for the world. while he was awaiting trial for the offences against her boys. michael pleasted was allowed to live back on the estate. sarah sands was caught on cctv as she made her way to his flat. she says she wanted to appeal to pleasted to plead guilty and spare her sons the court ordeal. she was carrying a knife. she says, after he accused her children of lying, she s...

To be too lenient and was increased to seven and a half years. the offender took with her to the scene a knife, which was used in the infliction of fatal injuries. when the jury was sure that at the time she intended to cause at least serious grievous bodily harm, the offender, having fatally stabbed the deceased did nothing to assist him in that she did not call the emergency services. they absolutely have the right to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done th...

When the jury was sure that at the time, she intended to cause at least serious grievous bodily harm, the offender, having fatally stabbed the deceased, did nothing to assist him, in that she did not call the emergency services. they absolutely have the right to demand answers from me. i had taken the law into my own hands. i had done that. after she killed him, it emerged that michael pleasted was already a convicted paedophile and had a long history of offending under his original name of robi...

Sarah Sands drank two bottles of wine before going to the home of convicted child sex offender Michael Pleasted, 77, in a neighbouring block of flats in east London in 2014.